Blantyre, Malawi – Eighty-two-year-old Harry Maseko remembers vividly how Malawi gained its independence from Britain on July 6, 50 years ago. “I just married my late wife. It was a lease ...

This year’s Independence Day commemorations will be held in Blantyre, Ministry of Information, Civic Education and Communication Technology has said. Military parade will be party of ...

Malawi Defence ... the cities of Blantyre, Zomba, Lilongwe and Mzuzu on Wednesday to match in a symbolic military parade to kick-start celebrations to mark 53 years of independence since the ...

Lilongwe — Malawi Police Service (MPS) says all is set for security and safety of Malawians in the post-independence celebrations slated for July 6 to be held in Blantyre. National MPS ...

Lilongwe (Malawi), Jul 6 (AFP) Seven children and one adult were killed in a stampede at Malawi’s national stadium today as large crowds gathered for independence day celebrations, police said.

Independence Day celebrations in Malawi on Thursday were cut short after eight people were killed and 42 injured during a stampede outside a football stadium. The stampede occurred at the Bingu ...

Cash strapped Malawi government has cancelled Independence Day celebrations on 6 July, and has said it will only hold prayers. The government has taken a little dose of Tanzania President John ...

Malawi, a largely agricultural country, is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment. For the first 30 years of independence Malawi was run by an authoritarian and quixotic President ...

LILONGWE (Reuters) - At least eight people, seven of whom were children, were killed in a stampede in Malawi during the southern African country's independence day celebrations at a stadium in the ...

Blantyre - A controversial change to Malawi's national flag of 46 years reflects a new era since 1964 independence from Britain, state radio on Sunday quoted President Bingu wa Mutharika as saying.