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Plan International Malawi steps up precautionary measures in preventing CONVID-19
March 17, 2020
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By Duncan Mlanjira Even though Malawi has not yet registered positive Coronavirus (CONVID-19) cases as of now, Plan International Malawi has stepped up precautionary sanitation measures as a way of making sure to live by example in preventing the spread of the new epidemic. Plan International Malawi’s Communications & Campaigns Manager, Rogers Siula said everyone, from staff to visitors, is encouraged to wash hands with soap and hand sanitizer at the entrance of all their offices. This, Siula adds,…

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FIFA, WHO engage six world-renowned coaches to tackle Coronavirus preventive awareness
March 17, 2020
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FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has reiterated its support to the World Health Organization (WHO) in fighting the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching an awareness campaign led by six world-renowned coaches. The coaches are former Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger; former Argentina international and Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino; Senegal’s national team coach Aliou Cisse; current Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho; Manchester United women coach Casey Stoney and Jill Ellis, coach of the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World…

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Tanzania confirms first Coronavirus case
March 16, 2020
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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s northern neighboring country, Tanzania has announced the first coronavirus case. Tanzania’s online publication, The Citizen reports that the patient is a 46-year-old female, who arrived in Tanzania on Sunday, March 15 from Belgium aboard RwandAir plane and landed at Kilimanjaro International Airport. The report says she left the country on March 3, while in Belgium she visited Sweden and Germany before she went back to Belgium and returned to Tanzania on March 15. The patient,…

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General public concerned with Malawi’s slow approach to COVID-19
March 16, 2020
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By Duncan Mlanjira A fortnight ago, Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika formed a special Cabinet Committee to deal with the global threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), but little is being done to assail the anxiety that is in the public domain. The rest of Africa is taking drastic action, including South Africa that includes banning mass gatherings; closing schools, forced quarantines and imposing extensive travel bans — to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Using a law known as…

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South Africa President Ramaphosa announces drastic measures to curb Coronavirus
March 16, 2020
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allAfica.com South Africa’s President Cyril Ramphosa announced “urgent and drastic measures” Sunday night — including banning gatherings of more than 100 people, closing schools and imposing extensive travel bans — to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Using a law known as the Disaster Management Act, he declared a ‘national state of disaster’ enabling the government to have what he called “an integrated and coordinated disaster management mechanism that will focus on preventing and reducing the outbreak of this…

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Liberia’s first Coronavirus victim is environmental director
March 16, 2020
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Liberian Observer The Liberian health authorities have informed President George M. Weah that the country has recorded its first case of the Coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID -19 and the patient happens to be head of the Environmental Protection Agency Nathaniel Blama. Blama is reported to have returned home last Friday, March 13, following a visit to Switzerland. Meanwhile, the Liberian leader urges all to remain calm as health officials continue to trace all those the infected person…

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Future of fishing in Lake Malawi looks bleak
March 16, 2020
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By Kondwani Magombo, MANA PACT Malawi Chief of Party, Allan Brooks has cautioned that if unless rules and regulations are fully abided to, the future of fisheries in the country would remain bleak. Brooks shot the warning during the official rollout of a project, Restoring Fisheries for Sustainable Livelihoods in Lake Malawi (REFRESH), at the beach community of Msaka in the area of Senior Chief Nankumba in Mangochi. He described Lake Malawi as the only water body in the…

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Construction of 40 Secondary schools to start April
March 16, 2020
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By Kondwani Magombo, MANA Government on Friday said it will embark on the construction of 40 secondary schools across the country, courtesy of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Immediate past Minister of Education, William Susuwere Banda disclosed this at Masasa Village in Group Village Headman Msumbi, in the area of Senior Chief Nankumba in Mangochi where he broke the ground for the construction of a junior primary school within the village. He said government has identified…

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Geoscience confirms Holy Quran’s water theory that there just water and no continents 4.5b years ago
March 16, 2020
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Dr. Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui for Maravi Express   وَهُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ وَكَانَ …عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ And He it is Who has created the heavens and the earth in six Days and His Throne was on water (Chapter 11: verse 7) Holy Quran The Holy Quran mentions in Chapter 11: verse 7 (Surah Hud) that the Almighty Allah’s Throne was on water! This clearly implied that there was nothing called earth and there were no…

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MEDF on right track in financing the marginalized
March 16, 2020
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  By Mayamiko Chimbali & Chikondi Chimala, MANA Malawi Enterprise Development Fund (MEDF) has said it was on the right track after reinventing itself into a competitive modern financial institution. In an exclusive interview with the Malawi News Agency (MANA), MEDF Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mervis Mangulenje said after having some difficult years in the past, MEDF has improved its operational strategies. “Since 2014, MEDF has got some legacy issues emanating from Malawi Rural Development Fund (MARDEF) and Youth…

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