Minister of Agriculture, Sam Kawale says Malawi needs to transition from subsidies towards commercial and market-oriented farming for it to achieve sustainable agricultural growth and lift her farmers out of poverty.

Some traditional leaders in the country have given contrasting views on suggestions to abolish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank from Malawi and Africa.

Stakeholders in Malawi’s justice system are calling for enhanced collaboration to expand camp courts as a solution to the growing backlog of homicide cases awaiting trial in the country’s overcrowded prisons.

An agriculture expert, Ronald Chilumpha, is predicting that the number of beneficiaries of the Affordable Input Programme will drastically decline this year due to changes in prices of commodities on the market.