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Assistive technology: a ‘life changer’ for those most in need

Produced jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), The Global Report on Assistive Technology presents...

MaraviPost on 16th May

Media Advisory: Report: Global Smokers Exceed 1.1 Billion

May 16, 2022 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. ET1:00 – 1:30 p.m. GMT REGISTER HERE Ahead of the release of a new Tobacco Atlas, health leaders...

Maravi Post Reporter on 16th May

Tit for tat! Bankers silence Kamuzu Barracks in TNM Super League

Maravi Post Reporter on 16th May

Chilima speaks on how Malawi is committed to end child labour

Business

MaraviPost on 16th May

Africa Fintech Summit Washington D.C. 2022 — Where African and Global Fintech Stakeholders Met in April

WASHINGTON DC, United States of America, 16 May 2022,...

Lloyd M’bwana on 15th May

CAT Smart farm revolutionizing modern crops diversification in Malawi

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Center for Agriculture...

Maravi Post Reporter on 14th May

Ghana’s President strongly supports African Development Bank’s quest for more resources to accelerate continent’s transformation agenda

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has backed calls for more resources...

Maravi Post Reporter on 14th May

African Development Bank Annual Meetings 2022: Time to tackle triple crises of food, energy and finances, says Ghanaian Finance Minister

Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday emphasized the...

Lloyd M’bwana on 13th May

Malawi Standard Bank introduces Diaspora account

…………Account will allow remittances back home...

Maravi Post Reporter on 13th May

African Development Bank Group seeks US support for $1.5 billion emergency food plan for Africa

The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi...

Maravi Post Reporter on 13th May

Joyce Banda Foundation pairs with TNM on women economic empowerment

By Chrissy Nkumba BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Joyce Banda Foundation...

Maravi Post Reporter on 13th May

COP15 : les chefs d'État africains se mobilisent contre la sécheresse et pour la restauration des terres à la quinzième Conférence des parties à…

Neuf chefs d’État africains, de hauts responsables d’organisations...

Maravi Post Reporter on 12th May

Niger : la Banque africaine de développement soutient le développement des marchés de capitaux nationaux

Le gouvernement du Niger et le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement...

Maravi Post Reporter on 12th May

COP15 : plus de 30 billions de dollars nécessaires pour atteindre les objectifs de la lutte contre la désertification et éviter des coûts plus élevés…

Il faudrait plus de 30 billions de dollars pour atteindre les objectifs...

MaraviPost on 12th May

New Report Finds Blood Pressure Drugs Can Cost Up to 40 Times More in Regions with the Most Strokes and Heart Attacks

High cost, low availability and variable quality of medicines increase...

MaraviPost on 12th May

Oracle Red Bull Racing Drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez Take a Ride to Become Crypto Insiders With Bybit

As one of the crypto-inspired initiatives of its partnership with...

Opinion Pages

Maravi Post Reporter on 16th May

Deborah Samuel: It’s Either Revolution Ascerta Or Barbarism Continua! By Kunle Wizeman Ajayi

The horrors of the jungle murder of Deborah Samuel by Islamic fundamentalists in Sokoto underscores the simple fact that Nigeria is caught...

Maravi Post Reporter on 16th May

Blasphemy: Positions of Justice System and the Holy Quran By Yushau Shuaib

“Take the law into your hands… You need not report to any authority to kill any blasphemer!” I was shocked to the marrow when an...

Maravi Post Reporter on 16th May

The Killing of Nigerian Christian Student Has Everything to Do With Religion By Leo Igwe

Maravi Post Reporter on 15th May

Every life lost in an act of violence is like a million lives lost in a pogrom –Late Dele Giwa The Killing Of Deborah Samuel By Achike Chude

Sports

Santhe Admarc uses Unayo successfully at home

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The MK15.3 Million Central Region division one Standard Bank league continued on Sunday, May 15, 2022 as Santhe...

Tit for tat! Bankers silence Kamuzu Barracks in TNM Super League

…..Dynamos hold Eagles as Stars shine in the north By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Barely 24 Hours after their children were given corporal...

Airborne, extreme continue shining as LUANAR, KB register first win in Chipiku League

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Extreme FC and Airborne Rangers continue doing well in group A and C of the 2022 MK15.5 million Chipiku Stores...

SULOM denies Blue Eagles request to delay fixture

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Super League of Malawi (SULOM) has denied the request by the area 30 outfit Blue Eagles FC to delay their day...

