Malawi has a long history of democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law. The strength of its democratic institutions has enabled Malawi to deal peacefully with inevitable challenges and disagreements since multi-party democracy and over the last year. We call on all stakeholders to continue to safeguard these democratic institutions and work …

The State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Arts Envoy Program through the U.S. Embassy has partnered with Nvak, an American non-profit organization to provide year-round, in-person and remote lessons in songwriting, music production, audio engineering, marketing, and public relations to young Malawians. With a grant from the State Department and additional funding …

U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, Robert Scott visited the Dzaleka Refugee Camp managed by the Government of Malawi and supported by the United States Government (USG) and other donors. 

The Secretary of State is publicly designating Mr. Uladi Basikolo Mussa, the current Malawian Special Advisor on Parliamentary Affairs and former Malawian Minister of Home Affairs, due to his involvement in significant corruption.

This morning, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Malawi, Andrew Herrup and the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Gray Nyandule Phiri participated in the handover of the Aflatoxin Testing Laboratory to the Government of Malawi (GoM) and celebrated the development of two Malawi-specific biocontrol products that will enable Malawi’s farmers to control aflatoxins in …

Cervical cancer has become one of the largest killers of women in the developing world; 283,000 women die of the disease each year in low and middle income nations.

Lilongwe – On the occasion of World AIDS Day, the U.S. Embassy’s PEPFAR Coordinator, Ms. Emily Hughes, joined the Hon. Minister Atupele Muluzi, MP, Minister of Health, and Dan Namarika, Secretary for Health, as well as dignitaries from UNAIDS, WHO and others to commemorate the 30th recognition of World AIDS Day (started in 1988). The …

19th November, 2018 U.K. and U.S. support Malawi with additional “Prefabricated Pharmacy Storage Units” to expand storage capacity for medicines and medical supplies The U.K.  and U.S. Governments, through the Department for International Development (DFID) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), respectively, have worked together with the Ministry of Health and Population to …

Lilongwe –Millennium Challenge Corporation Vice President, General Counsel and Board Secretary Jeanne Hauch today marked the closeout of the MCC Malawi Compact at a ceremony to commemorate the official hand-over and commissioning of the Nkula A Hydropower Station. MCC Vice President Hauch was joined by Malawi President Peter Mutharika, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer, …

U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer, Malawi’s Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Affairs Emmanuel Fabiano, and USAID Mission Director Littleton Tazewell have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand existing secondary schools and install new secondary schools throughout Malawi under the U.S. Government’s new Secondary …

Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC January 31, 2018 The Department of State published a Final Rule on January 31, 2018, that increases the passport execution fee. The passport execution fee will be $35 starting on April 2, 2018. This rule increased the fee $10 from the previous $25 fee. Individuals who apply for a passport renewal …

Lilongwe, February 13:   The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is actively assisting the government and people of Malawi to combat the invasive crop pest called fall army-worm.  USAID’s assistance to date has included media campaigns to educate farmers on pest identification and control, in-person trainings with farmers, technical messages for …

Lilongwe, February 5 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced that the Governments of the United States and Malawi have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the acquisition of property on which to build a new U.S. Embassy compound on Presidential Road in Lilongwe. “The United States has been a steadfast partner …

January 18 – The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has released a notice of funding opportunity under the McGovern-Dole program.  FAS expects to make multiple three to five year awards, totaling up to $190 million, SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING. FAS will accept applications for the following priority countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, …

On International Anti-Corruption Day, we reiterate our support for Malawians exposing and addressing corruption. Corruption is a barrier to poverty reduction, diverting scarce resources away from healthcare, schools, and water provision.

Blantyre, December 1 – In commemoration of World AIDS Day today, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, and Malawi’s Minister of Health, Atupele Muluzi, together opened the new Umodzi Family Center on the campus of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre.  The U.S. Government, through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and …

U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer, together with Malawi’s Minister of Education, Science, and Technology Bright Msaka, today broke ground on a new Community Day Secondary School in Mwalasi, Machinga District. 

