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Malawi declares mpox a public health emergency, following growing concerns and a reported probable case of mpox in the country.
2024-08-20

The death toll from Cyclone Freddy increases to over 300, with most of the deaths occurring in Malawi.
2023-03-16

The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
2022-03-24

Police in Malawi arrest 140 people after nine people were lynched for suspected vampirism.
2017-10-20

The Parliament of Malawi reverts the Flag of Malawi to the original version used between 1964 to 2010. The outgoing flag was introduced in 2010 by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika.
2012-05-28

Malawian President Joyce Banda sacks the national police chief, Peter Mukhito.
2012-04-9

Joyce Banda becomes the President of Malawi following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika.
2012-04-7

Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika is taken to Lilongwe's intensive care unit after cardiac arrest and is reported to have died.
2012-04-5

Around 2,000 women in Malawi stage a protest against attacks on women wearing trousers, who were stripped in the streets by unemployed youths and street vendors.
2012-01-20

President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika pardons a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison for "gross indecency and unnatural acts".
2010-05-29