Sources: Reuters
Peter Mutharika is sworn in for his second non-consecutive term as President of Malawi following his victory in last month's national election. 2025-10-4
The government of the Ivory Coast declares an outbreak of cholera after confirming seven recent deaths from the disease, and calls on the population to remain vigilant. 2025-06-5
President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera pardons 200 prisoners, including a former minister convicted of corruption. 2023-04-11
Cyclone Freddy kills at least 99 people in Malawi, including 85 people in Blantyre. It is the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record, according to the WMO, having formed on February 4. 2023-03-13
South Africa reports imported cases of cholera in two sisters who travelled to Malawi. 2023-02-5
Malawi suspends the opening of schools in Lilongwe and Blantyre due to an outbreak of cholera, which has killed 595 people so far, including 19 people on New Year's Eve. 2023-01-2
The Kurdish administration in Syria, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, requests help from the World Health Organization to contain a cholera outbreak which has killed three people in the region. 2022-09-10
In Iraq, a cholera outbreak prompts United Nations agencies UNICEF and the World Health Organization to launch a prevention and treatment campaign. So far, around 2,200 cases have been confirmed, and some infections have occurred in neighboring countries. 2015-11-7
Singer Madonna is accused by the office of Malawi President Joyce Banda of "bullying state officials" after she reportedly exaggerated her charity's contribution and complained about her treatment on a recent visit to the country. 2013-04-11
The Dominican Republic officially registers its first cholera death since the launch of the 2010 Haiti cholera outbreak. 2011-01-23