The Malawi News Agency (MANA) is the national news agency of

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

. It is overseen by the Ministry of Information. It is administered by the Director of Information and Civic Education.Malawi News Agency to be online , says Director of Information , Nyasa Times Malawi breaking news in Malawi
It is the largest

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in Malawi and has offices in all regions and districts in Malawi.Malawi News Agency Online – About Malawi News Agency
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Services

MANA is an information resource for and about Malawi. MANA is in charge of granting accreditation to international media in Malawi. It contributes to both government and private periodicals on a regular basis.

History

It was established in 1966 to spread information from the Malawi government under the Ministry of Information. Its headquarters are in

Lilongwe Lilongwe (, , ) is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in th ...

. It also has offices in the regional capital cities (Lilonwe,

Mzuzu Mzuzu is the capital of Malawi's Northern Region and is the third largest city by population in Malawi. The city has 221,272 residents and 20,000 commuters (Mzuzu University students) with about 1.7 million people in its metropolitan area. It i ...

Blantyre Blantyre () is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with an enumerated 800,264 inhabitants . It is sometimes referred to as the commercial and industrial capital of Malawi as opposed to the political capital, L ...

). It has offices in all the Districts of Malawi. It established its online presence in August 2012.

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External links

MANA Online
News agencies based in Malawi Organizations established in 1966 1966 establishments in Malawi