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Nigeria and Senegal renew rivalry in CAF U20 AfCON quarter-finals tomorrow in Egypt
May 11, 2025
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* As South Africa seek consistency against DR Congo, who look to upset the while  Morocco are wary of fearless Sierra Leone * Regular combatants at the CAF U20 AfCON Ghana and Egypt face each other — marking their seventh meeting Maravi Express Defending champions Senegal face seven-time winners Nigeria in blockbuster CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) quarterfinal clash at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia tomorrow. The other quarterfinal matches are between South Africa and DR…

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Africa Brief adds credence to fake document claimed to have originated from MEC
May 11, 2025
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* Malawi Electoral Commission does not compile registration statistics and election results at regional level—says MEC in its statement * Those wishing to check the current voter registration statistics should visit https://mec.org.mw/2025-voter-registration-statistics/ By Duncan Mlanjira Editor-in-Chief for Africa Brief online publication, Winston Mwale has added credence to the statement that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) issued to distance itself to a document that went viral on social media — describing it as fake. In its statement, MEC emphasised that the…

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Flames unperturbed over South Africa’s squad reinforcement for this afternoon’s CHAN second leg qualifier
May 11, 2025
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* If anything, it shows there’s a bit of panic in their camp — our focus is to stick to our strategy and execute it at Loftus Stadium—assistant coach Peter Mponda * Ahead of very crucial moment of the qualifiers as winners will qualify for the CHAN finals in August to be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi national football team assistant coach Peter Mponda said the technical panel is very well aware that after…

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India and Pakistan agree to an immediate ceasefire mediated by President Trump
May 10, 2025
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* After 4 days of military strikes as death toll rises to 66 after both sides exchanged fire * Senior military officers to speak again on  Monday, May 12 By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam, Shivam Patel, Charlotte & Aftab Ahmed, Reuters Tariff Watch US President Donald Trump announced today,May 10 that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” after a fourth day of strikes and counter-strikes against each other’s military installations. Pakistan’s foreign minister also said…

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RBM amplifying campaign on turning assets into opportunities to broaden access to loans for individuals and MSMEs
May 10, 2025
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RBM’s chief examiner for consumer protection & financial literacy, Madalitso Chamba stressing a point * Loan applicants need to have sound credit-repayment status as banks are required to be verifying customers’ credit data history * We are looking at the importance of understanding credit report and usage of moveable asset by those who are currently not able to access credit because of collateral issues By Brenda Nkosi, MANA & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express In order to broaden access to…

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Airtel Malawi revamps ChezaFaya combo bundles
May 10, 2025
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* Now enjoy bigger savings and call all networks with ease — all from one convenient bundle By Duncan Mlanjira Airtel Malawi Plc has relaunched its popular ChezaFaya combo bundles — now enhanced to offer bigger savings, greater variety, and the freedom to call any local network — all from one convenient bundle. A statement from Airtel Malawi Marketing Director, Joshua Sichinga says with the new and improved ChezaFaya, customers can enjoy: * One-for-all value: More voice minutes, more…

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SHOTS FIRED: South Africa coach Ntseki makes several reinforcements ahead of Malawi clash in second leg of CHAN qualifier
May 10, 2025
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First leg action * Obviously, when you have players that are not playing regularly in their teams and some of them without teams, we ended up conceding that odd goal in the last three minutes of the game * But that did not make us feel bad about the team — we came out of that game with the best lessons that we needed to take into the next game Maravi Express Coach Molefi Ntseki is reported to have…

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Illovo Sugar Malawi reignites and reinvests its contribution towards malaria elimination
May 10, 2025
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* Aligning with the call from WHO’s global campaign to re-energise efforts at all levels, from global policy to community action to accelerate progress towards malaria elimination * The government is doing its part in scaling down cases of malaria through provision of free safety mosquito nets * But it is disheartening that public engagement is very low — with many using the nets for fishing and as fences for their vegetable gardens around their homesteads By Duncan Mlanjira…

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UK supported Malawi’s mining negotiating experts for an executive course on managing mining for national development at Oxford University last year
May 6, 2025
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High Commissioner Ritchie * As part of helping to strengthen capacity of Government officials and institutions—British High Commissioner to Malawi, Fiona Ritchie * During the opening of ‘Mining Delivery Lab’ at Bingu International Convection Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe today, May 6 * United Kingdom cares about Malawi’s future in economic growth, prosperity and development through mining By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Prisca Promise Mashushu, MANA As part of helping to strengthen capacity of government officials and institutions —…

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Blantyre DHO’s ‘Konda Blantyre-Konda Moyo’ campaign continues raising awareness on healthy living
May 6, 2025
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* Raising awareness to reduce new HIV infections and to combat sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the townships * We are continuing to implement the campaign in the facilities whenever we observe a slight increase in the number of new HIV infections and STI cases By Memory Kutengule Chatonda & Gift Wahuta, MANA The healthy living awareness campaign, ‘Konda Blantyre-Konda Moyo‘, which Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) rolled out continues to positively reach out to the city’s township resident,…

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