Sources: Government of the Republic of Malawi (Lilongwe) and Malawi bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Malawi's Chief Secretary to the Government in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Bright Msaka, has announced that President Bingu wa Mutharika had declared a 16-day period of public sector holidays from Friday, December 23, 2011, until Sunday, January 8, 2012, inclusively. [full story]