The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has with immediate effect suspended operations of the YB’s Restaurant opposite Livingstone Towers in Blantyre; Steers and Debonairs in Blantyre; and Dairibord Malawi opposite Kamuzu Stadium.

President Professor Peter Mutharika has called for a stop to employment of children in tobacco and tea fields to end child labour.

Due to the increased attacks on Malawian vehicles in Mozambique, government of Malawi says it has come up with both short and long time solutions on the transportation crisis in neighbouring country.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining has launched a five year countrywide Geological Mapping and Mineral Assessment Project which seeks to produce an updated database of the country's mineral potential.