Tag Archives: MALAWI

Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera concedes defeat in presidential election LILONGWE | Xinhua |  Malawi’s incumbent president Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday conceded defeat in the Sept. 16 presidential election in which former president Peter Mutharika is leading by over one million votes. Speaking in a televised address less than two hours …

LILONGWE | Xinhua |  The second round of partial official presidential results from Malawi’s Sept. 16 general election showed former President Peter Mutharika maintaining the lead, followed by incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera, while former Reserve Bank Governor Dalitso Kabambe ranked third, according to the electoral commission. According to cumulative official …

LILONGWE | Xinhua |  The campaign period for Malawi’s Sept. 16 general elections officially ended on Sunday, after competing political parties conducted their last campaign rallies on Saturday. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) opened the campaign period on July 14, and for the past two months, the competing parties and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has hosted an eight-member delegation from the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) for a five-day benchmarking visit on Digital Tax Stamps (DTS). The visit aimed to provide insights into the implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of the system as Malawi prepares …

LILONGWE, Malawi  | Xinhua | The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) says it has managed to retrieve audio and other material from the black box of the plane that crashed and killed Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others. The BFU made the announcement on its …

LILONGWE, Malawi | Xinhua | Malawi on Friday inaugurated new Vice President Michael Usi after President Lazarus Chakwera appointed him Thursday to replace Saulos Chilima who died in a plane crash on June 10, creating a vacancy in the office of the Vice President. Usi, 56, took the oath of …

LILONGWE, Malawi | Xinhua | Malawi has announced a 21-day mourning period for Vice President Saulos Chilima, who died in a plane crash Monday along with eight others onboard the aircraft. Minister of Information and Digitalization Moses Kunkuyu made the announcement late Tuesday, adding that the remains of the vice …

LILONGWE | Xinhua | Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima, along with nine other individuals who were on board a military aircraft, have been confirmed deceased after the aircraft went missing on Monday morning, President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Tuesday. Chilima was traveling to a funeral of the country’s former …

Lilongwe, Malawi | THE INDEPENDENT A military plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima is missing, and contact with the aircraft has so far not been successful, hours after it was to have landed. According to the office of the President  the Malawi Defence Force aircraft left Lilongwe today, Monday, June …

   When Brenda Comfort Mhlanga’s face was plastered across the media when she was hired as a police officer in 2022, her appointment was met with accusations of preferential treatment. Just a year on the job and this woman living with albinism dreams of one day becoming the Inspector of …