The New York Times reports that the US plans to ban travel from 43 countries, including Malawi. The Trump team created three ban levels marked by the colors red, orange, and yellow. Malawi landed on the yellow list because of major problems with its passport system. This news comes from high-placed sources speaking to the newspaper.
Red-listed nations face complete travel bans and no visas for their citizens. These eleven countries include Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. The orange list holds ten countries facing strict visa limits: Belarus, Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Turkmenistan.
Malawi sits on the yellow list with...
Malawi national football teams signed a deal with Admiral for new uniforms at the Amaryllis Hotel last Saturday. The partnership costs ZAR 1.8 million, which equals about K200 million invested in Malawi soccer over two years. FAM President Fleetwood Haiya believes this marks major progress for soccer development across the country.
Admiral plans to make jerseys for every Malawi team, plus fan replicas and other items like tracksuits, golf shirts, bags, and caps. They created different price points to ensure that even people with less money could buy official gear. Haiya explained that they wanted to create something that makes their teams feel proud when wearing the black, red, and green colors that represent Malawi.
The football...
The fight over land between Ng'onga people, Balaka officials, and Portland Cement has turned violent. Local families claim they never got fair payment for their property when the cement company took it. Many talks failed to fix this problem, making everyone angry and frustrated about the situation.
Recently, Ng'onga residents blocked trucks at the cement factory during a protest. Police came to break it up, which led to people getting hurt, some going to jail, and property being damaged. The Balaka Civil Society Organisations Network jumped in to help calm things down between all sides.
"We feel worried about the growing violence and how little progress has been made," said Hariex Chimutu, who leads the Balaka Civil Society...
Girls across Malawi leave school because they lack basic sanitary facilities. This problem affects their future chances, making life harder for them down the road. The situation in the Mapazi Zone of Blantyre Rural shows just how bad things have become for these young students.
Research shows that schools without menstrual facilities push girls to quit education. Mapazi Zone includes eight schools where girls miss many classes because they have nowhere to manage their periods. Test scores reflect this crisis - only 2% of students passed their recent practice exams.
Mervis Chitika from the Youth Coordinating Agency in Development explains the problem clearly. "Girls stay home during their periods because schools lack proper facilities...
America kicked out South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rassol from Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X that Rassol counts as an unwelcome person. The Latin phrase persona non grata makes this official. BBC News says Rubio linked his message to a right-wing Breitbart article about Rassol.
The ambassador made comments during an online talk saying Trump attacks those holding power. He claimed Trump uses supremacism against leaders at home and worldwide. Rubio fired back, calling Rassol a politician who stirs up racial issues. He added bluntly that America has zero interest in talking with him anymore.
This expulsion shows how the friendship between both countries has kept falling apart since Trump became president. Just...
EA launched a new RPG called Split Fiction that gamers really love. Critics praise its different gameplay style and focus on playing together with friends. The game has become a big money maker for EA and its creator, beating the numbers of the very popular It Takes Two from Hazelight Studios. According to SteamDB, Split Fiction reached 259,003 players playing at once.
The game sold over 2 million copies in just seven days after release. That doubles what Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown sold for an entire year before it was canceled. Looking back at It Takes Two, that game peaked at only 70,000 players playing at the same time, almost three years after it came out. Split Fiction ranks number 51 on Steam for most players at once...
Michael Nees, who coaches the Warriors, picked six players from Scottland FC for the next 2026 World Cup games against Benin and Nigeria. He talked about this choice after he named his team on Wednesday. The coach selected Khama Billiat, Mthokozisi Msebe, Peter Muduhwa, Godknows Murwira, Tymon Machope, and Walter Musona from Scottland FC.
He added more players who play in Zimbabwe, like Isheanesu Mauchi from Simba Bhora, goalkeeper Martin Mapisa from MWOS, and Emmanuel Jalai, who leads Dynamos. Nees said he chose many Scottland players because they trained harder before the season started, making them more fit than players from other teams.
The coach mentioned that Scottland spent three weeks training in Zambia, and Simba Bhora...
Bulawayo Chiefs let go of seventeen players as they began playing in the ZIFA Southern Region Division One League. The team fell from the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League last season during the final game day. Players who left include Lucky Ndlela, Reason Sibanda, Migoz Svinurayi, and Mduduzi Maseko. The club decided to keep just nine athletes from their previous roster before the 2025 season starts.
The complete group of players released by the Chiefs contains Sibusiso Ndlovu, Ciphas Musikavanhu, Mduduzi Maseko, Leroy Ndlovu, Benjamin Addotey, Tarirai Chikwende, Clement Makamba, Prosper Matutu as goalkeeper, Nkosilathi Ncube, Lucky Ndlela, Tadiwa Muchenje, Robert Kwaramba, Brian Chizondo, Prince Phiri as goalkeeper, Reason Sibanda...
Coach Nees thinks very highly of Knowledge Musona. He called the former Zimbabwe captain a person who cares more about the team than himself. Musona decided to leave the Warriors back in May 2022 after playing for his country for more than ten years. The Saudi Arabia soccer star will join the national team again since Nees added him to the group that faces Benin and Nigeria in the upcoming 2026 World Cup games.
Nees explained to reporters that Musona could have come back last November during the African Cup games. The coach even arranged his travel papers. Musona didn't rush to return after the team beat Namibia twice. He told coaches he would help if players got hurt or couldn't play. Nees said this shows what kind of person Musona...