Lilongwe to watch Mo Salah at Bingu Stadium as Ethiopia hosts Egypt’s Pharaoh in AFCON2023 qualifiers

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Ethiopia National Football Team will host Pharaoh’s of Egypt at Bingu National Stadium in their opening...

Oracle Red Bull Racing Drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez Take a Ride to Become Crypto Insiders With Bybit

As one of the crypto-inspired initiatives of its partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, Bybit created the #BybitLevelUpChallenges, a series of videos...

Chipiku league ignites soldiers derby

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Airborne Rangers the giants of Parachutes, who are undefeated in four games they have played clash with their...

Sigh of relief! CAF approves Malawi FA’s B license coaching course

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Coaches Association of Malawi can now have reasons to smile as Confederation of African Football (CAF) has finally...

Villa FC wins first Mchinji derby in Chipiku League

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-In what was a David and Goliath battle in the Chipiku Stores Premier division between Mchinji Boma Strikers and...

Technology

Africa Fintech Summit Washington D.C. 2022 — Where African and Global Fintech Stakeholders Met in April

WASHINGTON DC, United States of America, 16 May 2022, /African Media Agency/- On April 21, 2022, African and global fintech stakeholders gathered...

Oracle Red Bull Racing Drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez Take a Ride to Become Crypto Insiders With Bybit

As one of the crypto-inspired initiatives of its partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, Bybit created the #BybitLevelUpChallenges, a series of videos...

Atos and inwi support Umnia Bank in the transformation of its information system

RABAT, Morocco, 11 May 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Atos and inwi announced that they are supporting Umnia Bank, Morocco’s leading participatory...

SAP Delivers Innovation to Address Customers’ Most Pressing Needs

WALLDORF, Germany, 11th May 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Today at the SAP® Sapphire® conference in Orlando, Florida, SAP SE (NYSE:...

France orders 21 more TALIOS optronic pods

Thales has received a firm order from the French defence procurement agency (DGA) for an additional 21 TALIOS optronic pods to equip French forces. With...

Viva Technology, IFC announce 45 emerging start-ups with biggest impact potential in Africa to compete for the 2022 AfricaTech Awards

PARIS, France, 04th May 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Viva Technology and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced today the top...

LifeStyle

Biden sends US ground troops to Somalia

Several hundred American troops may return to Somalia after authorisation by U.S. President, Joe Biden for their redeployment. Some U.S. officials...

Somalia: Celebrations in Mogadishu after presidential vote

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who returned to power Sunday after a marathon vote, is a former academic and peace activist whose first...

Mali withdraws from the regional anti-jihadist force G5 Sahel

Mali’s junta announced Sunday that it will quit a West African anti-jihadist force after it was blocked from assuming the presidency of the regional...

Somali reelects president, 5 years after he was voted out

A former Somali president voted out of power in 2017 has been reelected to the country’s top job after defeating the incumbent leader in a protracted...

Final preparations underway for 75th Cannes Film Festival

Last updated: 1 hour ago Sunday morning saw the huge banners being hung on the front of the famous Palais du Festivals, home of the event – which...

Liverpool beats Chelsea to win FA cup, keeps quadruple hopes alive

Liverpool has the eighth FA Cup it has waited 16 years to win after defeating Chelsea at the Wembley Stadium. The Reds can now concentrate on the...

World’s longest suspension bridge opens in Czech Rep

Last updated: 18 hours ago A suspension bridge for pedestrians, which is the longest construction of its kind in the world, has been inaugurated in a...

Comoros to revive tourism sector and promote local culture

Comoros has hosted the eighth International Conference on Responsible and Sustainable Tourism. The conference held on the 10 and 11 May in Moroni, served...

The Ivorian artist transforming used phones into works of art

Stitching together discarded mobile phone keyboards to make art, Ivorian artist Mounou Desire Koffi hopes to raise awareness about pollution. “I...

South Africa fears new surge driven by variants

South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts. The new increase in COVID...

Somaliland: $23m donated to rebuild collapsed Waheem market

A total of $23 000 000 has been raised so far for the rebuilding of Waheem market in Somaliland which was guttered by fire in early April, the president...

Extreme drought: millions of Kenyans going hungry

Like its neighbours in the horn of Africa, Kenya is experiencing extreme drought conditions. Some 3.5 million people are suffering from starvation. A...