Lilongwe, November 6 – On November 2, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) released its 2018 scorecards.  Malawi continued to pass MCC’s scorecard by meeting the requirement of passing at least half of the 20 indicators overall, including the hard hurdles of Control of Corruption and Democratic Rights. MCC scorecards are comprised of 20 …

Lilongwe, October 31 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Administrator for the Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Capacity Building and Development, Jocelyn Brown will visit Malawi October 31-November 4 to engage government leaders, local farmers and entrepreneurs, the private sector, and implementing partners to support increased agricultural productivity and trade.  Ms. Brown oversees the United …

Lilongwe, October 3 – Thirteen Malawian community organizations today received grants totaling $175,000 (MK130million) under the U.S. Embassy’s Economic Support Fund-Health and Development Africa Challenge Pilot Program at a ceremony held today at the U.S. Embassy. This year’s Health and Development grants will fund construction of three girls’ hostels, three libraries/laboratories, one under-five clinic, one …

Lilongwe, September 5 – The following joint statement was made today by the U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, Virginia Palmer, and the UK High Commissioner to Malawi, Holly Tett: “Malawi’s democratic record is a model for Africa and beyond.  As Malawi’s development partners, we support Malawi’s preparations for another round of democratic elections (by-elections and general elections …

U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced that Malawi’s country-specific allocation of the tariff-rate quota for raw cane sugar imports to the United States has increased by 45% in fiscal year 2017. 

  Release Date: June 28, 2017 The United States and the global aviation community face an adaptive and agile enemy. Terrorist groups continue to target passenger aircraft, and we have seen a “spider web” of threats to commercial aviation as terrorist pursue new attack methods.  Based on these concerns, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) …

Lilongwe, June 20 – The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), a division of the U.S. National Defense University in Washington, DC, in collaboration with the Malawi Defense Force (MDF), will convene a multilateral seminar focused on implications of resource management in Southern Africa’s security sector to take place June 20-23, 2017 in Lilongwe, Malawi.  …

LILONGWE, May 2 – The United States and the Republic of Malawi will co-host the 2017 African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) to be held in Lilongwe, Malawi, May 8-11, 2017.  The summit is a weeklong seminar bringing together land force chiefs from across Africa for candid dialogue to discuss and develop cooperative solutions to regional …

LILONGWE, November 1 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced a new United States donation of $23 million (MK 17 billion) to assist Malawian people in need of humanitarian food assistance. This additional donation is in response to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s (MVAC) report that 6.5 million Malawians need humanitarian food assistance …

Representatives of the Office of Law Enforcement of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the United States Government, visited Malawi October 22-29.  At the request of the Malawian Police Service and in partnership with the Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, the representatives trained Malawian, Zambian, and Tanzanian wildlife and law enforcement officers on …

LILONGWE, August 19 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced a new United States donation of US$47.46 million (MK35.6 billion) to Malawi to assist people in need of humanitarian food assistance. This is in response to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s (MVAC) report that 6.5 million Malawians need humanitarian food assistance to alleviate …

Lilongwe, August 18 – Five Malawian community organizations today received grants totaling $40,000 (MK29 million) from the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), an independent agency of the United States Government, at a ceremony held today at the U.S. Embassy. This year’s grants will support two value-adding groundnut and sunflower oil processing centers, two honey …

Lilongwe, August 10 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today swore-in 15 new Peace Corps Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) volunteers and 1 Peace Corps Response Volunteer, who will soon begin a year of service in Malawi. These new volunteers are the fourth cohort of GHSP volunteers to serve in Malawi since the GHSP …

Lilongwe, July 27 – The U.S. military, in partnership with the Malawi Defense Force and partner nations, will conduct Southern Accord 2016, a command post exercise (CPX) in Salima, Malawi August 1-12, 2016 and a disaster relief table top exercise (TTX) in Lilongwe, Malawi, August 8-10, 2016. Southern Accord is an annual joint military exercise …

