Need for container scanners
By Clement Nyirenda As the volume of containerized cargo continues to grow exponentially, many countries are buying container scanner systems in an effort to modernize their customs operations. These scanners not only speed up time but they also help to ensure that inspection is done efficiently. Read Full Story
Malawi: sex workers must be helped not loathed
By Jimmy KainjaAbout three weeks ago I wrote an article congratulating Mrs. Patricia Kaliati and her ministry, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Community Development, for proposing a regulation that would protect “sex workers” in Malawi. Read Full Story
Malawi elects novice as opposition chief
Tembo ousted, new opposition chief promises to change MCPBLANTYRE, November 17, 2009 (MalawiPolitics)--Malawi's parliament on Tuesday elected a novice legislator as leader of the opposition, kicking out veteran politician John Tembo, a former right-hand man to late dictator Kamuzu Banda. Read Full Story
The U.N. Hunger Summit Fails in Rome
By Ivan Simicafricaglobalvillage Contributor17 November 2009, Rome, Italy – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened on Monday, a UN food security summit in Rome, while the troubles of the world hunger seemed unimportant to the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations. Read Full Story
USA-based college confer first degrees, Mzuni awards AKB honorary doctorate
LILONGWE, November 16, 2009 (MalawiPolitics)--An American university has confered its first degrees to Malawians since it opened in 2005 and Mzuzu University has awarded an honorary doctorate to retired politician Aleke Banda. Read Full Story
Malawi Govt shuts down 55 shoddy schools
LILONGWE, November 16, 2009 (Malawipolitics)--Some 55 shoddy private schools have been sealed by the Malawi Government for operating without business licences, education officials were qouted by the print media on Monday Read Full Story
Malawi to feed about 147,000 hit by hunger
BLANTYRE, NOV 13, 2009--Malawi, which ironically has had a maize surplus maize from two bumper harvests, is to provide relief food for about 147,000 households in three of the country's 28 districts, officials said this week.In picture President and Minister of Agriculture. Bingu WA Mutharika Read Full Story
Malawi: Why Mutharika Must not Set Price on Agricultural Products
Folks, you have to excuse me but I will not stop ranting about the state of affairs in loved country, Malawi. President Bingu wa Mutharika has been in the headlines of late, both locally and internationally after ordering deportation of 'foreign' tobacco buyers. Mutharika accused the tobacco buyers of paying less than his set price on the commodity. Read Full Story
Cop gets 5 years in the cooler for sodomy, TV news ancor faces defilement charges
BLANTYRE(Malawi Politics), Nov 14, 2009--A police officer in Malawi has been jailed five years for sodomising a suspect in while in police custody in the capital Lilongwe, while in Blantyre, the country's commercial city, police have nabbed a news anchor for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl, court and police officials told MalawiPolitics. Read Full Story
Malawian filmmaker sued for sexual harassment
BLANTYRE(Malawi Politics), Nov 14, 2009--Malawi's celebrated film actor and producer Michael Usi has been sued for sexual harassment by a former employee at the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), where the two met and worked. Read Full Story