In the commercial capital of Malawi, Pentecostal pastors and churches face fines or removal for making a joyful noise. Loud Pentecostal worship is part of the soundtrack of Africa’s major cities ...

Residents of Blantyre's Chilobwe township, one of the areas worst-hit by tropical cyclone Freddy, were woken in the early hours by the roaring sound of mud and water as Malawi was battered by the ...

Malawi's disaster management department said in a statement that the death toll from the storm's second hit had risen to 225, from 190, with 707 people injured and 41 missing.

Blantyre, Malawi — An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that's battering southern Africa has killed more than 100 people after striking the continent for a second time on Saturday night, authorities in ...

Storm damage in Blantyre on Monday. Amos Gumulira/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Golden Matonga reported from Lilongwe, Malawi, and Lynsey Chutel from East London, South Africa.

At least 39 people in Malawi's commercial hub of Blantyre have died with several others missing or injured, the city's chief executive officer told The Associated Press on Monday. Authorities in ...

Women walk to a nearby displacement center in Blantyre, Malawi, on Tuesday. The unrelenting Cyclone Freddy, which is still battering southern Africa, has killed hundreds of people in Malawi and ...