Tag Archives: MALAWI

Lilongwe, Malawi | Xinhua | The cumulative death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi hit 447 as of 07:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) Saturday, while the number of displaced people reached 362,928. The country’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) confirmed the figures in its sixth update Saturday evening, revealing …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | Zambia on Friday flagged off humanitarian aid to help victims of the Tropical Cyclone in neighboring Malawi. Gabriel Pollen, the national coordinator of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit, who flagged off the departure of the plane carrying the first items at the Zambia Air Force base …

Blantyre, Malawi | Xinhua |  Tropical Cyclone Freddy has continued to cause devastation in the southern African region as the death toll from disasters such as flash floods and mudslides continues to rise. In Malawi, where the impact of the cyclone looks the most severe, the death toll has risen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Reserve Bank of Malawi has awarded a licence to Centenary Group and the Catholic Church Archdiocese of Lilongwe to carry out banking operations in Malawi. The name of the new bank is Centenary Bank Limited, with Centenary Group holding majority shareholding and the Catholic …

Lilongwe, Malawi | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) has described Malawi’s cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 percent of total cases recorded in 12 countries across the continent. WHO Regional Health Security Advisor Ambrose Talisuna said this during his presentation …

Lilongwe, Malawi | Xinhua | The Malawi government has suspended the opening of schools in the country’s capital city, Lilongwe, and its commercial hub, Blantyre, due to an increase of cholera cases in the cities. This was announced Monday in a statement jointly signed by Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo …

COMMENT | Denis Jjuuko – #OutToLunch |  In early 1983, the Catholic Church in Uganda set up a scheme that targeted the majority of Ugandans — folks in rural areas, the majority of which were unbanked. Ten years later, the scheme turned into a commercial bank that still largely caters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on Wednesday fled Uganda to Europe in a manner that left people wondering how he was able to travel unchallenged by security and without his passport. Kakwenza had deposited his passport with Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court where he was …

Lilongwe, Malawi | Xinhua | At least four people have died in southern Malawi following floods and strong winds induced by tropical cyclone Ana, which has also left most parts of the country in blackout since Monday evening. Severe damage was inflicted in the southern districts of Chikwawa, Nsanje, Phalombe and …

✳ Morocco 2 Malawi 1 ✳ Senegal 2 Cape Verde 0 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | The Atlas Lions of Morocco have secured a place in the quarter final stage at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 in Cameroon. Morocco came from a goal down to defeat …