Malawi Police in Nsanje and Chikhwawa on Monday fired teargas to disperse angry customers at two different Admarc depots, just a month after people harvested maize from their gardens. There was stampede, shovelling and pushing as people wanted to buy maize at Mapelera Admarc depot in Nsanje. The people accused staff of hoarding 300 bags […]
The High Court in Blantyre has demanded evidence of former president Bakili Muluzi’s Commonwealth involvement after his attorney informed the court to that the former Malawi president will from months of July and will be engaged on Commonwealth activities. Lawyer Tamanda Chokhotho, who is the lead counsel for Muluzi, informed the High Court that Muluzi […]
President Peter Mutharika on Monday described abductions and killings against people with albinism as terrorism against them and vowed his government will win the war. He was speaking in Kasungu during the International Albinism Awareness Day. “You have taken enough lives of my people. You have taken away the peace of the people with albinism. […]
Officials from Zagaf Trucks are in Mozambique in search of their driver who went missing after Renamo militias attacked and burnt his truck on Friday. One of the officials called from Mozambique on Sunday saying they are working with Malawi embassy staff in Maputo. The other two truck drivers, whose trucks were also burned returned […]
A local NGO has bemoaned the deteriorating health standards in prisons, saying the situation is getting out of hand. Ivy Kwataine, chairperson of Centre for Human Rights Education and Advice said TB and HIV is on the rise again in Malawi prisons. “We need to do something to deal with the matter. When a person […]
Religious leaders and people with albinism on Sunday turned to God to seek divine intervention following the increased cases of abductions and killings of people with albinism condition. The religious leaders from different denominations and the people with albinism gathered in Kasungu to seek the divine intervention. Pastor Steven Lobeni of Grace Family Hope instilled […]
It was an entirely unusual and chaotic scene in Lilongwe on Friday, June 10, as thugs stormed and attacked a church gathering that was convened by Prophet Bushiri’s Enlightened Christians Gathering (ECG). While the worst attack that could, probably, be presumed to take place against a church is cold war, denigration and other indirect attacks, […]
Muslims Association of Malawi (MAM) has condemned the attack of Group Village Headman M’bodo of Rumphi for embracing Islam. Press reports indicate the 89-year-old chief was attacked by one of this subjected for giving land to be used for the construction of a Mosque. He is battling for his life in hospital and police spokesman […]
Malawi Police in Mzuzu have arrested President Peter Mutharika’s security detail at Mzuzu State House who were allegedly involved in armed robbery in the northern city. Mzuzu Police publicist Peter Kalaya identified the two Mzuzu State House security officers as Constable Weak Njolomole of Njolomole village in Traditional Authority Njolomole 28 in Ntcheu and Sergeant […]
Officials of the Karonga district council have suspended a Director of Finance (DOF) Sanderson Nyirenda with an immediate effect after he allegedly embezzled about K3.7 million from local revenue since January this year. According to the report presented to the full council meeting on Friday by the chairperson for the district financial service committee councillor […]
The District Executive Committee (DEC) members in Karonga the northern part of Malawi, have snubbed Paramount Chief Kyungu’s order of not allowing the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) in his area. In February this year, Kyungu who is the most senior chief of Karonga and Chitipa denounced the rights of LGBTI […]
There have been fevered speculation that the root of the oil and gas exploration messes that is causing Lilongwe serious headaches can be traced to corruption and the licensed investors are behaving larger-than-life with latest published reports indicating they snubbed officials at Capital Hill who had called for a meeting with them. According to Ministry […]
Three more trucks have been burnt in Mozambique just three days after another met the same fate and one truck is missing. According to eye witnesses, the incident happened this morning at Nyasakara, same area which has witnessed the shooting of Malawians on their way to Mozambique. A truck driver who was in one of […]
The murder of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director of Corporate Affairs, Issa Njauju still gaunt the graft-busting body as there has been mass resignation of staff from investigations, prosecution, corruption prevention and public education sections. Workers in accounts, audit and human resource departments have also been tendering their resignations which highlights something is terribly wrong at […]
United Kingdom has honoured departed journalist Raphael Tenthani as it will open a Raphael Tenthani Centre of Media Excellence at the Polytechnic College of the University of Malawi this year, according to High Commissioner to Malawi Michael Nevin. Tenthani, who died in a car crash on May 16 2015, worked as a journalist for various […]
Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito has taken to task Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) for failing to cushion consumers when it effected fuel prices increase on Thursday evening. MERA has adjusted the fuel prices following assessment of the impact in the movement in the international oil prices, exchange rate of the Kwacha to […]
Government through the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) has released an annual food security assessment which shows that a minimum of 6.5 million people, or 39 percent of the country’s projected population of 16.8 million, will not be able to meet their annual food requirements during the 2016/17 consumption period. This represents an increase of […]
Nkhata Bay District Executive Committee (DEC) have reserved their decision to approve a two year Access-to-Justice Project, to be implemented jointly by Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) and the Malawi Police Service. The Nkhata Bay technocrats have instead referred the proposed project to a full council for further consultation before approving it. […]