Church leaders say they have met in this fiercely conservative southern African nation to "understand the phenomenon" of same sex partners days ahead of a court verdict that could send two gay men to jail for up to 14 years. Bishop Joseph Bvumbwe, head of the Malawi ...

Recent arrests of gays in Malawi have caused concern among donors, an African Development Bank official said Wednesday, saying the country should handle the issue with "extra care." A verdict is expected on Monday in the trial of a gay couple arrested in December after holding the country's first same-sex wedding ceremony. Another man was later arrested for hanging ...

Protestant churches in Malawi on Tuesday opened a debate on homosexuality, following a series of arrests aimed at clamping down on gays, in a country where same-sex relations are banned. "We have received a lot of complaints about the issues of homosexuality, and as church leaders, we have a role to play," Joseph Bvumbwe, head of the Malawi Council of ...

Malawi's campaign to fight malaria by providing free or cheap mosquito nets has failed to curb the number of deaths caused by the disease, a deputy health minister said Friday. Up to 7,000 Malawians died of malaria in 2009, with 4.5 million cases recorded, even though the government provided one million free nets to young children and ...