Malawi

Following the hit of the deadly storm Cyclone Freddy, Malawi has commenced a mass vaccination drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against several life-threatening diseases and health crisis. The cyclone killed more than 1,000…

The death toll from Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated in mid-March after massive flooding and landslides in southern Africa, has exceed 1,200 in Malawi as hopes dwindle of finding survivors, police and authorities said. The cyclone killed…

Dead bodies from cyclone Freddy are being recovered in Malawi. In Blantyre the capital, military personnel helped people to recover the bodies of those who died in a mudslide. Malawian president Lazarus Chakwera has called the…

Eleven (11) people have died and 16 are missing around Malawi's second-largest city Blantyre after tropical storm Freddy brought torrential rains that triggered floods and landslides, police said on Monday. Freddy, one of the strongest…

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has passed 1,000 while cases have risen to 30,621, the highest on record in the country, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda said on Wednesday. Most of the deaths occurred in the two main…

Malawian worst cholera epidemic in decades has sparked massive demand for vaccines but stocks are reportedly running low. According to local media, citing the spokesperson for the Malawi's health ministry Adrian Chikumbe, the country has…

Schools in Malawi’s two largest cities are to remain closed until further notice due to a worsening cholera outbreak, the government said on Monday. Read Also: Ebonyi state: Nine die in Cholera outbreak Students…

Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in the southern African country's two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister said Monday, to try to slow down a surge in cholera deaths. The total number of cases and…

A Chinese national wanted in Malawi for filming children chanting racist slogans in Chinese has been arrested in neighbouring Zambia, an immigration official said. "He was arrested in Chipata, Zambia, after fleeing the country," Malawi…

Catholic bishops in Malawi have slammed what they describe as "political bickering" in the government led by President Lazarus Chakwera. In a pastoral letter, signed by seven bishops and read out Sunday in celebration of Lent, the…