Malawi's Vice President Khumbo Kachali Wednesday made a courtesy call to Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House in Nairobi.

President Joyce Banda has asked farmers to sell their produce to only licensed Malawian buyers.

Malawi College of Health Sciences (MCHS), which has campuses in Blantyre, Lilongwe and Zomba, has sent back its students who were supposed to resume classes on Monday following lecturers' boycotting of classes over unpaid salary arrears.

The government of Flanders has said it is impressed with various projects which Malawi Red Cross Society is implementing in the country.

Some women living with HIV in Lilongwe have expressed concern over exclusion from Farm Input Subsidy programme (Fisp).

Agriculture Minister Peter Mwanza has confirmed that there is a huge deficit of maize grain in the country, owing to intensified illegal exports by unlicensed foreign traders.

Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) has cancelled the debate it arranged to conduct between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential hopefuls Peter Mutharika and Henry Chimunthu Banda.

The State House has accused international pop star, Madonna, and her agents of attempting to blackmail the country into according her red carpet treatment just because she adopted two Malawian children.

United Nations has sent warning letters to its striking staff in Malawi for continuing absenting themselves from work.

Government has said it plans to see the contribution of the mining sector to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase from the current 10 per cent to 20 per cent in three years time.

A defence lawyer for four former senior government officials accused of perjury and treason Wednesday accused the state of abusing the courts and called for the Lilongwe Magistrates' Court to throw out the case.

TWO former presidents from Southern African Development Community (Sadc), Fes tus Mogae of Botswana and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, have joined the mediation team charged to resolve the Malawi, Tanzania dispute over Lake Malawi boundary.

THE Ant-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has asked the Supreme Court of Appeal to reverse a High Court ruling that confirmed the acquittal of three men including Magistrate Mzonde Mvula on various corruption allegations by a lower court.

A RULING by the High Court in Lilongwe last week found that the state did not err in re-arresting treason suspect Vuwa Kaunda at Kamuzu International Airport as he attempted to leave the country as his court order was not valid.

GOVERNMENT has lashed back at the Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU) on the recent 61 percent salary increment for the least paid civil servants, which the servants claim has turned out to be a raw deal.

MINISTER of Youth and Sports Enoch Chihana has said the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (Yedef) loan facility is facing hitches because of rampant cases of default and might soon be declared bankrupt.

ONLY the poor and less influential women are most likely to die from unsafe abortions, women's rights activist, Seodi White, has said.

THE Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) have called on adults in the country to check their blood pressure and adhere to medical advice when found with high blood pressure.

Local members of staff for United Nations this morning started boycotting work to force their management in New York to peg their salaries against United States dollar as a way of cushioning them against the country's tough economic situation.

The Society of Accountants in Malawi (Socam) has asked Finance Minister Ken Lipenga to raise the tax free band on Pay As You Earn (Paye) from the current K15,000 to K25,000.