Sources: BBC News
The wreckage of an aircraft which went missing yesterday in Malawi amid bad weather is found. All ten people on board, including the country's Vice-President Saulos Chilima, are confirmed dead. 2024-06-11
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera suspends all publicly funded international travel for government officials, including himself, until the end of March, as part of measures to address the country's economic challenges. 2023-11-15
Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant. 2021-11-26
Israel reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Malawi. 2021-11-26
The South Africa Department of International Relations orders several Malawian diplomats and their families to leave within 72 hours after police found they were illegally selling duty-free alcohol. 2021-06-11
After the results of the last general election in Malawi were annulled by the country's Constitutional Court in February, new elections are held. 2020-06-23
In an address to the nation, President Peter Mutharika reports Malawi's first confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-04-2
Indonesia executes six people for drug trafficking including foreign citizens from Brazil, Malawi, the Netherlands, Nigeria, and Vietnam. Brazil and the Netherlands withdraw their ambassadors in protest. 2015-01-18
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
At least eighteen people are killed during mass protests in Malawi. 2011-07-21