Namibia: activist Michael Amushelelo hands himself over to police

Namibian political activist Michael Amushelelo handed himself over to the police on Friday, May 13. The 31 year-old was being hunted down for “terrorising...

Nigeria’s female Christian student Deborah burnt to death for insulting Prophet Mohammed

By Chisomo Phiri SOKOTO-(MaraviPost)-A female Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Northern Nigeria was on Thursday,...

Uganda: bee venom therapy as an alternative medicine

Mariam Nantaba is living with HIV. She’s been using bee venom as a therapy for a year and claims it has significantly improved her health. ”...

CAR: Call for justice on 8th anniversary of French journalist’s murder

French photojournalist Camille Lepage, 26, was killed while covering the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic Monday May 12, 2014. 8...

Sudanese protests against military rule persist

Sudanese demonstrators are back on the streets to protest against the military in power and ask for the implementation of a civil government. Large...

A Ghanaian company makes wine from cocoa

Cocoa has been Ghana’s main commercial crop for several decades. And although the West African country is the second largest cocoa producer...

Gaza artists paint a mural in honour of slain Al Jazeera journalist

Last updated: 57 minutes ago Palestinian street artists pay tribute to veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by painting her portrait on a mural...

Court in RDC sentences police colonel to death

The Supreme Military Court in RDC has sentenced police colonel Christian Kenga Kenga to death for the killing of two human rights activists, Floribert...

Law & Order

Dedza chief wants Witchcraft Act be translated into vernacular Chichewa

By Yankho Maunjiri DEDZA-(MaraviPost)-Group Village Headman (GVH) Mpalale in Dedza says there is a need to translate the witchcraft Act into...

Malawi’s Ntchisi man jailed 4 years for having sex with goat

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The First Grade Magistrate’s Court siting in Ntchisi District, on May 11, 2022 convicted and sentenced Thokozani...

Central West Region police officers dared on crime, traffic offences reduction

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Commissioner of Police responsible for Central West Region (CWR) Peter Chasweka has emphasized on teamwork in reducing...

Malawi court chides Tonse Govt on FISD contracts freeze

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The High Court in Zomba has quashed the government’s decision to deny Foundation for Irrigation and Development...

Malawi’s Zomba inmate Frank Siposi narrates how he inserted two cell phones into stomach

By Chisomo Phiri BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-As people are still confused of how an inmate at Zomba prison inserted two phones in his stomach,...

Three Malawi’s Mangochi albino killers jailed 155 years

By Chisomo Phiri BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-In what seems to be a tough punishment on albino perpetrators in the country, the High Court sitting...

Malawi court orders Norman Chisale MK10m for assaulting Dingani Soko

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-High Court in the capital Lilongwe has ordered former president’s personal bodyguard, Norman Chisale, to pay Dingani...

Mkaka’s bodyguard Osman Chinsinga arrested for aiding thieves to attack him

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Police in the capital Lilongwe are keeping in custody one officer identified as Osman Chinsinga, who is a bodyguard...

How embattled Martha Chizuma personally engaged British NCA by-passing AG, NIB, DPP on Sattar probe

….British NCA must be sued for evading sovereign state Malawi. ….Chizuma must be fired for undermining other prosecuting agencies...

Malawi and Region Tourism

Zimbabwe: Elephants kill 60 people in five months

– – At least 60 people have been killed by elephants in Zimbabwe this year. Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana who took to twitter...

Can Kenya Develop a Charter Industry for Yachts and Catamarans?

Kenya has always been synonymous with safaris, nature reserves and big game. Tourists travel to Kenya to get close to wildlife in their natural habitat,...

British Airways flight enroute to Ghana stopped from using Malian airspace

– – An Accra-bound British Airways flight was prevented from using the Malian airspace on Friday. The Military rulers in the West African...

Chakwera up with ambitious Tourism Investment Masterplan

By Chisomo Phiri BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday April 4,2022 launched the Malawi National Tourism Masterplan with promises...

Ngala Beach Lodge rises from the ashes with exceptional new lodge

Ngala Beach Lodge, located on the Northern Lakeshore of Lake Malawi, was the victim of a tragic fire 18 months ago which burned the beloved lodge...

European Union lifts flight suspension to Southern Africa

– – The European Union has announced the lifting of suspension on flights to and from Southern Africa, a restriction that was put in place...

Ghana probes suspected bomb scare at major airport

– – Ghanaian officials have said that the country’s army is investigating a suspected bomb scare at the Kotoka International Airport...

