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India’s Sharda University opens offers for scholarship for Malawians in undergraduate, postgraduate and research studies

April 23, 2023

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The MoU that was signed in March * Total number of scholarship seats available are 50 which are covered under Sharda CSR initiatives * Applicants for Bachelors programmes should have Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) or its equivalent * Obtained in the last four years with an aggregate of not more than 36 points and credits in English and other five subjects * Commencement of the new session is July, 2023 and last date of application letters is…

Former DGP Anwarul Huda exhorts communities to spend Zakat for productive purposes, educational upliftment

April 18, 2023

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| International, News, Religion

Andhra Pradesh Syed Anwarul Huda, Indian Police Service IPS (Rtd) exhorting Muslims to donate Zakat in Hyderabad, Telangana State, India * Wealthy Muslims in Malawi are encouraged by several Muslim organizations to pay Zakat to alleviate poverty among the poor * Zakat can be paid in cash — 2.5% of annual income or on farm produce if it reaches the required limit for payment of Zakat By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui The Iftar Get-Together by Zakat Centre India (ZCI) was…

Mzuzu Central Hospital treating patients with suspected communicable infection in the wake of Marburg virus disease

April 8, 2023

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* One or two of the people were being treated as typhoid fever and had come there from different places * While the three others are being treated as adult measles * The first two who presented with bleeding are doing well as all the blessing has stopped * The other three family members did not present with any bleeding By Duncan Mlanjira Mzuzu Central Hospital reported on Thursday, March 6, that it has isolated 5 people with suspected…

CISONECC organises first African regional symposium on Loss and Damage

April 1, 2023

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* To take stock of research done and recommendations made on Loss and Damage * Generate key recommendations for setting up and operationalizing the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage By Duncan Mlanjira Over two weeks after the passage of Cyclone Freddy, whose effects devastated Malawi that claimed 511 lives; with at least 533 still missing; 1,724 injured and 564,239 people displace and living in 577 camps, Malawi’s Civil Society Network on Climate Change (CISONECC) will host the first…

Rare collection of William Shakespeare Folios on sale in London for US$10.5 million

April 1, 2023

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* The 17th-century works will be accompanied by a first collected edition of Shakespeare’s Poems * The esteemed works will head to the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair which runs from April 27 to 30 * We feel hugely privileged to be able to offer these landmark works for sale in the 400th anniversary year of the First Folio * We cannot recall the last time in living memory that a bookseller offered all four folios and the…

Malawian doctor Bern Nyang’wa awarded prestigious prize for developing drug resistant TB treatment

April 1, 2023

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* Bern’s clinical, programmatic and research work in the past decade has focused on drug resistant TB treatment * His current research work includes population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anti-TB drugs * Exploring use of volumetric absorptive microsampling techniques for measuring anti-TB drug levels * And using small hair samples to quantify cumulative anti-TB drug exposure By Duncan Mlanjira UK-based Malawian doctor, Bern Thomas Nyang’wa — who is director of medical services for Medicins Sans Frontier (MSF) — has…

We are one people as Zimbabwe supports with 300 tons of maize flour

March 31, 2023

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* Japan support eases pressure on schools as evacuation camps * Tanzania delivers second consignment of relief items Maravi Express The Republic of Zimbabwe has supported Malawi immediate need of restoration following the Cyclone Freddy-induced disaster with words of hope to all survivors, saying it is their “hope that Malawi will be healed and restored. The country delivered its donation of 300 through Zimbabwe High Commissioner to Malawi, Nancy Saungweme, who said the support is a sign of solidarity…

Radio stations have the responsibility and the power to build peaceful communities—Information Minister Kunkuyu

March 29, 2023

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The Minister being interviewed live by YONECO Community Radio * Together we need to share ideas and make our radio stations relevant to aspirations of Malawians * And most importantly make our radio stations economically viable By Duncan Mlanjira At the commemoration of this year’s World Radio Day, whose theme was Radio & Peace, Minister of Information & Digitalisation, Moses Kunkuyu emphasized that radio stations, especially community ones, have the responsibility and the power to build peaceful communities and…

Personal hygiene practices at all times helps from contracting Marburg virus disease—Ministry of Health

March 27, 2023

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* An infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans or from humans to animals * Signs and symptoms include unexplained bleeding through the eyes; nose; gums; ears; anus and skin * As well as vomiting with blood; joint and muscle pain; high fever; headache, among others By Duncan Mlanjira As is the case of preventive measures for CoVID-19 of practising personal hygiene; observing social distance and strict hand washing, the same applies for the Marburg…

Foreign aid is doing more harm than good in Malawi—an OpEd in UK’s The Guardian

March 26, 2023

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* It is time for us all to stop confusing short-term aid with long-term development—Grassroots Malawi director * The conditions of Malawi, the poorest country in English-speaking Africa, have been gradually worsening over the last 40 years * This is in part due to global climate change, but also to too much aid, which has been misinterpreted as development By Duncan Mlanjira After reading a story by The Guardian about the state of disaster caused by flash floods due…