Machinjiri, July 19 – during her ongoing three-day visit to Malawi, the Second Lady of the United States of America, Dr. Jill Biden, today announced the United States is donating $20 million (MK14 billion) in food assistance to support vulnerable, food insecure communities in Malawi. This brings the United States’ total contribution to the humanitarian …

Lilongwe, June 6 — The Embassy of the United States of America is pleased to announce that Rachel Sibande and Madalitso Chidumu will attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which will take place June 22-24, 2016 in Palo Alto, California. They will be joining more than 700 entrepreneurs from around the world along with investors, …

Lilongwe, May 24 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced that three Malawians have been selected to receive prestigious Fulbright grants to pursue Master’s Degree studies in the United States starting in the 2016-17 academic year, and one Malawian will pursue a professional development program in the United States under the Hubert Humphrey …

Lilongwe, May 12 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today swore-in a group of 30 new environment and health sector Peace Corps Volunteers at a ceremony which took place at Traditional Authority Njombwa in Kasungu district. For the next two years these 30 new Peace Corps Volunteers will serve at hospitals and health centers, …

Lilongwe, May 9 – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Dana J. Hyde, is visiting Malawi May 8-10 to review progress to date on the implementation of the Malawi Compact with the Government of Malawi, particularly on the Power Sector Reform Project, and chart the way forward for …

Lilongwe, April 26 – U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Catherine M. Russell will visit Malawi April 26 – 30.  She will meet with government officials, local leaders, members of civil society, and students to learn more about the status of adolescent girls – particularly their health, education, and safety.  Her trip is part of a new U.S. …

Lilongwe, April 18 – Today Malawian Minister of Health Dr. Peter Kumpalume and the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy Michael Gonzales launched a new Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) program to strengthen Malawi’s disease surveillance and response capacity.  The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is providing approximately …

Lilongwe – Today, the Office of the Inspector General of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, announced the launch of two campaigns …

United States Donates $27 Million in Additional Food Commodities For Malawi Humanitarian Assistance Efforts              LILONGWE, February 29, 2016:  Pursuant to discussions with H.E. President Arthur Peter Mutharika on steps to break the recurrent cycle of food insecurity, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced an additional donation of US$27 …

LILONGWE, February 26, 2016:  Minister of Natural Resources, Energy, and Mining Bright Msaka, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer, and Power Africa Coordinator Andrew Herscowitz today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Malawi regarding Malawi’s continued participation in the U.S. presidential initiative known as Power Africa.  Power Africa is a …

LILONGWE, February 24, 2016:  Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr. George Chaponda, MP, and U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today signed a military cooperation agreement between the United States and Malawi.  Consistent with a long-standing bilateral agreement on U.S. assistance to Malawi, the new agreement provides the framework for continued military cooperation, …

LILONGWE, February 19, 2016:  A U.S. Congressional delegation led by Senator James Inhofe visited Malawi on February 19.  The delegation met with President Arthur Peter Mutharika to discuss U.S.-Malawi relations, particularly related to security cooperation. The delegation also met with Malawian members of parliament. The delegation reaffirmed the strong partnership between the U.S. and Malawi …

Lilongwe – United States Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today awarded MK 59.5 million to nine organizations working with people with disabilities across Malawi through the U.S. Ambassador’s HIV/AIDS Small Grants Fund. Speaking to representatives from the organizations that received grants, Ambassador Palmer said, “People with disabilities are equal citizens of Malawi and the world, …

Lilongwe, November 3 – U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, and U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer, today held a press conference during which they underscored the need for Malawian citizens to join forces with their nation’s health and law enforcement authorities to stop the widespread theft of drugs across the nation that …

Statement by JEN PSAKI, SPOKESPERSON Malawi’s New President and Vice President The United States congratulates Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and Mr. Saulos Chilima on being elected the new President and Vice President, respectively, of the Republic of Malawi.  We further congratulate the people of Malawi for actively and peacefully exercising their democratic rights in selecting …

