Youth and Society (YAS) and Development Communications Trust (DCT) on Friday engaged the media in the northern region in a project aimed at influencing effective implementation and enforcement of regulatory framework that guarantees right to information.
The project is being co-funded by OXFAM and European Union (EU).
Briefing the journalists at Grand Palace Hotel in Mzuzu, Aubrey Chikungwa of Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)-Malawi said Access to information was a human right that helps one to enjoy other human rights.
The media orientation revealed that Malawi as a country had a weak score of 4 out of 10 on the Open Government Partnership Index for its access to information environment. The project therefore seeks to redress this situation.
University of Livingstonia (Unilia) has said it would be imperative if government considered taking more interest in making sure that online and open distance learning (ODL) becomes more affordable. Vice Chancellor, Professor Yohane Nyasulu, said during the university’s 14th congregation held virtually at Grand Palace Hotel in Mzuzu that courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic online […]