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SADC and East African Community directs Chiefs of Defence Forces to provide technical direction on immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Eastern DRC

February 8, 2025

* And for joint SADC and EAC ministers to meet within 30 days to deliberate on the defence forces’ report * Urged the DRC to protect lives and property; uphold long lasting legal and moral principles of respecting peace missions By Duncan Mlanjira The joint extraordinary Summit of Heads of State from Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC) held in Tanzania today, has directed that Chiefs of Defence Forces to meet within 5 days and…

SADC leaders call for immediate joint summit with East African Community to find solutions to escalating war in DRC

February 1, 2025

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* Also expressed their deepest condolences to DRC, South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi for the soldiers killed in action in the recent attacks * That took place in Sake, eastern DRC serving as peacekeepers of SADC Mission in DRC (SAMIDRC) By Duncan Mlanjira At its Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State held in Harare, Zimbabwe, leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have called for immediate joint summit with East African Community to find solutions to the escalating war…

Airtel Africa Plc delivers an improvement in both operating and financial performance in the last quarter

January 30, 2025

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* Driven by its refined strategy which is focussed on delivering great customer experience across all touch points * An increasingly important component of this is to provide a best-in-class network, digitise and simplify the customer journey * Our focus on speed and quality execution is enabling us to unlock the substantial opportunities for growth across our markets and business segments * Where demand remains significant, resulting in a further acceleration of constant currency revenue growth to 21.3% in…

56 Malawians amongst a total of over 1.4 million expected to be deported from the US as of November 2024

January 28, 2025

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* Topping the list are countries bordering the US that have had running battles with the US on many immigration issues that include illegal immigration and importation of illicit drugs * Such countries include Honduras, which has over 261,651 illegal immigrants on the list; Guatemala 253,413, Mexico (252,044) * El Salvador (203,822); Nicaragua (45,995); Cuba (42,084); Colombia (27,388) Venezuela (22,749) and Peru (13,769) By Duncan Mlanjira From a total of over 1,445,549 of non-citizens living illegally in the United…

Ashraful Aid reaches out to Bangwe primary school learners with learning materials in commemoration of International Education Day

January 27, 2025

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* Implemented its ‘Coming-Back-to-School’ project by providing the learners with writing materials * That included exercise books, pens, carrier-bags, rubbers, pencils, toys, and snacks * Organisations should also extend their support to children in the lower classes, just as they do for those in the upper classes By Agatha Kadzinje, MANA As the world commemorates the International Education Day, Ashraful Aid International has taken a significant step to support education by providing educational materials to over 100 primary school…

Rwanda at centre of it all in the DRC conflict

January 27, 2025

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* DRC’s foreign minister accuses Rwanda of declaring war by sending its troops over the border to help the rebels * UN Secretary General calls for Rwandan forces to withdraw from DRC as rebels press offensive forcing thousands of civilians to flee * António Guterres reiterates his strongest condemnation of the M23 armed group’s ongoing offensive and advances towards Goma in North Kivu with the support of the Rwanda Defence Forces Maravi Express UN Secretary General António Guterres has…

Kenyan Minister raids on an illegal mineral dealership involving Chinese nationals

January 26, 2025

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Hassan Joho inspecting the minerals that were discovered * Discovers a cache of illegally mined minerals worth millions of US$ (Sh200 million) * Some of the minerals confiscated are used in the manufacture of car batteries and spectrometers for detecting minerals that are radioactive * “These are high-value minerals which we are not getting anything from” By Duncan Mlanjira In a style like that of Malawi’s Minister of Labour Vitumbiko Mumba, Kenyan Minister of Mining, Hassan Joho led a…

Former SA President Mbeki warns that military deployment in DRC won’t lead to lasting solution

January 26, 2025

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* Following the death of nine South Africa soldiers, three from Malawi and as well as Uruguay that were killed in action * You can’t resolve the problem in the eastern Congo by force of arms. You can not * You can send troops there, people will die but it can not solve the problem Maravi Express Former South Africa President, Thabo Mbeki has warned that the deployment of the military in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic…

US President Trump’s executive orders start affecting Malawi through USAID programmes

January 25, 2025

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* USAID pausing all new obligations of funding, and sub-obligations of funding under Development Objective Agreements * However, US Secretary of State has approved waivers of the pause that include emergency food assistance and administrative expenses By Duncan Mlanjira United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Malawi has issued a statement date January 24 that it is implementation some of the newly-elected US President Donald Trump’s executive orders — and on its part to do with the Reevaluating and…

Donald Trump signs order proclaiming there are only two sexes

January 21, 2025

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* The definition of male and female will be based on whether people are born with eggs or sperm, rather than on their chromosomes * The move came as part of a swathe of executive orders he has signed on his first day back in the White House Sky.com In what Donald Trump’s administration has branded a “common sense” order, the government will recognise only two sexes, ending all federal funding or recognition of gender identities. Thus the Trump…