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Cyclone Freddy: Death toll jumps to 438 in Malawi
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says the death toll from Cyclone Freddy has jumped to 438 from 326. DODMA said last night that it has received fresh preliminary reports from councils, on damages caused by Tropical Cyclone Freddy (TCF). 'TCF-induced flooding, strong winds and
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Tropical Storm ANA: Death toll in Malawi rises to 32
The number of people who have died in Malawi due to Tropical Storm ANA has risen from 20 to 32 Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), in a statement yesterday, said it has recorded 147 injuries and 20 missing persons [19 in Chikwawa and one in Mwanza]. Two persons who were reported
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Poverty from cradle to the grave - The Times Group Malawi
By Paulina Banda: For the past couple of months, Malawians, especially poor and vulnerable ones, have encountered varying calamities of biblical proportions. As I write this piece, I must remind myself that most Malawians have known nothing but hardships their entire lives. Therefore, what I am
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Lazarus Chakwera announces plan for Swahili language in schools
By Isaac Salima: President Lazarus Chakwera has announced plans to introduce Tanzania’s official language Swahili, in the country’s school curriculum as a way of fostering social ties between Malawi and Tanzania. Chakwera said this Friday during a media briefing as he bade farewell to visiting
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
DODMA provides relief items to households affected by disaster in Lilongwe
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) has come to the rescue of over 380 disaster affected households in Lilongwe by providing survival packages. The people were affected by heavy rains associated by strong winds that hit the district on Saturday, January 8, 2022. Principal
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Rebuilding lives after Freddy’s devastation
By Arnold Munthali, contributor: Jacqueline Dickson is striving to rebuild her life after Tropical Cyclone Freddy wreaked havoc on it. She is aware of the uphill battle, yet no one can question her tenacity. The cyclone exacerbated conditions for vulnerable households such as Dickson’s. She is
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Floods hit Malawi: M1 road cut off, families trapped, one person dead
Moderate Tropical Storm ANA has caused damage in the Southern Region where M1 Road and Chapananga Bridge on the Chikwawa-Mwanza Road have been cut-off. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says the strong winds and floods induced by ANA have left one person dead in Mulanje and
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Malawi Writers Union rolls out story writing competition
By Chikondi Mitchaya: Malawi Writers Union (Mawu), with funding from Copyright Society of Malawi (Cosoma) through the Copyright Fund, has commenced a story writing competition in public secondary schools. The writers’ body said the aim of the competition is to improve the reading and writing
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Malawi Floods: Chakwera appeals for support
President Lazarus Chakwera visited flood victims in the Lower Shire where he appealed to the international community to assist Malawi recover from the damage caused by the floods Chakwera boarded a plane which flew over the affected areas. From the plane, the Malawi leader observed the damage
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Malawi needs K240 billion for lean season response Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says Malawi needs US$226 million (over K240 billion) to support 4.4 million people who are food insecure for the next six months from October 01, 2023. Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) projects that 4.4 million
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DODMA justifies controversial goat procurement deal - Malawi 24 - Malawi news
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) has justified the awarding of K1.3 billion goat procurement contracts to expensive suppliers and has claimed that the issue has been unnecessarily exaggerated In a statement issued on Wednesday, September 22, DODMA announced its intention to
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Late for the party
The question I ask myself is: Till when? I mean, procrastination is the thief. It robs people of the opportunity to timely act on issues. By the time one decides to do the needful— that is, acting on an issue— it could be too late to redeem the situation. Surprisingly, some wise people— people who
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
How Cyclone Freddy eroded Malawi’s soybean harvest last farming season
By Charles Mpaka: When Cyclone Freddy hit the country in March this year, the deluges and mudslides and the devastation it caused in the Southern Region grabbed almost all the attention. However, away from this eye of the storm and unbeknown to many, the cyclone was silently unleashing another
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Forestry policy good for Malawi
The National Forest Policy of 2016 set forth a bold vision for Malawi—the conservation, establishment, protection and sustainable management of trees and forests. In light of the devastating impacts of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, the urgency to achieve this goal became even more
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
DoDMA hails EGENCO for donating relief items worth MK10 Million 
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has commended Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) for donating relief items to Cyclone Freddy affected households. Fedson Chikuse, DoDMA’s Deputy Director responsible for Preparedness made the remarks on Saturday in Blantyre
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Floods kill 20 people in Malawi
