In February, we posted that Malawi lost USD 4,691 million between 2001 and 2010 due to illicit financial flows, which is likely to increase with the growing mining sector. Last week, a […]
Despite the ongoing dispute between Malawi and Tanzania over the lake that sits on oil deposits (Lake Malawi or Nyasa depending on which side of the border you come from), Malawi’s […]
SacOil Holdings Limited, one of the two companies with exclusive prospecting licences (EPLs) to explore for oil in Lake Malawi, has begun work on this licence that was awarded in […]
At the beginning of April, the president of Malawi Joyce Banda expressed concerns that the Africa Forum of former African Heads of State and Government‘s mediation of the dispute between Malawi and […]
Tilitonse, a grant-making facility for Malawian-based CSOs jointly funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), Royal Norwegian Embassy and Irish Aid, has launched a Thematic Call for Project Proposals: Local Governance, […]
The Mining Development Agreement between Paladin, the operator of Malawi’s largest mining project, and the Government of Malawi is bound by a non-disclosure agreement. However, in January, the Minister of Mining John Bande announced, […]
In December, we blogged about the USD 1 billion investment by the Brazilian mining company, Vale SA, the world’s largest iron-ore producer, in Malawi’s railway infrastructure. The project is set to link Mozambique’s […]