Category: National

* The expected locally heavy rains may trigger flash flooding mainly over Karonga, Nkhotakota and Salima * Mwera winds of over 40km/hr are expected over Lake Malawi and other water bodies By Duncan Mlanjira In its weekly weather statement, the Department of Climate Change & Meteorological Services indicates that from today (Monday March 27 to Sunday April 2), the public should expect windy, cool to warm and mostly cloudy conditions with locally heavy rains and thunderstorms — mainly over…

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* The aerial outlook of the Lower Shire’s large swathes of land covered in flood waters is a sorry sight * And has given me a more accurate perspective regarding the level of damage to the ecosystem and livelihoods * The aftermath will demand from us a candid discussion on the country’s climate change management and adaptation strategies By Duncan Mlanjira While applauding all stakeholders for offering preliminary support in form of relief items and services to floods affected…

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The Alumni presenting their support to DoDMA * TNM Plc helps Malawi Red Cross Society to physically distribute relief items to Chikwawa survivors By Memory Chatonda, MANA & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express Kamuzu Academy Alumni Association Thursday donated relief items worth K5 million to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) that included contributions to buy 468 blankets, 1,508 plates and 400 buckets to assist the displaced people for the short-term period to assist survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy….

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Tigwirane Manja * Not to scramble for visibility by concentrating their operations in a few easy-to-reach camps * At the expense of other remote communities which receive little support By Duncan Mlanjira In line with President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tigwirane Manja campaign in the wake of the disaster from the effects of Cyclone Freddy, Malawi’s non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the civil society (CSOs) have been asked to avoid competition behaviours and scrambling for visibility by concentrating their operations in a…

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Minister of Natural Resources & Climate Change, Michael Usi being appraised of the Unit * Despite having the National Forest Landscape Restoration Strategy initiated in 2017 * Malawi did not have a unit, or a system that could effectively monitor forest landscape restoration across the country By Duncan Mlanjira On the commemoration of the International Day of Forests on Tuesday, March 21, the United Kingdom, in partnership with the Malawi Government, launched the national forest and landscape restoration monitoring…

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