US suspends tobacco imports from Malawi over forced child labor allegations

  By Geneva Sands, CNN The United States on Friday suspended imports of all tobacco and tobacco products from Malawi for alleged forced labor practices — including child labor. Customs and Border Protection, which holds the authority to detain imports, has recently ramped up its efforts to hold companies and suppliers accountable for forced labor practices.  The agency issued a “Withhold Release Order” on tobacco from Malawi on Friday, allowing it to detain goods believed to have been produced…

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Matenje Ward ready for November 5 by-election

Erah Pinifolo, Mec Stringer in Kasungu All is set for Tuesday (November 5) by-election for Matenje Ward  in Kasungu North West Constituency as Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) finalizes training polling staff. The two-day training attracted polling staff and political party monitors in readiness for the by elections. MEC Commissioner Dr Jean Mathanga called upon the polling staff to discharge their duties professionally. “As a Commission, our goal is to conduct credible elections, hence the need to train the polling…

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Chikwawa District Council investigating if four deaths registered is due to heat wave

  By Duncan Mlanjira In the past few days, Chikwawa District Hospital is reported to have received a number of adult cases who presented with clinical features that are usually associated with heat exhaustion and that the district also had four reported deaths. But while the District Council is acknowledging that the high temperatures that hit the area might have contributed to the deaths, investigation is underway to establish exact cause of the deaths. “There has been four reported…

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Airtel in sensitization drive to help people from being defrauded through digital mobile money services

  By Duncan Mlanjira With the growing cases of people being robbed through syndicate of fraudsters who are swindling people through mobile money digital system, Malawi’s mobile phone service provider Airtel is on a sensitization drive people not to entertain callers claiming they are from Airtel. Some people call unsuspecting people informing them that they have either won a promotion competition that Airtel had conducted or that they have erroneously sent money to their Airtel Money account. When called…

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History as Malawi top female football ref is appointed to officiate men’s AFCON qualifier

By Duncan Mlanjira Elite FIFA assistant referee, Bernadettar Kwimbira is set to become Malawi’s first woman referee to officiate men’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between Libya and Tanzania scheduled for November 19 in Tripoli. She is among the six first African Female Elite Referees appointed by Confederation of African Football (CAF) to officiate men’s CAF AFCON matches in November. This comes after Kwimbira became overall best among the 33 referees, who attended a five-day Confederation of…

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People warn each other on recurring syndicate of fraudsters using mobile digital system to swindle people

  By Duncan Mlanjira People are warning each other on social media that there is a syndicate of fraudsters who are swindling people through mobile money digital system and it is suspected the culprits operate within prison walls. According to sources that Nyasa Times has talked to, the crooks are very cunning in that they call when least expected, saying they were calling from TNM or Airtel for Know Your Customer (KYC) updates and they ask people to open…

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