MALAWI

Malawi to honor late vice president with state funeral

Published on: June 12, 2024
14:31

Lilongwe, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) President Lazarus Chakwera announced on Wednesday that late Vice President Saulos Chilima, who died in a plane crash three days ago along with eight other people, will be honored with a state funeral.

Cuban president regrets death of Malawi’s vice president

Published on: June 12, 2024
10:04

Havana, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent his condolences to the people and government of Malawi for the death, in a plane crash, of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima, his wife, and eight other persons.

Deadly collision between boat and hippopotamus in Malawi

Published on: May 17, 2023
13:12

Lilongwe, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The unusual collision between a boat and a hippopotamus in a river in southern Malawi resulted in one person killed and more than 20 missing, a security source said on Wednesday.

Malawi mourns hundreds of Cyclone Freddy victims

Published on: March 16, 2023
11:51

Lilongwe, Mar 16 (Prensa Latina) Malawi observes Thursday the first of 14 days of national mourning, government decreed in remembrance of 225 people killed in Mozambique during the onslaught of Cyclone Freddy a few days ago.

Malawi’s president dissolves cabinet due corruption allegations

Published on: January 25, 2022
14:11

Lilongwe, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera ordered the dissolution of the Cabinet after several organizations warned that ministers are involved in charges of corruption, Nyasa Times reported on Tuesday.

One of the world´s rarest chameleons, feared extinct, is found alive

Published on: August 4, 2021
07:20

Pretoria, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) One of the world's rarest and smallest chameleons, a creature feared extinct, has been found clinging to life in the rainforests of Africa. Now scientists are calling for an urgent conservation effort to save the critically endangered species before it's too late.

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