https://www.focusmalawi.com Latest news updates en https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/one-dead-four-injured-in-mangochi-road-accident The deceased has been identified as Biasha Daudi, from Mgundaphiri Village under Traditional Authority Mponda in Mangochi District. According to Ma... Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:38:35 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/one-dead-four-injured-in-mangochi-road-accident https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/who-is-in-charge-while-apm-is-away-atupele-muluzi-wonders Speaking in an exclusive interview on Capital Straight Talk, aired on Capital FM on Tuesday, October 13, Muluzi said Malawians need to know who is run... Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:13:01 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/who-is-in-charge-while-apm-is-away-atupele-muluzi-wonders https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mothers-day-mangochi-police-issue-safety-warning-to-lake-malawi-visitors The appeal comes ahead of the annual celebrations, which attract large numbers of visitors to the lakeshore district, particularly women, for festivit... Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:59:19 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mothers-day-mangochi-police-issue-safety-warning-to-lake-malawi-visitors https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/kamlepo-kalua-suspended-another-dpp-appointee-in-turmoil Kalua, the former Rumphi East legislator who lost his seat in the September 2025 general election, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of state-owne... Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:50:06 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/kamlepo-kalua-suspended-another-dpp-appointee-in-turmoil https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/bakuwa-returns-to-bwb-but-his-own-audit-controversy-follows-him But for those concerned with governance, accountability and the management of public institutions, Bakuwa’s return to the water utility raises a more... Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:40:12 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/bakuwa-returns-to-bwb-but-his-own-audit-controversy-follows-him https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/chithyola-gives-bleak-assessment-of-dpp-first-year-says-malawians-are-poorer In a five-page statement issued on Sunday, Chithyola said the DPP Government had failed to deliver on many of the promises made when Malawians returne... Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:32:29 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/chithyola-gives-bleak-assessment-of-dpp-first-year-says-malawians-are-poorer https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mec-appoints-kamkwalala-as-acting-chief-elections-officer MEC Chairperson Justice Annabel Mtalimanja announced the appointment in a public notice dated 25 September 2026, saying Kamkwalala’s appointment takes... Fri, 25 Sep 2026 18:22:11 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mec-appoints-kamkwalala-as-acting-chief-elections-officer https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/nankhumwa-honours-his-pledge-to-lucius-banda-foundation Nankhumwa made the pledge on 22 August 2026, during the launch of the Lucius Banda Foundation at Balaka Stadium. He has now followed through on that c... Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:54:32 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/nankhumwa-honours-his-pledge-to-lucius-banda-foundation https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/let-malawians-try-us-in-2030-dalitso-kabambe-pleads Speaking in an exclusive interview with Capital FM’s Capital Straight Talk, hosted by Rhodes Msonkho on Thursday Kabambe said Malawi’s political lead... Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:30:28 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/let-malawians-try-us-in-2030-dalitso-kabambe-pleads https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/azhar-mahmood-chaudhry-the-man-behind-the-kanengo-northgate-land-controversy Eventually put forward as a US$600 million development covering roughly 500 hectares, Kanengo Northgate was supposed to be much more than a housing es... Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:55:01 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/azhar-mahmood-chaudhry-the-man-behind-the-kanengo-northgate-land-controversy https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/the-chaudhry-land-file-activists-demand-his-arrest The activists allege that the transactions raise serious questions over false declarations to public officers, the acquisition and transfer of land by... Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:13:10 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/the-chaudhry-land-file-activists-demand-his-arrest https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/nasrat-osman-found-safe-but-the-rescue-raises-new-questions Osman was allegedly abducted on 11 September 2026, with police saying four men were believed to have taken her before fleeing in a grey Nissan Dualis,... Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:31:15 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/nasrat-osman-found-safe-but-the-rescue-raises-new-questions https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mangochi-sda-church-to-celebrate-76-years-of-pathfinder-ministry-nankhumwa-will-be-guest-of-honour According to information available to FocusMalawi.com, the celebrations will take place on Saturday, 19 September 2026, at Mangochi Central Seventh-da... Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:05:03 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mangochi-sda-church-to-celebrate-76-years-of-pathfinder-ministry-nankhumwa-will-be-guest-of-honour https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/ex-convict-back-in-jail-after-escom-cable-vandalism According to Mangochi Police Station Public Relations Officer Inspector Amina Tepani Daudi, the convict, Ephraim Chipojola, was arrested on September... Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:29:25 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/ex-convict-back-in-jail-after-escom-cable-vandalism https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/finally-bail-for-magalasi-but-the-questions-are-only-getting-bigger Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Austin Banda has granted Magalasi bail in the cybercrime case in which he is accused of aiding attempts to access m... Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:51:57 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/finally-bail-for-magalasi-but-the-questions-are-only-getting-bigger https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/the-k30-million-warning-malawis-kidnapping-problem-is-getting-harder-to-ignore That is precisely what has happened in the case of 47-year-old Nasrat Osman, a British national who was allegedly abducted in broad daylight at Mount... Mon, 14 Sep 2026 05:37:22 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/the-k30-million-warning-malawis-kidnapping-problem-is-getting-harder-to-ignore https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/azhar-mahmood-chaudhry-faces-loss-of-malawian-citizenship-and-passport Multiple sources have confided in this reporter that investigators have uncovered a scheme in which some foreigners allegedly acquired Malawian passpo... Sun, 13 Sep 2026 23:30:31 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/azhar-mahmood-chaudhry-faces-loss-of-malawian-citizenship-and-passport https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/norway-closes-its-embassy-in-malawi-should-lilongwe-be-worried The Norwegian Government says the decision is part of a wider review and restructuring of its foreign service against what it describes as the most se... Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:08:13 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/norway-closes-its-embassy-in-malawi-should-lilongwe-be-worried https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mcp-apologises-to-alliance-partners The apology, which comes as MCP prepares for the 2030 general elections, includes tUTM and the other parties that formed the Tonse Alliance that swept... Sun, 13 Sep 2026 16:06:41 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/mcp-apologises-to-alliance-partners https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/another-indian-national-abducted-in-broad-daylight-in-blantyre Malawi National Police Headquarters Spokesperson, Gladys Chiwaula, confirmed that the latest incident is reported to have occurred shortly after midda... Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:34:40 +0000 https://www.focusmalawi.com/news/articles/another-indian-national-abducted-in-broad-daylight-in-blantyre