The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stuck to its guns on the value of the Malawi kwacha, saying its assessment still shows that economic problems being experienced in the country can only be addressed through a devaluation and liberalisation of the exchange rate.

Former president Bakili Muluzi has alleged that President Bingu wa Mutharika is a thankless person who is "stabbing him and his family at the back despite elevating him in very difficult times."

An international rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Malawi government's recent arrests and threats against critics reflect its broader crackdown on free speech and other basic rights.

It is either a story of slow death or a sickly situation needing immediate medication as most businesses along the lakeshore are feared to be closing down, thanks to government's ban to hold workshops along the area and shortages of fuel and forex.

The growing population of prisoners has put the security of the prisons and the safety of warders at risk as the ratio between warder and prisoner has widened and continues to elasticize.

The latest Governance and Corruption Survey report by Centre for Social Research (CSR) has established that nepotism was fuelling corruption in the country's public institutions.

Blantyre city is facing a land crisis which has resulted into an acute shortage graveyard space forcing residents to bury their dead in rocky and steep places as most of graveyards have filled up to capacity, Malawi News can reveal.

The Public Affairs Committee's (PAC)'s board, the organisation's highest decision-making body, will decide modalities of when and how to make a formal presentation of resolutions made at the body's consultative conference that ended in Blantyre on Thursday.

Members of the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) have scoffed at attempts by the Presidential Committee on Dialogue (PCDG) to form a parallel group aimed at usurping the functions of PAC.

In the midst of pressure for the government to address various problems that the country is facing the Malawi Law Society (MLS) has come out of its shell to declare that it will this month organise demonstrations to voice out its concerns over the prolonged sit-in by the judiciary.

Government has lost billions of taxpayers' money through fraud in the Civil Service where officials were beating the recently introduced online financial transactions system.

The Malawi Institute of Engineers (MIE) has said the fact that the Liwonde Bridge is well past its lifespan calls for extensive review of the strength and integrity of the bridge, but it added that this does not mean the bridge is unsafe.

The government is yet to appoint a task force that will work on the establishment of an HIV and Aids plant in the country, three years after President Bingu wa Mutharika made the announcement.

Having played second fiddle to their bitter archrivals Mighty Wanderers for the past two seasons, Big Bullets had all the reasons to go on wild celebrations in the streets of Blantyre on their return from the Kamuzu Stadium where they had beaten the Nomads 2-0 in the Fellowship Association of Malawi (Fama) knockout championship.

Southern Region Football League (SRFL) has warned Premier Division side Changalume Barracks FC to improve on its discipline or risk a stern punishment after reports that the team had been assaulting its opponents in the ongoing professor Peter Mutharika League.

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) on Friday announced it will introduce a new K1,000 note as it embarks on what it called a new Malawi kwacha currency series.

As government is trying to increase the number of teachers in the country's primary schools by constructing more teacher training colleges, its efforts could be in vain. Some frustrated qualified primary teachers are reportedly trekking to Mozambique following delays by the Ministry of Education to post them after their training.

The Victim Support Unit in the country reported close to 25,000 cases of gender-based violence last year, which is a reduction of about 16 percent from the previous year, a report by the Malawi Police Service indicates.

The Youth Parliament which is expected to be launched in April this year will accommodate representatives residing in the constituencies and in the age range of between 10 and 25, District Commissioners have confirmed.

The Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE) and Teachers' Union of Malawi (TUM) have said the delay in paying teachers' salaries has perceivable effects on the education system.