Ghana joins UK, Kenya in endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan in Western Sahara as mutually acceptable solution for ‘artificial conflict’ in north Africa

* Ghana’s position is reaffirmed by deputy foreign minister Okudzeto Ablakwa during his first visit to the Kingdom of Morocco since his recent appointment * The visit follows the decision to suspend diplomatic relations with the so-called ‘SADR’ which was taken on January 7, 2025, by his predecessor * This comes after United Kingdom government endorsed on June 1 Morocco’s autonomy plan as most credible, viable and pragmatic solution for resolving the regional dispute By Patrick Njawala, Contributor The…

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Zambia also hold the record for the most title wins at COSAFA Men’s U20 at 12 titles

* Senior Chipolopolo team hold the record of seven-time winners ahead of the COSAFA Cup 2025 currently underway in South Africa * Only four other nations have won the COSAFA U-20 Championships – South Africa (9), Zimbabwe (6), Madagascar (1) and Mozambique (1) * The COSAFA Men’s U-20 Championship will be staged as part of the AUSC Region 5 Games in Windhoek, Namibia from July 4-13 By Duncan Mlanjira While the senior Zambia national team hold the record as…

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FAM delivers football equipment from CAF as prizes that Salima and Malindi secondary schools won at CAF Schools Championship 2022

* CAF Schools Championship programme provides a platform to ensure that students have dedicated coaches and the right leadership to keep them engaged in both football and academics * It is on record that most students quit school to play football in communities as there are no structured football programmes in most schools—FAM president Haiya Maravi Express Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president, Fleetwood Haiya says organised football programs in schools is a powerful tool to promote education by…

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Chewa women encouraged to interact more with each other to focus on economic development and self-independence than just honoring official gatherings

CHEFO Director of Women, Drina Mphote * We will ensure that wherever Chewa women are, they should come together and support each other in achieving self-independence and improving their families’ economic livelihoods * CHEFO directorate of women shared with benefits of improving lives through business, home care and health at the interaction meeting By Duncan Mlanjira The Chewa Heritage Foundation (CHEFO) Director of Women, Drina Mphote, yesterday held a meeting with Chewa women in Lilongwe to discuss ways of…

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Mozambique President Chapo describes State Visit to Malawi as productive for social-economic growth of the two countries through trade

* Calls for speedy implementation of the newly-signed MOUs to facilitate trade activities, energy, security and other sectors of development * The two vowed at the press briefing held before Chapos’s departure to continue making progress on developmental and economic matters By Eunice Disi Lole, MANA Before his departure at the end of his two-day State Visit to Malawi, Mozambique Daniel Francisco Chapo described his engagements in Malawi as productive for the two countries’ social-economic growth through trade and…

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Comoros stun 7-time COSAFA Cup champions Zambia; their second win in a row

* The record seven-time winners are on the brink of a group stage exit for an unprecedented second edition in a row * The defeat also extends Zambia’s longest-ever losing streak in the competition to four games, after they were defeated on all three pool matches in 2024 Maravi Express Comoros beat Zambia 1-0 for the second edition in a row to get their Group D campaign off to the perfect start at the COSAFA Cup 2025 at the…

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Castel Malawi assures of working towards resolving shortage of Malawi Gin, Premier Brandy and Malawi Vodka

* Shortage is due to supply disruptions from one key supplier, ETHCO currently unable to provide a critical raw material required for the production of these spirits * Meanwhile, the company has planned its stock levels of beer products due to annual temporary pause in beer production in coming weeks By Duncan Mlanjira After weeks of silence over the erratic supply of Malawi Gin, Premier Brandy and Malawi Vodka in 750ml and 330ml bottles, Castel Malawi has now issued…

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Joyce Chitsulo lived every minute of her political life pursuing development for her people—Chakwera on passing of the deputy minister

* She lived every minute of her political life in pursuit of the clarion call that we all need to adopt * It is tragic that such a patriotic and courageous citizen has departed at such a time of our national development By Innocent Manda, MANA In mourning the passing of Deputy Minister of Local Government, Culture & Unity, Joyce Chitsulo, President Lazarus Chakwera has described Member of Parliament for Mwanza West Constituency as a patriotic and courageous leader…

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Dedza/Calomue one-border post officially commissioned as ‘One-Go Border Post’

* This improves the system, digitises it, and also improves the waiting time — all this has been made possible through the good relations between Malawi and Mozambique—World Bank, Country Manager, Firas Raad * As President Chakwera applauds the World Bank and other partners for making it happen funded at US$9.6 million * As we celebrate the 50 years of Mozambique and Malawi ties, we are happy to take our relations to higher levels By Steve Chirombo, MANA The…

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‘It’s painful loss but we have to go back and figure out how to dig ourselves out of the situation we’re in now’—Flames assistant coach Mponda

The Lesotho striker who was pounced on an offside trap that went awry in this VAR image * We didn’t have enough numbers to convert our possession into chances — unfortunately, we lost it at the very end because of a loss of concentration * We could have defended better — our defenders all went for the one ball, and the deflection fell to Lesotho striker Makara Ntaitsane who pounced on it Maravi Express Flames assistant coach Peter Mponda…

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