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The government of Malawi has defended its decision to ask Mike Tyson to become the country's official cannabis ambassador
Tyson was sentenced to six years in jail in 1992 after being convicted of raping 18-year-old Desire…
Barnaby Lane
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How a Malawi-based advocate is working to bring quality drinking water and sanitation services to the African nation
Kettie Alinafe Harawa is working to expand access to clean water and hygiene in her home country th…
Erica Sweeney
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Man charged with child trafficking after BBC report said he used Malawian kids to make videos mocking Black people for profit
The man made kids chant racist slogans about themselves in a language they didn't understand and so…
Sinéad Baker
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Exim Bank extends USD 216-mn credit line to Malawi govt
Projects covered under the LOCs extended to Malawi includes supply of irrigation network, tobacco t…
PTI
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Even ‘Rising Malawi’ Couldn’t Save Rebel Heart Controversy
Ever since, she has courted controversy. There are umpteen numbers of stories on Internet, and in t…
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Russia says Putin won't die in a plane crash because their domestic aircraft 'are very reliable vehicles'
Recent aviation accidents had claimed the lives of Iran's president and Malawi's vice president.
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Malawi President Slams Madonna For 'Making Poor People Dance For Her' During Unannounced Visit
After Madonna finished her weeklong humanitarian trip on Saturday to the impoverished country, Band…
Aly Weisman
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The world's first malaria vaccine took 30 years and cost $52.1 million — you'll get it for a dollar or two
Financing for the project came from three global health funding bodies. The Global Fund to Fight…
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An elite female soccer player says she was forced to strip during matches to prove she is a woman
"I had never been so devastated and I cried at the embarrassment," Tabitha Chawinga told The Guardi…
Barnaby Lane
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These photos of prison cells around the world show how differently countries treat their criminals
Prisoners in Norway, for example, don't have bars in their rooms, and have access to musical instru…
Mark Abadi
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Melania Trump is taking her 'Be Best' campaign to Africa in her first major solo trip as first lady
First Lady Melania Trump landed in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday morning for a six-day tour of Africa whe…
Ashley Collman
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Pfizer says it will no longer make a profit from selling its patented drugs to 1.2 billion people in 45 low-income countries
Pfizer will sell 23 drugs used to treat infectious and inflammatory diseases, cancers, and coronavi…
Urooba Jamal
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Israel has reported its first COVID-19 case involving a 'worrying' new coronavirus variant that's spreading fast in southern Africa
The B.1.1.529 variant was detected in a person traveling to Israel from Malawi, and two other peopl…
Kate Duffy
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Daylight Saving Time begins on March 10 - here's the history behind the bi-annual time change, and why some states have gotten rid of it
Today, most of the US except for Hawaii, Arizona, and many US territories all recognize daylight sa…
Grace Panetta
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An elephant charged at Melania Trump during her 'Be Best' tour of Africa
As she was visiting with and feeding baby elephants, one of them charged at her. The elephant seeme…
John Haltiwanger
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Melania Trump wanted to send full-length mirrors to African children so they could 'see that they are very strong,' book says
Stephanie Grisham wrote that Trump's then-chief of staff "thought it would be a PR nightmare, a mod…
Grace Panetta,Eliza Relman
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Malawi's president slams Omicron travel bans on African countries from the US and other governments as 'Afrophobia'
"Covid measures must be based on science, not Afrophobia," Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said.
John Haltiwanger
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World faces biggest cholera surge in 20 years
The world is facing the biggest surge in cholera for at least 20 years, as economic crises, climate…
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These 9 countries have managed to stay away from Covid-19— one of them even banned the word ‘coronavirus’
While most of the countries continue to battle the pandemic, these countries claim that they…
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The US is set to restrict travel from 8 countries on Monday because of the new Omicron coronavirus 'variant of concern'
The restricted countries include South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini, M…