Madonna captured with her Malawian adopted kids in Malawi last Friday

State House in Malawi has made a scathing attack on US pop star Madonna, days after the country’s immigration officials searched her and her security detail – a first since she started coming to Malawi in 2006

President Joyce Banda, who came to power after the death of her mercurial predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika last April, came out strongly against the pop diva in a statement released by her press office saying that Madonna should not have expected to be treated like a VVIP just because she has turned benefactor to… ( Read on! )

UNAIDS says Malawi brought down the number of new HIV infections per year between 2001 – 2011 by 72 percent – the best record of any country in Africa.

In September 2011, UNAIDS said, Malawi again took the lead in the fight against HIV and AIDS by adopting a national policy and program that provides lifelong anti-retroviral treatment (ART) to all HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women, regardless of the extent of their HIV infection, known as Option B+.

“Option B+ gives a window of hope and opportunity in which to secure the health of mothers and protect their partners and their… ( Read on! )

Tobacco growers weigh their crop before heading to the market

Malawi’s earnings from Tobacco have reached $15.1 million in the fourth week of sales, a 200 percent jump compared to the same period last year.
The Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) said that during the first four weeks of last year, Malawi only earned $5.3 million.
This is good news to a country so dependent on the crop which accounts for 60 percent of foreign earnings and employs over 2 million from its related industries.
TCC figures also show a significant improvement in the average price during the same period, which has… ( Read on! )

Malawi foreign minister Ephraim Chiume made the clarification

Malawi’s department of foreign affairs has clarified earlier comments made by President Joyce Banda that the southern African nation has decided to take the Lake Malawi dispute with Tanzania to the International Court of Justice.

President Banda had earlier in the week said that Malawi was giving up on mediation efforts and would take to the courts to settle the dispute.

“Our view is that we should eventually go to court. We should not waste time on this,” Banda told reporters in Lilongwe on Monday after returning from… ( Read on! )

Madonna captured with her Malawian adopted kids in Malawi on Friday

US pop star Madonna has said that she will continue supporting Malawian children because her work is all about them and not the country’s politicians.

Speaking through her manager Trevor Neilson, Madonna, who left Malawi on Saturday, said that she has not been treated fairly since she arrived in the poor southern African country.

“Madonna can continue her work here if the politicians don’t want to welcome her because her work is all about the children who are here. The politicians can stay,” Neilson told the… ( Read on! )