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Dictators hate free and independent media
Hear this. “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” This was a statement which Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor ...
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Malawi government seals Times Group offices
Malawi government, through its Revenue Authority (MRA), has sealed the headquarters of the country’s largest media conglomerate Times Group...
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Female chiefs in Malawi wage war against child marriages
Female chiefs in Malawi are waging war against child marriages. While the fight is still far from over, progress is being registered. BRIAN LIGOMEKA
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Court in Malawi slaps sexual offender with long jail sentence
MULANJE,Malawi - A court in Malawi slaps a sexual offender with long jail sentence in order to send deterrence messages to would-be offenders. Our cor...
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Malawi legislators tweak Access to Information Bill
A local chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa in Malawi has praised some legislators for proposing progressive amendments to the Access to...
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Over 4 million hungry Malawians get relief aid
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT LILONGWE, Malawi - World Food Programme has distributed in-kind food assistance and cash transfers to over 4.6 million hunger-str...
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Desperate African job seekers end up in slavery in Middle East
Recent cases have revealed that many young women being trafficked from African nations to Kuwait ended up being sold as slaves. EMILY BANDA wri...
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Police in Malawi arrest Rwandan genocide convict
LILONGWE, Malawi - Police in southern African nation of Malawi have arrested a Rwandan national Vincent Murekezi who was convicted on genocide charg...
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Fighting Africa’s toxic traditions requires more than law
BLANTYRE, Malawi - The revelation by a 45-year-old man from the southern Africa nation of Malawi that despite being HIV positive, he had sex with 104 ...
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Gambian’s Yahyah Jammeh respects Allah's guidance
Gambian leader Yahyah Jammeh has conceded defeat to opposition leader Adama Barrow after ruling the west African country for 22 years. "Allah i...