South Africa’s Top Tourist Destinations

Image Source South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is an excellent spot for a first-time safari adventurer. Classic African scenery...

Meet Indian hitchhiker Ansh Mishra: Covering African continent on foot while promoting tourism

Indian hitchhiker Ansh Mishra in Malawi by foot LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Ansh Mishra, an Indian nomad, core hitchhiker, travel blogger and couch surfing...

Regional News

Somalia: UN welcomes end of fairly contested presidential election, calls for unity

The United Nations in Somalia welcomed the conclusion of the country’s presidential election held on Sunday, praising the “positive” nature...

Africa Fintech Summit Washington D.C. 2022 — Where African and Global Fintech Stakeholders Met in April

WASHINGTON DC, United States of America, 16 May 2022, /African Media Agency/- On April 21, 2022, African and global fintech stakeholders gathered...

Media Advisory: Report: Global Smokers Exceed 1.1 Billion

May 16, 2022 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. ET1:00 – 1:30 p.m. GMT REGISTER HERE Ahead of the release of a new Tobacco Atlas, health leaders will discuss latest...

Scramble for miraculous Tanzanian’s 6-year-old girl Eni with healing powers

MARA-(MaraviPost)-Tanzanian 6-year-old girl popularly known as ‘Virgin Mary’ from Mara Province, Roria village has been the center of attention...

Chilima speaks on how Malawi is committed to end child labour

By Chisomo Phiri DURBAN-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Sunday May 15, 2022 made address at 5th Global Conference on the...

Putin warns Finland NATO membership would harm relations

By Chisomo Phiri MOSCOW-(MaraviPost)-Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday May 14, 2022, sent warning to his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto...

Khumbo Joram’s new church growth angers Pastor Salanje

PRETORIA-(MaraviPost)-Church politics, envy and bitterness are the things that men of God should avoid for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. A shocking...

Nigeria: Anger and riots over the killing of a female student

– – There is outrage over the killing of a female Nigerian student over her social media post. The level 200 university student was allegedly...

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73

DUBAI-(MaraviPost)-President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died at the age of 73. The Ministry of Presidential...

Tragic! India’s fire razed four-storey commercial building claims 27 lives, 40 injured

DELHI – (MaraviPost)- At least 27 people have died and scores injured following massive fire that razed a commercial building in the Indian capital...

Relief chief underlines need for urgent support as millions face drought in Horn of Africa

The drought follows four consecutive failed rainy seasons, and the fear is the number could jump to 20 million if the current below-average rains fail. Imagine...

UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide

NEW YORK, USA, le 13th May 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food...

Lilongwe to watch Mo Salah at Bingu Stadium as Ethiopia hosts Egypt’s Pharaoh in AFCON2023 qualifiers

By Edwin Mbewe LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Ethiopia National Football Team will host Pharaoh’s of Egypt at Bingu National Stadium in their opening...

North Korea declares state of emergency after first COVID-19 case confirmation

PYONGYANG-(MaraviPost)-North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has declared national state of emergency following the first confirmed case of COVID-19...

WHO ready to support DPR Korea battle COVID-19 infections

Responding to a question from UN News, WHO said it was in touch with the authorities in DPRK but has yet to receive an official report from the country’s...

New Report Finds Blood Pressure Drugs Can Cost Up to 40 Times More in Regions with the Most Strokes and Heart Attacks

High cost, low availability and variable quality of medicines increase risk of heart attacks and strokes from high blood pressure – the world’s leading...

Ghana: Popular restaurant closed down over alleged mass food poisoning

– – Ghanaian authorities on Thursday closed down a branch of a popular restaurant in Ghana, Marwako following reports of alleged mass food...

Oracle Red Bull Racing Drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez Take a Ride to Become Crypto Insiders With Bybit

As one of the crypto-inspired initiatives of its partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, Bybit created the #BybitLevelUpChallenges, a series of videos...

Chancen international announces first close of its $21m future of work fund for ethical student financing

The Fund will provide tuition financing for 10,000 youth in Rwanda with future expansion to South African and Kenya KIGALI, Rwanda, 11 May, 2022 -/African...

African Media Agency Partners with AFSIC one of the Largest Annual Events Showcasing Exceptional Opportunities Across the continent

The partnership aims to drive increased investment across the trade landscape in Africa and promote economic growth ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 12 May 2022,...