A Dutch woman is rescued and 2 people are missing after a small plane crashes into Lake Malawi

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A small plane crashed into Lake Malawi on Tuesday with three people onboard, the government in Malawi said. A Dutch woman who was a passenger survived and was rescued by fishermen but another passenger and the pilot were missing. The Dutch woman sustained...

Malawi receives an insurance payout of $11.2 million for El Nino-linked drought disaster

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawian government has received an insurance payout of $11.2 million for a crippling El Nino-linked drought that led the southern African nation to declare a state of disaster earlier this year. The payout was given to Malawi this month, the African...

Malawi's vice president laid to rest as president calls for an independent probe into his death

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was laid to rest Monday in his village south of the capital, following a funeral where President Lazarus Chakwera called for an independent probe into his death in a plane crash. Chilima and nine other people died in the...

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

June 7-13, 2024 Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people were killed in a plane crash. Voters across the European Union went to the polls for the European parliamentary elections to choose their representatives for the next five-year term. The crater of a volcano...

Malawi announces state funeral and 21 days of mourning for vice president killed in a plane crash

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — The Malawi government said Wednesday that Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he died in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus Chakwera announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday, when the...

Malawi's vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead after their plane's wreckage is found

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi's Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51. President Lazarus...

Malawi's vice president and 9 others have died in a plane crash, the president says

Soldiers in Malawi search for missing military plane carrying vice president and former first lady

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice president and a former first lady went missing in the area Monday, President Lazarus Chakwera said. The plane carrying 51-year-old...