Immigration officials stop ‘fleeing’ Ansah at Malawi-Zambia border
Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has been stopped at Malawi-Zambia border in Mchinji while trying to flee the country to neighbouring Zambia. Ansah was reportedly...
View Article67 illegal workers from India arrested in Malawi sugar factory raid
The Immigration Department officials arrested a group of 67 illegal workers – all Indian national – at the Salima Sugar Factory for working without work permits. during a raid on Wednesday barely a...
View ArticleACB questions Chief Immigration Officer Medi
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday questioned Chief Immigration Officer Masauko Medi and several other officers at Immigration office in Blantyre. The bureau also conducted a search at...
View ArticleNo more porus borders: Minister Chimwendo says Malawi to strengthen security
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has said that secure borders are crucial for national security and development. Borders protect people from outside threats like Coronavirus and...
View ArticlePolice’s Mlotha appointed Malawi Chief Immigration Officer: Medi now PS
Government has appointed Commissioner of Police for the Northern Region, Hannings Mlotha, as the new Director-General for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services. Mlotha replaces Masauko...
View ArticleImmigration Dept arrests Nigerian fraudulently trying to acquire Malawi passport
The Immigration Department has arrested a Nigerian man who was trying to process for a Malawian passport on the pretext he married a Malawian woman. Chukwuma Kanayo Gbubhemobi is reported to have...
View ArticleEthCo donates hand sanitizers to Immigration department
Ethanol producer, Ethanol Company (EthCo) has donated 200 litres of hand sanitizers to the Immigration department in the central region in readiness for the opening of the borders which were closed due...
View ArticlePakistanis, Sudanese deported from Malawi over no right of abode
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has deported four illegal immigrants from Malawi. Immigration officials disclosed the four had over stayed their welcome in Malawi and were...
View ArticleMalawi govt to probe issuance of diplomatic passport to Bushiri, others
Malawi government would probe the award of diplomatic passports to South Africa based prophet Shepherd Bushiri, his wife Mary and other individuals during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)...
View ArticleMalawi govt probes foreign entrepreneurs over fraudulent business permits:...
Government says it is investigating some foreign enterprises for obtaining business resident permits without following proper procedures. This follows revelations that most of foreign entrepreneurs ply...
View Article