Tag: Malawi

In a significant move to address the devastating effects of a severe drought linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon, the Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 ...

President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi has confirmed the tragic death of Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others in a plane crash.  The small military aircraft they were traveling in ...

Efforts to locate a missing military plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima, a former first lady, and eight others ramped up on Tuesday, June 11.  The aircraft is feared ...

Solomon Quaynor, the Vice President African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has concluded a tour of Export Trade Group (ETG)’s southern Africa operations, signalling the potential for stronger partnership with the ...

According to the African Development Bank’s new economic report, the Southern Africa region has seen a slowdown in economic growth over the past year as its largest economy, South Africa, ...

According to a report released by the United Nations on Wednesday, 15 March 2023, African countries are spending between 2% and 9% of their budgets to respond to extreme weather ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma— a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated— as a public health problem. Malawi becomes ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding to introduce, or further roll-out, the ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants of $9.25 million to implement the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Program (ADRiFi) in Malawi.  The Grants ...

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