Despite low effectiveness rate, backers hope vaccine — in combination with other efforts — will help significantly decrease malaria deaths
Malawi announced plans to force about 8,000 refugees living in rural and urban areas back to the overcrowded Dzaleka refugee camp
Stepson of former president was the first arrested in connection with the forest grave
Saulos Chilima's arrest is latest in a series of arrests of officials suspected of corruption
Police say the arrest, the first since the discovery of the mass grave, is a result of the investigation they are conducting
Eyewitnesses say a two-year-old child died after inhaling tear gas and police say several refugees have been arrested
Malawi is facing a challenging economic and humanitarian situation
Latest outbreak has spread nationwide, killing more than 250 people and infecting more than 8,000
Outbreak has spread to nearly all of the country's 28 districts, killing more than 250 people
Drivers in the country are spending all night in long lines at fuel stations in hopes of filling their tanks amid a weekslong shortage
Conflict in the DRC has resulted in a continued flow of refugees into Malawi for more than two decades
Students object to plan that will double the length of time needed to obtain a degree
Police spokesperson says violence began when protesters were denied permission to present petition directly to president at his state residence
Demonstrators presented petition to office of President Lazarus Chakwera
Police interrogating 72 Ethiopians found loitering in the area
While the vaccine has a relatively low level of effectiveness, it has raised hopes of saving some of the more than 400,000 people who die annually from the mosquito-borne disease, most of them African children
Protesters tell VOA they have waited almost four months for promised handouts by the World Food Program and are struggling to feed their families
The bacterial infection is a leading cause of blindness
The shortage has forced Malawi's drivers to wait hours in line, sometimes overnight, or to purchase fuel illegally smuggled in from Mozambique
Load more
