Tanzania: IMF survey shows tackling inflation key to Malawi’s sustainable growth

14 january 2016 - 07:07:01
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Reducing inflation is the most important policy issue for Malawi in the near term, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Malawi makes slow upturn amid downside risks

15 december 2015 - 08:52:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Malawi’s economic outlook ass greatly improved, thanks to transformed policy environment and bold reforms [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Former Malawi army chief, deputy arrested over 'cashgate'

11 may 2015 - 20:52:53
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's official corruption-busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, on Monday arrested former Army Commander General Henry Odillo [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Parliament strike affects mid-term budget, floods' review in Malawi

03 february 2015 - 13:45:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A parliamentary support staff strike, which started Tuesday at the Parliament Building in the Malawi capital, [...] Full text...

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US: IMF reviews Malawi's economic performance

18 december 2014 - 20:21:31
New York, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday completed an economic mission to Malawi to finalize [...] Full text...

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Malawi: School pupils run riot over delay in payment of teachers' salaries

19 november 2014 - 15:39:26
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police on Wednesday used teargas to disperse hundreds of angry school pupils who took to the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Malawi remains hard put over 'cashgate' scandal

12 november 2014 - 07:59:49
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Though Malawi's economic activity has demonstrated considerable resilience, according to preliminary indications, inflation remains [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Junior civil servant who nicked US$70m in 'cashgate' gets 9 years

04 november 2014 - 12:13:28
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Victor Sithole, the Malawi Government Accounts Assistant, who became the second convict in 'cashgate - the [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Ex-Malawi deputy police chief arrested in 'cashgate' scandal

23 october 2014 - 20:26:52
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Former Deputy Inspector General of Police Nelson Bophani, who used to head 'cashgate' investigations, was himself [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests two more over Malawi's 'cashgate' scandal

21 october 2014 - 18:11:36
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA)- Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Tuesday arrested two more persons to face criminal charges related to the so-called [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Former Malawi budget director arrested on 'cashgate'-related charges

18 october 2014 - 14:35:30
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA)- Malawi;s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Saturday arrested former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on ‘cashgate’-related charges. Mphwiyo [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Malawi Assets Director arrested

17 october 2014 - 20:52:09
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Anti Corruption Bureau on Friday arrested the newly-appointed Assets Director, Christopher Tukula. Egrita Ndala, the corruption-busting [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Court convicts second suspect in Malawi's 'cashgate' scandal

17 october 2014 - 16:40:57
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A magistrates' court in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, Friday convicted the second suspect in what is now [...] Full text...

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Malawi: First 'cashgate' convict gets 3-year jail term

07 october 2014 - 15:44:02
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The High Court in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, Tuesday sentenced former Tourism Principal Secretary Treza Senzani, [...] Full text...

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Malawi: First 'cashgate' sentencing shifted again to Tuesday

06 october 2014 - 19:16:29
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga on Monday shifted the much-awaited sentencing of Malawi's 'cashgate' first convict [...] Full text...

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Malawi: First 'cashgate' case sentencing shifted to Monday

01 october 2014 - 14:25:33
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Sentencing in the first cashgate case has been shifted to Monday, 6 October. High Court judge Justice [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Nation's first 'cashgate' sentencing slated for 2 October

15 september 2014 - 18:40:04
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - High Court judge Ivy Kamanga in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe, Monday set 2 October as the day [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Government avoids new taxes amid zero-aid budget

02 september 2014 - 17:59:27
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's Finance Minister, Goodall Gondwe, on Tuesday presented the delayed 2014-2015 national budget without increasing any [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Shooting victim in Malawi 'cashgate' testifies in court

06 august 2014 - 18:23:09
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Former Malawi Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, whose shooting on 13 September 2013 led to the unravelling [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Chief 'cashgater' released on bail

23 july 2014 - 16:55:06
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - In Malawi, a magistrates' court in the capital, Lilongwe, Tuesday released on bail businessman Oswald Lutepo, [...] Full text...

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Malawi: 'Cashgate' chief suspect fails to appear in court

21 july 2014 - 12:51:34
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Businessman Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in 'cashgate', the systematic plunder of government money, did not [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Chief suspect in Malawi major financial scandal re-arrested after exposé

20 july 2014 - 15:06:54
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police in the central Malawi district of Kasungu Sunday arrested Oswald Lutepo, the chief suspect in [...] Full text...

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Malawi: President Mutharika to deal with "cashgate" indicted individuals

17 june 2014 - 16:41:01
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's new President, Peter Mutharika, says his administration has formulated a comprehensive action plan to decisively [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Ex-IMF guru back as Malawi Finance Minister

06 june 2014 - 15:12:06
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The new Malawi President, Peter Mutharika, has appointed veteran economist, Goodall Gondwe, as the new Finance, [...] Full text...

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Malawi: New leader extends olive branch to Banda

02 june 2014 - 14:28:09
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Newly-elected Malawi president, Peter Mutharika, has extended what he called an "olive branch" to his predecessor [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Voting opens

20 may 2014 - 11:41:52
Malemia, Malawi (PANA) - Voting has opened in Malawi's fifth elections since the advent of multi-party politics in the country [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Strike shuts down Malawi courts

09 may 2014 - 16:30:01
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - With slightly over a week before crucial general elections, all courts in Malawi were Friday shut [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Forensic report reveals US$30m was siphoned from Malawi govt. coffers

24 february 2014 - 14:26:17
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A British-funded forensic audit into the massive plunder of the Malawi government coffers has uncovered that [...] Full text...

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Malawi: 'Cashgate' court cases begin

29 january 2014 - 13:50:40
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The first two out of the 70 defendants appeared in court in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, [...] Full text...

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Malawi: 2 top govt. officials arrested over massive government looting

27 january 2014 - 16:37:13
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Former Malawi Justice Minister Raphael Kasambara and the Principal Secretary in the Office of the President [...] Full text...

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Malawi: 'Tony Blair was not running Malawi government'

06 january 2014 - 19:54:18
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi president Joyce Banda's office has said former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was not running [...] Full text...

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‘Malawi is my friend’ A PANA Feature by Raphael Tenthani

08 december 2013 - 12:13:49
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - I arrive in Dar es Salaam at around 2am. Ordinarily the weather is supposed [...] Full text...

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Malawi Finance Minister in 'challenging' €560m assignment in Europe

28 november 2013 - 09:56:01
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Malawi's new Finance Minister Maxwell Mkwezalamba travels to Brussels, Belgium, next week on an assignment that [...] Full text...

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Malawi's ex-Justice Minister arrested over shooting of top govt official

08 november 2013 - 10:40:38
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's former Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara has been arrested in connection with the 13 Sept. shooting [...] Full text...

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IMF delegation visits Malawi over corruption worry

05 november 2013 - 15:34:52
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A high-level mission from the International Monitary Fund (IMF) arrived in Malawi Tuesday to investigate how [...] Full text...

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