List of newspapers in Malawi

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This article is a list of newspapers in Malawi .

Overview

Under the dictatorship of Hastings Kamuzu Banda, which lasted from the country's founding in 1965 until 1994, there was no independent, free press in Malawi. Foreign correspondents were also banned. After the transition to multi-party democracy in 1994, much greater freedom was granted, [1] triggering the birth of many newspapers. Most of these failed quickly due to high costs and the lack of skilled staff. [2] Two main media organisations remain that still publish newspapers. The relative high cost of the newspapers means they remain the preserve of the wealthy. Most have a mix of English and Chichewa articles.

Contents

List of news publications

TitleHeadquartersLanguageYear establishedNotes
African Evening Magazine (AFRIEM) 2013 [ citation needed ]Online only
Big Issue Malawi
Boma Lathu Chewa 1973 [3] Magazine [4]
Nyasa Daily Lilongwe English and Chewa 2021 [5] Online only
Daily Times [6] Blantyre [7] English [4] 1895 [3] Owned by Times Media Group; [7] previously owned by BNL? (Hastings Banda's former business)[ citation needed ]
Fuko Nation Chichewa, Chitumbuka [8] Bi-weekly
Malawi Government Gazette 1894 [3]
Malawi Morning Kasungu [3] English and Chewa2018Online only. Published by Kawelama Creations[ citation needed ]
Malawi News English and Chewa [4] 1895 [3] Weekly. [4] Owned by BNL[ citation needed ]
Malawi Voice [9] Limbe [7] Online only
malawi24 Online only
Maravi Post Atlanta, Georgia, USA [7] English Chichewa, Yao and Tumbuka2009Online only Published by Eltas Enterprises INC, an Internet Publishing and Software Company founded since @2005
MirrorBlantyre [3] English and Nyanja [4] 1994Weekly
Moni MagazineLimbe [3] English and Chewa1964Magazine [4]
Nation Blantyre [7] English and Chichewa [7] 1993 [3] Daily. [4] Owned by Aleke Banda; its weekend edition is titled Weekend Nation
Nyasa Times UK [6] Online only. Published by B2B Initiatives. [7]
Odini Lilongwe [3] English and Chewa [4] 1949Catholic bi-weekly
This is MalawiBlantyre [3] English and Chewa1964Magazine [4]
Weekend Times Owned by BNL[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Malawi profile". BBC News. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Malawi Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers". Press Reference. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Europa 2004.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Malawi: Media and Publishing". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  5. ↑ https://www.whois.com/whois/nyasadaily.com
  6. 1 2 "Malawi Profile: Media". BBC News . 22 June 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Karen Fung, African Studies Association (ed.). "News (by country): Malawi". Africa South of the Sahara. USA. Retrieved 9 July 2017– via Stanford University. Annotated directory
  8. ↑ Freedom House 2015.
  9. ↑ "Giving you true on line news from Malawi". Malawi Voice. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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