Health
Keeping maternity and sexual health care going when disaster strikes
Health workers from Malawi, Botswana, Lesotho, Eritrea, Eswatini and other countries trained in Lilongwe on a minimum package of reproductive care for emergencies.
Southern Africa
Malawi
The latest news from Malawi: politics, business, technology, culture, sport and more.
Politics
Campaigners urge Malawi to pass a law letting refugees work and trade
The Refugee Bill would let refugees take paid jobs and run small businesses, cutting their reliance on aid, says INUA Advocacy.
Culture
Brewer backs Malawi's Mulhako wa Alhomwe festival ahead of this year's celebrations
Chibuku Products has given K3 million to the cultural organisation, part of its long-running support for Malawi's heritage festivals.
Business
Malawi puts $1 million behind its seed plan
The head of the farm body AGRA says African countries have good seed laws and weak delivery, and that plans written into national budgets are the ones that happen.
Business
IMF praises Malawi's reforms but leaves without a loan deal
Two weeks of talks in Lilongwe ended with warm words on spending discipline and fuel pricing, and no agreement yet on the financing the country has lacked since May 2025.
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