Malawi police clashed Friday with vendors protesting the coronavirus restrictions
People providing essential services will be exempt from lockdown, but many worry restrictions on movement and work will put many at risk for food shortages
Voter registration for the presidential election re-run to continue until June 7; the vote is to be held by July 3
Malawi registers its first coronavirus death
Officials remind people that vampires do not exist after attacks kill five
Government says only trained health officials should advise the public on COVID-19
Analyst predict very tight race among presidential candidates
International rights campaigners fault government on the arrest
Demonstration aimed to pressure President Peter Mutharika to sign election reforms bills passed by parliament
Malawi is now one of five southern African countries — along with Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho and South Africa — that have legalized industrial hemp
Observers say goal is to achieve more than 50 percent of the total votes required for winner
DPP officials say the verdict demonstrated high levels of hypocrisy
Move comes 10 days after the country's Constitutional Court nullified last May's presidential elections because of 'widespread' irregularities
Defeated candidate Saulos Chilima is laying the groundwork for a new presidential campaign
It cites massive irregularities and calls for fresh elections in 150 days
Judges of Constitutional Court are expected to deliver a verdict Monday in a case challenging a vote last year that reelected incumbent President Peter Mutharika
The court said banning students over their hair was denying them their right to education
Malawi this month opened the first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA), with support from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. The academy aims to improve drone technology skills across Africa, beginning with Malawi and its neighboring countries. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
UNICEF-supported initiative expects to train 150 students to construct, operate drones in 2020
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