Malawi: Journalism trainer Jolly Ntaba made a presentation on the Media and the Declaration Regime during a one-day declarations orientation workshop organised by the Office of the Director of Public Officers Declarations (ODPOD) organised for media practitioners in Zomba on Thursday, 2 June, May 2022.

Here’s the audio of the presentation. Take a listen!

Malawi: Director of the Office of the Director of Public Officers Declarations (ODPOD), Michael Chiusiwa and some of his colleagues answering questions from journalists after officially opening a one-day declarations orientation workshop for media practitioners in Zomba on Thursday, 2 June, May 2022.

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Editor’s note: there was a power outage at some point.

Malawi: Director of the Office of the Director of Public Officers Declarations (ODPOD), Michael Chiusiwa and some of his colleagues answering questions from journalists after officially opening a one-day declarations orientation workshop for media practitioners in Zomba on Thursday, 2 June, May 2022.

This is Part One.

 Members of the media interviewing Chisala (in a Malawi Red Cross Jacket)

MALAWI: As the country battles the fourth wave of Covid 19 exacerbated by Omicron, the Malawi media have been called upon to ramp up support for the sensitization of the masses in getting vaccinated.

The call was made by officials from both the Ministry of Health and the Malawi Red Cross Society on Monday during a media orientation on Covid 19 Vaccination Best Reporting Practices in Dowa.

Among other things, journalists who attended the one-day workshop were also urged to fight against both misinformation and disinformation that is said to be causing vaccination hesitancy among the population, despite the pandemic wreaking havoc in the country.

On COVID-19 vaccination, a total of 1,745,048 vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far.

Cumulatively 1,072,229 and 388,978 people have received the first dose and the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine respectively whilst 283,841 have received Johnson and Johnson.

Cumulatively, 672,819 people are fully vaccinated in Malawi.

Malawi Red Cross Director of Programmes, Prisca Chisala, explains to journalists the whole essence of the workshop.

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MALAWI: The Media Institute of Southern Africa-Malawi Chapter, with support from Basel Institute of Governance, organized a two-day training in Access to Information (ATI) for the country’s media from Monday to Tuesday in Lilongwe.

AfricaBrief’s Editor-in-Chief, Winston Mwale, caught with MISA Malawi Chairperson Teresa Ndanga soon after the training.

Among other things, Winston wanted to find out why MISA Malawi organized the training in ATI, and what are the media organization’s expectations from the journalists who attended the workshop.

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Philip Morris International (PMI) Head of Scientific Engagement, Ignacio Gonzalez Suarez, says studies by the company on various products are subjected to rigorous tests by a number of renowned bodies, including the FDA of the US.

Gonzalez made the remarks recently during a virtual meeting for Africa Reporter’s Network for harm reduction.

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Rashid Geloo says his childhood hobby of keeping animals like birds and white rats pushed him into setting up a game ranch in Lilongwe, central Malawi.

Recently, AfricaBrief Editor-in-Chief, Winston Mwale, paid Rashid a visit, to appreciate his work at R and L Farms/Game Ranch, where he keeps animals like zebras, ostriches, emu, kudus, bushbucks, porcupines, and vultures.

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African Wildlife Foundation Zimbabwe Country Director, Olivia Mufute, speaking after the week-long Advanced Training on Environmental Journalism in the Modern in Harare, Zimbabwe:

For so long, the conservation story has been told, but not from an African perspective. But even then, mostly through the lens of science and animals.

With less of the African people, cultures, heritage, use, knowledge, aspirations – all as part of conservation. And this is a role we need to reclaim.

First things first, as an African conservation organization, African Wildlife Foundation has been very intentional with cultivating the authentic African voice through storytelling.

This is because storytelling is one of the fundamental aspects of African history and origin.

Long ago, our forefathers and ancestors deeply valued storytelling because it enabled the passing on of traditions, myths, and cultures.

It is this same practice that has been transferred from one generation to the next up to date.

M'chaka cha 2018, bungwe la Results Based Initiative( RBF), lomwe limalandira thandizo la ndalama kuchokera ku mayiko a Germany ndi Norway, lidamanga chipinda cha amayi oyembekezera chatsopano pa chipatala cha pa Mkanda m'boma la Mchinji.

Koma mpaka pano chipindachi sichikugwira ntchito kamba koti katundu yemwe amayenera kubwera pa chipatalachi akuti anapita ku chipatala china, m'boma lomwelo.

Kodi izi zinatheka bwanji? Nanga zikudzetsa mavuto anji?

Winston Mwale, mothandizana ndi mtolankhani wa wailesi ya Mudziwathu m'boma la Mchinji, wakonza pologalamu yapadera.

Mvetserani.

Ever heard of TB Community Volunteers in Malawi? Well, I once did a wonderful story about these great people.

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