Global Health Service Partnership Peace Corps Volunteers to Begin Service at Locations throughout Malawi Lilongwe– Today the United States Peace Corps welcomes seven new Volunteers to their ranks. Ambassador Virginia Palmer will join senior officials from the Malawi Government at a swearing-in ceremony of the Peace Corps Response Volunteers under the Global Health Service Partnership …

Crossroads Complex Hall 9:00am The US Government Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, provides more than $100 million of assistance annually in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The HIV epidemic has placed a detrimental societal burden on Malawi. HIV has claimed 1.4 million Malawians …

Embassy of the United States Old Mutual Building P.O. Box 30016 Lilongwe 3 Internet:  https://mw.usembassy.gov/ Facebook: U.S. Embassy Lilongwe Tel:   (265) 1 772-222/414/992 Fax:  (265) 1 771-142 LILONGWE, October 7 – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer signed grants with six community groups today to support education, health, and environment projects in rural communities across …

U.S. and UK Award US$64m to Support Malawi Early Grade Reading Improvement Activity (MERIT) LILONGWE, OCTOBER 6, 2015:  With more than half of Malawi’s population being below the age of 18, education is key to the country’s growth and prosperity.  The American and UK Governments, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the …

News Release September 30, 2015                       Email: zilani.khonje@mca-m.gov.mw US$148.1Million (MK84.2 Billion) Contracts Signed for Construction, Rehabilitation, Modernization and Upgrading of ESCOM’s Power Infrastructure Lilongwe, Malawi. — The Millennium Challenge Account – Malawi (MCA-Malawi), with funding from the United States Government through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), …

LILONGWE, September 22, 2015:  U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer announced the United States’ donation of US$15.7 million (MK9 billion) worth of food commodities to Malawi to assist a portion of the 2.8 million people in need of humanitarian food assistance. This assistance is in response to the September 21 appeal for donor support of …

Fourteen organizations received grants valued at over $94,000 (MK49 million) from the U.S. Ambassador’s Self-Help Program at a ceremony held at the U.S. Embassy today. This year’s grants will increase communities’ access to clean and safe water, improve education through construction of school blocks; a girls’ hostel and library; contribute to more pregnant women delivering …

Embassy of the United States of America Public Affairs Section Old Mutual Building P.O. Box 30016 Lilongwe 3, Malawi Internet:           https://mw.usembassy.gov/ Facebook:       U.S. Embassy Lilongwe Tel:                  (265) 1 772-222/414/992 Fax:                (265) 1 771-142 Contacts:         David Queen, Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Marcus Muhariwa – Information …

May 19, 2015 Contact: Scott Fontaine 202-521-3612 fontainesa@mcc.gov Millennium Challenge Corporation to be joined by 11 U.S. firms on its First Trade and Investment Mission Delegation to visit Malawi and Tanzania to learn about $750 million of opportunities in MCC-funded projects in the energy sector  Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the U.S. Department …

U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gonzales hands over textbooks in Zomba On behalf of the United States of America, Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Gonzales handed over the Sadzi Community Day Secondary School Books Project on Friday, March 13, in Traditional Authority Chikowi, Zomba District.  The school purchased 554 syllabus based text books …

U.S. Donates $6.9 Million for Flood Relief in Malawi Friday, February 6, 2015: U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia E. Palmer and USAID/Malawi Mission Director Doug Arbuckle welcomed a delivery of US $100,000 worth of disaster relief commodities for Malawians affected by the floods at Kamuzu International Airport today. The supplies include 200 rolls of plastic …

U.S. Embassy and Global Health Corps Celebrate the Role of Youth in National Development Lilongwe – On January 22, 2014 United States Charge d’Affaires to Malawi Michael Gonzales hosted a reception to highlight the roles of youth leadership, volunteerism, and community service in contributing to national development.  The guest of honor was Barbara Bush, CEO …