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Can Tech Turn the Tide on Wildlife Crime?
Hackster.io
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Wildlife crime is an existential threat to protected plant and animal species. Tigers, rhinos, elephants, and pangolins are at globally low population levels due to decades of poaching and exploitation. Less popular species like the Axolotl,...
Atupele Muluzi reaffirms UDF’s commitment to Malawi’s development
Capital Radio Malawi
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August 19, 2025
United Democratic Front (UDF) President Atupele Muluzi has reaffirmed his party’s commitment to championing development in Malawi, stating that the UDF is the only party with a proven track record of delivering meaningful progress for its...
UN Climate Adaptation Expo in Zambia concludes with urgent call for more finance to save lives & ...
Business Ghana
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The largest annual climate adaptation event has concluded in Lusaka, Zambia, with an urgent call for scaled up investment to save lives, lift living standards and boost economic growth. NAP Expo 2025 focused on strengthening countries’ capacity to...
TC extends sales period at Lilongwe, Chinkhoma floors
The Nation Malawi
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August 19, 2025
Tobacco Commission (TC) has said the extension of tobacco sales at Chinkhoma and Lilongwe floors will enable farmers to sell their remaining leaf. In a statement, TC said sales at Chinkhoma in Kasungu will now close on August 22 while Lilongwe...
Malawi taps into carbon market
The Times Group Malawi
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August 19, 2025
Malawi has taken a major step towards unlocking climate finance and green investment opportunities with the country’s first ever Carbon Market Framework, which has now been approved. A press release from the Ministry of Natural Resources, dated...
Another good week on Malawi Stock Exchange
The Times Group Malawi
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August 19, 2025
By Benadetta Chiwanda Mia: The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) has maintained a bullish run for the greater part of 2025, marked by rising share prices and trading activity. The market closed the week ending August 15, 2025, with the Malawi All Share...
Malawi Election 2025: UTM Party’s Vision for Economic Stability and Development
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 18, 2025
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UN Climate Adaptation Expo in Zambia concludes with urgent call for more finance to save lives and economies; helps countries harness AI to build climate resilience
News Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The largest annual climate adaptation event has concluded in Lusaka, Zambia, with an urgent call for scaled up investment to save lives, lift living standards and boost economic growth. NAP Expo 2025 focused on strengthening countries’ capacity to...
Food Insecurity Program In Malawi At Risk
The National Tribune
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August 18, 2025
After two major cyclones hit southern Malawi in four months, rural communities faced devastating crop losses and infrastructure damage during the leanest season of the year. In the aftermath of events like these, local leaders, government...
Cement crisis exposes Malawi’s deeper economic fault lines
The Maravi Post
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August 18, 2025
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has announced measures to address the cement shortage and rising prices that have rocked both consumers and the construction industry. In a statement, the Ministry revealed that it has facilitated the allocation...
Malawi 2025 Elections: UTM Presidential Candidate Dalitso Kabambe Promises Lean Government, Anti-Corruption Reforms, and K500 Billion Mining Investment for Economic Growth
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 17, 2025
By Suleman Chitera Lilongwe, Malawi warm hearted nation – UTM presidential candidate Dalitso Kabambe has unveiled a sweeping reformist vision for Malawi, promising to build a leaner and more accountable government, eliminate corruption, and...
Off to Africa, outgoing climate change envoy aims to spread gospel of Israel’s green tech
The Times of Israel
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August 18, 2025
Few figures in Israel’s environment and climate scene are as energetic, ubiquitous, diplomatic and positive as Gideon Behar, who is wrapping up more than five years as the country’s special envoy for climate change and sustainability under the...
25-08-18_Lameck Masina - Nowadays - Malawi - cooking in schools
D+C Development and Cooperation
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August 18, 2025
Until October last year, 15-year-old Meza Makadyanji often stayed home from school – not because she didn’t want to learn, but because she was too hungry. Even the long-running school meal programme by the World Food Programme (WFP) was...
Climate change is aggravating human disease
The Standard
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Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern—it is a pressing public health emergency. Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern—it is a pressing public health emergency. The planet’s rising temperatures, shifting...
“Chakwera’s Failures Exposed: Kabambe Demands Accountability as Poverty Grips Malawi”
Malawi Freedom Network
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August 17, 2025
Blantyre, Malawi – UTM leader Dalitso Kabambe has launched a scathing attack on President Lazarus Chakwera, questioning his legitimacy to seek re-election after what he calls “five years of disastrous leadership” that have left more than half of...
Malawi Police guarantees journalists’ safety ahead of September 16 Polls
The Maravi Post
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August 15, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Police Service (MPS) has guaranteed the safety on journalists ahead of September 16 General Elections. The service has also called on the media practitioners, journalists to priotise their safety during volatile...
Malawi's restless youth challenged to vote in September polls
Times-Georgian
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At a rally of pounding drums and ululating women, star Malawian rapper Fredokiss urged young people to vote in next month's elections despite their disenchantment with the government and the choice of main presidential candidates, all aged over...
Malawi pilots PRISM Drought Monitoring tool to strengthen climate resilience
The Maravi Post
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August 14, 2025
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-In a significant stride toward enhancing climate resilience and disaster preparedness, Malawi’s Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS), under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Climate Change, has...
Malawian youths shine at Zambia arts festival
The Nation Malawi
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August 14, 2025
A group of 39 young performers from Malawi excited audiences at the 2025 Jacaranda International Children and Youth Arts Festival in Lusaka, Zambia, from 7 to 9 August. The festival, organised by Assitej Zambia, brought together 19 local and...
Malawi still at crossroads: part 2
The Nation Malawi
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August 14, 2025
Twenty-five years ago, a young enthusiastic economist graduated from Oxford University. No sooner had he returned home to Blantyre, Malawi than he began writing regularly on the economy in Weekend Nation, a sister publication to this newspaper,...