Malawi's Parliament on Wednesday passed the Accountants and Auditors Bill which seeks to merge the Public Accountants Examination Council with Malawi Accountancy Board to avoid duplication of roles while strengthening it.

People of Manyenje village, Traditional Authority Somba in Blantyre, have asked the government to intervene in the pollution of Mudi River.

The People's Party (PP) has blasted Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) and Consumer Association of Malawi boss John Kapito for what it says advancing the agenda of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party.

The High Court in Blantyre will on Friday deliver a ruling on whether or not to vacate the injunction obtained by Chancellor College and Polytechnic students against the closure of the two colleges.

The 336 Malawian young men and women who will be exported to South Korea for the export labour programme will be earning a minimum of U$1000 a month.

Humphrey Mvula has dragged the Malawi Police Service to court over his arrest in 2010 on suspicion that he was harbouring Sudi Sulaimana whom the police were hunting for alleged offences.

Thirteen-year old Chichiri Primary School girl, Emmanuella Manjolo, has been nominated to represent a cohort of the country's adolescent girls at this year's Women Deliver Conference in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

The country's year on year inflation eased by 0.6 percentage points in April to close the month at 35.8 percent thanks to softening food prices, the National Statistical Office (nsO) said on Monday.

Leader of Opposition in Parliament John Tembo on Monday described it as "morally wrong and unfair" for the government to come up with austerity measures only for helpless Malawians to shoulder while those in government live a different life.

Cabinet has finally approved sale of the controversial 14-seat presidential jet at U$15million. This is US$5 million less than its market value.

President Joyce Banda and her government have failed to show real vigour to fight corruption which is becoming deep rooted in the country, President of the new Labour Party (NLP) Friday Jumbe has said.

The High Court in Blantyre on Monday ruled that David Nyamilandu, who is Assistant Director of Prosecutions at the Anti Corruption Bureau, is eligible to represent the state in former president Bakili Muluzi's K1.7 billion graft case.

Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Uladi Mussa's nephew, Vasco Mussa, is in police custody in Salima following the missing of his uncle's fuel card.

Chancellor College (Chanco) students on Sunday voted against their own sit-in, favouring going back to class on grounds that their action was not only ineffective but also time wasting.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has written the Inspector General of Police, Lot Dzonzi, expressing concern over what it has called the police's "unwarranted harassment" of the party's president Peter Mutharika and his followers.

Landnet, a network of non-governmental organisations dealing with land issues across the country, has urged parliament to pass the Land Bill, in the current budget meeting of parliament which President Joyce Banda opened on Friday.

Sixty-eight former Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) officers in Southern Region have claimed that the payout of the officers that government undertook earlier was corrupt, hence the suspension of the process.

President Joyce Banda has denied selling the country to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saying her decision to devalue the Malawi Kwacha in May last year was for the good of Malawians.

Four people have died on the spot and15 others seriously injured after a minibus they were travelling in on Thursday collided with a lorry in Mzuzu.

The Ministry of Labour has released names of 336 Malawian young men and women who will go to South Korea under the labour export programme.