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Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes landing in Antarctica

November 19, 2023

* The flight N0787 was no regular passenger route as its 45 passengers included scientists from the Norwegian Polar Institute * Which had contracted the flight to take them and 12 tons of equipment to the Troll research station in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica By Julia Buckley, CNN & Ashish Dangwal, Euro Asian Times There are short runways, bumpy runways and runways that are notoriously buffeted by crosswinds, but here’s a new one for nervous flyers to get alarmed…

George Weah congratulates President-elect Boakai

November 19, 2023

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* May his presidency be marked by success for all Liberians, and may our nation prosper under his leadership * Let us also recognize that the true winners of these elections are the people of Liberia Maravi Express George Manneh Oppong Weah, the first African football player who was elected as President of Liberia, has congratulated Joseph N. Boakai as President-elect long before the country’s national election results were announced yesterday. Weah, the only African football player to win…

Sadio Mane scores a brace as Senegal overpower South Sudan

November 19, 2023

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Sadio Mane (left) * Percy Tau and Khuliso Mudau goals gave South Africa a 2-1 over Benin in Durban * Tanzania won 1-0 away to Niger in Group E as back-to-back qualifiers continue till Tuesday Maravi Express Saudi Arabia-based star, Sadio Mane bagged a brace while Pape Sarr and Lamine Camara grabbed one each as African champions Senegal cruised to a 4-0 victory over South Sudan on Saturday during their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. In what was a…

Sadio Mane, Mo Sallah, Achraf Hakimi headline top 10 of CAF Player of the award nominees

November 18, 2023

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Past winners Sadio Mane (top) and Mo Sallah * Former Flames mentor, Tom Saintfiet is in the top 5 as Coach of the Year nominee along with 2021 AFCON winning coach Aliou Cisse of Senegal * Saintfiet’s The Gambia were also nominated as National Team of the Year alongside Senegal Mauritania, Morocco * As well as Malawi’s 2016 FIFA World Cup Group H qualifying opponents, Equatorial Guinea By Duncan Mlanjira The list of nominees for all categories of the…

Favour Umar’s second book ‘The Best in the Worst’ tackles taking head-on storms of life and coming out best on the other side

November 18, 2023

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Favour, taking the bold step forward as an author * Some people give up in their worst moments — they don’t fight back their worst until the worst swallows them * So, the best in the worst is about walking on the storms and coming out safely on the other side in a much better form By Duncan Mlanjira Being published on Amazon and set for launch soon, Favour Umar’s second book, ‘The Best in the Worst’, inspires young…

Tunisia lead Flames Group H after beating São Tomé e Principe 4-0

November 18, 2023

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* Four goals make them strong leaders as both Malawi and Equatorial Guinea win by 1-0 margins * As ruthless giants Cote d’Ivoire annihilate Seychelles 9-0 as Cameroon beat Mauritius 3-0 * Ghana left it late to break Madagascar’s resistance in the 96th minute to win 1-0 By Duncan Mlanjira Group H favourites, Tunisia, whom Malawi Flames meet on Tuesday at Bingu Stadium, beat São Tomé e Principe 4-0 to take the lead of Group H on goal difference…

Flames greatly missed services of Gaba against Liberia; Need for coach Mabedi to come out in open whether he has personal issues with the player

November 18, 2023

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* The qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is very long and we have tough contenders in the name of Tunisia * To enhance all chances of qualifying we needed more goals against Liberia that would work to our advantage * For the nine best runners-up from each group in case it came to that for the Flames after Match Day 10 in 2025 We don’t need personal issues attached to our football. Let’s call it a spade…

Flames, Equatorial Guinea tie on 3 points after their 1-0 victories over Liberia and Namibia

November 17, 2023

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Flames beat Liberia in Monrovia through Zambia-based Chifundo Mphasi of Kabwe Warriors in their Group H of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier to tie on three points with Equatorial Guinea who also edged Namibia 1-0 on Wednesday. The other Group H contenders are Tunisia and Sao Tome e Principe and Equatorial Guinea and the Flames next date Tunisia in their second qualifier at the Bingu National stadium in Lilongwe on Tuesday. This was the…

KUHeS pleads for support towards its Research Dissemination Conference on November 30

November 17, 2023

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* The recent devaluation of Malawi kwacha has affected KUHeS’ initial budget that was put at K130 million * The is a gap because the earlier budget will not be enough to cater for everything as planned. By Victor Singano Jr The 2nd premier conference, Research Dissemination Conference — organised by Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) — is set for November 30 to December 1 that is expected to gather both local and international research scientists, public health…

Peter Mutharika taken to Court for flouting DPP constitution and not being legible to continue as DPP President

November 17, 2023

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* His term of office expired after five years (in 2018) but he continued to hold elections until new office bearers were to be elected * Following his intention to run for Presidency of the Republic of Malawi in 2019 and 2020 in accordance with the party’s constitution By Duncan Mlanjira The Democratic Progressive Part (DPP) and its president, Peter Mutharika are to appear before High Court Judge in Chambers of Justice Simeon Mdeza on December 1 following an…