The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has selected the Africa Centre of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (AquaFish) at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to host the prestigious DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa. The selection follows a highly competitive process that reviewed 416 degree-track submissions from institutions across the region,…
Trees that were once cut down for firewood to prepare meals for learners in three primary schools in off-grid areas of Kasungu are now being preserved following the introduction of the Planet Friendly School Meals initiative by the World Food Programme (WFP). The initiative, currently being piloted in Kaunda, Katuta, and Kasamba Primary Schools, has…
The Ministry of Mining has issued a stern warning against mining without a valid mineral tenement or artisanal mining permit, saying it constitutes a criminal offense. This comes barely a week after eight people died and five others were injured in a mine collapse at Kasalika Village in the area of Sub-Traditional Authority Suza in…