Twenty people have died while 1,130 have suffered injuries due to floods caused by Moderate Tropical Storm ANA. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says two persons have been reported missing in Phalombe District. As of yesterday, a total of 91,742 households in 17 district
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Cotton output, earnings tumble sharply in 2023
Volume of and earnings from cotton took a sharp fall in 2023 as output dropped by 48 percent, with the value facing a 41 percent slump. Figures from the Cotton Council of Malawi indicate that the country produced 10,000 metric tonnes (mt) this year, a fall from the 19,500mt produced last year. The
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Lightning strikes kill 26 people in Malawi
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) says 26 people have died due to lightning strikes since the start of the current rainy season. DODMA has also recorded 13 deaths that occurred as a result of collapsed walls due to strong winds and stormy rains. Twenty-one of the 39 departed
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Over 20,000 hectares of crops affected by dry spell in Karonga
The prolonged dry spell in Karonga has affected over 20,000 hectares of crops such as maize, rice and tobacco. According to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA), the dry spell has affected 8,742 hectares of maize, 10, 752 hectares of rice, 1444 hectares of groundnuts and 59
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
TNM Pamtsetse Charity Bonanza nets K41 million
By Gracious Zinazi Nzika Flood Response has managed to raise 41 million kwacha out of the targeted 50 million kwacha through the Pamtsetse Charity Bonanza. In his remarks, Counsel Gift Nankhuni, Nzika Flood Response team leader, thanked TNM Limited and NBS Bank for sponsoring the event and promised
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Lazarus Chakwera touts Malawi, Israel relationship
By Lisa Kadango Malango in New York, USA President Lazarus Chakwera has hailed the relationship that exists between Malawi and Israel, saying people have benefitted from it. Chakwera made the remarks in New York, the United States, where he engaged members of a delegation from Israel Conference of
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Relocation on the cards for Tropical Cyclone Freddy victims
Since the time Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit the Southern Region of Malawi back in March 2023, life has never been the same for the victims who were affected and displaced as their dreams were shattered, lives bruised and property left in ruins. But now there is a flicker of hope for the 105,902
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Cyclone Freddy: 499 dead, 427 missing in Malawi
Soldiers searching for bodies The number of people who have died due to impact of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi has reached 499 while the number of missing people has risen to 427 from 349. This is according to Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA). The department said yesterday that it had
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
MP questions Dodma’s goat procurement contract - The Times Group Malawi
Member of Parliament for Nsanje Lalanje Gladys Ganda has taken the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) to task over the awarding of contracts for procurement of goats in Nsanje under the post Cyclone Idai and Kenneth Emergency Recovery Resilience Project. Ganda fears the process is
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Malawi donates beans to insurgency victims in Mozambique
The Malawi Government has donated 30 metric tonnes of beans to the Mozambican Government towards supporting people affected by the incursions in Cabo Delgado. The development follows President Lazarus Chakwera's pledge which he made during the Extra-Ordinary SADC Summit held on 12th January, 2022
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Disaster in the waiting
Soon, the rains will be on us. And so will the problems. By problems, I do not mean fuel shortage, foreign exchange shortage and delays to announce names of Affordable Inputs Programme beneficiaries. Far from it. These stopped being ‘problems’ long ago. Malawians know real ‘problems’ other than
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
Maanja oposa 5,000 akusamutsidwa m'madera a ngozi ku Nsanje Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi
Nthambi yoona za ngozi zogwa mwadzidzi m'dziko muno ya DoDMA yati ili nkati mosamutsa maanja oposa 5,000 ku dera la Makhanga m'boma la Nsanje, omwe amakhala m'malo a ngozi za madzi osefukila. Malingana ndi nthambiyi, ntchitoyi ikuchitika mogwirizana ndi khonsolo ya boma la Nsanje ndipo maanja oposa
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Under the rubble
Last week, President Lazarus Chakwera came out to address Malawians on the measures that his government intends to take following the 44 percent devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha. His speech, of cause, came after the big man was criticised for handling the situation a bit carelessly. To begin
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Source: The Times Group Malawi - Breaking news, politics, sports, entertainment and more - The Times Group Malawi
DODMA says it is ready to respond to disasters this year
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) says it has put in place guidelines and plans and has resources worth K76 billion available to respond to possible disasters this year. Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs Charles Kalemba said this in Dedza during the 2022 commemoration
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Source: Malawi 24 | Malawi news
Communities in Nsanje request for relocation
People from disaster prone area of Group Village Head (GVH) Mpomba, Traditional Authority (T/A) Malemia in Nsanje, who had been reluctant to relocate to safer places, have now called on  government to have them relocated. The village has been completely washed away by Tropical Cyclone Freddy
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