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‘Nasty C’ Set to Headline Gwamba’s “Wanted Tour” Grand Finale in Lilongwe
Face of Malawi
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August 18, 2025
Published on August 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM by Evance Kapito 184 words • approx. 1 min read Multi-Award-winning South African hip-hop star Nasty C is returning to Malawi on 30 November 2025 to thrill fans at the grand finale of Gwamba’s Wanted Tour....
Malawi’s Honorary Consul to Israel Under Spotlight After Top Award Nomination
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 17, 2025
Malawi’s Honorary Consul to Israel, Nir Gess, has been nominated for the Honorary Consul of the Year 2025 Award by the Ambassadors’ Club of Israel, a recognition that comes as Malawi’s diplomatic and economic ties with Israel continue to deepen....
Mpox In Malawi: A Community Effort That Proved It Can Be Beaten
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) LILONGWE, Malawi, August 18, 2025/APO Group/ -- Declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 14 August 2024, mpox remains a health challenge across several African countries, including Malawi....
“We are voting Muchimbulimbuli,” Kabambe Blasts ‘Blind Voting’, Urges Malawians to Choose Vision Over Tribe
Nyasa Times
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August 18, 2025
UTM presidential candidate Dr. Dalitso Kabambe has launched a scathing attack on Malawi’s voting culture, warning that many citizens continue to vote “blindly” based on tribe or origin instead of vision and policies. In a strong statement on...
Football finals to wrap up Malawi Youth Games
The Times Group Malawi
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August 18, 2025
The 2025 Malawi Youth Games are set for an explosive finish with three football finals at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre today. The games started on Wednesday across three venues in Blantyre with 1,078 young players from the country’s seven education...
Malawian gov't, UN official mourn anti-child marriage chief
Xinhua News Agency
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LILONGWE, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Malawian president and a UN official have extended condolences over the passing of Senior Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, known for her tireless efforts to end thousands of child marriages in the country....
Revolutionary Digital App to Link Over 60 Catholic Radios in Eastern Africa
ACI Africa
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August 19, 2025
AMECEA’s Secretary General, Fr. Anthony Makunde reiterated Fr. Kaufa’s sentiments, noting that the digital radio app, just like the 10-year communication policy also unveiled on August 18, is an attempt by AMECEA to “harmonize” evangelization...
Youth activist calls for probe into potential human trafficking scheme targetting African girls
Zambia Reports
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August 18, 2025
By Richard Lamu “I applied for the Alabuga Start Programme but with what I have read so far, I am having second thoughts; I don’t think I would go if they accept me,” 21-year-old Chileshe (not her real name) told Zambia Reports. A graduate of...
Choir Competition in Mangochi Municipal promotes unity and culture
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 18, 2025
On 16 August, Her Excellency Professor Getrude Mutharika attended a choir competition in Mangochi Municipal. The event was organized by Hon. Rodrick Chiwaya, Shadow MP for Mangochi Municipal, as part of efforts to promote unity in the area. Choirs...
25-08-18_Lameck Masina - Nowadays - Malawi - cooking in schools
D+C Development and Cooperation
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August 18, 2025
Until October last year, 15-year-old Meza Makadyanji often stayed home from school – not because she didn’t want to learn, but because she was too hungry. Even the long-running school meal programme by the World Food Programme (WFP) was...
Kabambe hails Livingstonia Synod for 150 years of independent service to Malawi
Malawi 24
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August 18, 2025
Advertisement UTM President Dalitso Kabambe has praised the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia for maintaining independence in its operations, despite being founded by missionaries. Kabambe said he hopes both the country and its politicians can learn from...
Malawi on the brink: Brace for unprecedented economic hardship
The Maravi Post
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August 16, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) forecasts inflation to reach 32.5% by December 2025. From the looks of things, however, this projection may prove optimistic, with inflation potentially surging to around 40% due to severe...
Some NAM affiliates raise concerns on nominations
The Nation Malawi
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August 20, 2025
Some members of the Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) affiliates have written the Malawi National Council of Sports expressing concern on how the electoral committee is handling nominations for the association’s upcoming polls. The elections are...
FAM creates national teams’ player pathway
The Nation Malawi
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August 20, 2025
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) says players that have not undergone proper development stages will no longer be eligible for national teams’ selection unless they have exceptional talents. FAM president Fleetwood Haiya said this on the...
Diplomatic Passports for Sale? Malawi’s Honorary Consul Nir Gess and the Rot in the System
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 17, 2025
Malawi’s diplomatic passport regime is under fire again after revelations of abuse, political interference, and elite privilege. The scandal has dragged into the spotlight one of Malawi’s most powerful honorary diplomats—Nir Gess, the Israeli-born...
Prisons get fresh dawn from new law
The Nation Malawi
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August 20, 2025
The coming into operation of the Prisons Act (2025) has ushered in sweeping reforms set to effectively change Malawi’s prison system hitherto riddled with a myriad of challenges for decades, including congestion. Minister of Homeland Security...
Churches shouldn’t just worship, but also produce food – HH
News Diggers
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August 16, 2025
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says churches should not just be worshiping and singing from Monday to Sunday, stating that they should also be producing some food. Speaking when he commissioned the sixth Zambia National Service Officer Cadets Intake...
Stakeholders Urged to Use Mining Indaba to Address Community Challenges
Malawi 24
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August 20, 2025
The Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) Head of Programs, Bryer Mulowoka, has called on stakeholders to use the ongoing Mining Indaba as a platform for dialogue between communities, mining companies, and government officials. Mulowoka said the...
SUPPORT ZANU PF OR FACE DEPORTATION : CHIEF THREATENS MALAWIANS
News dze Zimbabwe
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August 16, 2025
Chief Wait Gwesela of Zhombe has threatened the Globe and Phoenix community in Kwekwe which originally is home to largely descendants of Malawian migrant workers of deportation back to their country if they fail to support a Zanu PF resolution to...
AFRICA/MALAWI - First National Eucharistic Congress: The Eucharist, "source and summit" of the Pilgrims of Hope
Fides
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August 15, 2025
Lilongwe – The central importance of the Blessed Sacrament in the life of Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year was the focus of the first National Eucharistic Congress, held last week in Lilongwe, which received the blessing of the Holy Father,...