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Demonstration Alert: U. S. Embassy Lilongwe, Malawi (June 6, 2019)

Location: Countrywide Event: On Thursday, June 6, clashes between the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Malawi Police Service (MPS) resulted in the use of tear gas that disrupted U.S. Embassy operations. The Consular Section at the U.S. Embassy will be open on Friday, June 7 for emergency American Citizens Services. Actions to Take: Avoid any ...

By U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe | 6 June, 2019 | Topics: Alert

17 Malawians Headed to U.S. to Participate in the 2019 YALI MWF

Lilongwe – U.S. Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer today announced that 17 Malawian young leaders will participate in the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in the United States. This current cohort brings the number of Malawian participants to 85 since the Mandela Washington Fellowship began in 2014. Ambassador Palmer congratulated the 17 ...

By U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe | 6 June, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

U.S. Peace Corps Donates “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” to CDSS

Country Director for the Peace Corps in Malawi, Carol Spahn participated in the handover of a classroom set of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind books at Manyani Community Day Secondary School in Kasungu District.

By U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe | 7 May, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

U.S. and Malawi team up to reduce aflatoxins in maize and groundnut

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 ...

By U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe | 10 April, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

150 MDF soldiers complete peacekeeping training

150 Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers have completed two Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) conducted by two U.S. Army Special Forces teams from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

By U.S. Embassy in Lilongwe | 29 March, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases

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