A 14-year-boy with albinism has been abducted in Dedza, the second abduction within a month of people with albinism prompting an association for albino people to tell the government to declare that Malawi is not safe place for people with albinism. Police spokesperson James Kadadzera confirmed that unknown thugs have abducted Goodson Makanjira from chief […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament (MP) aspirant for Zomba Central, Stephen Burges says he will advocate for the protection of vulnerable people including those with albinism who are currently being murdered and tortured. Burges, who is also a person with albinism, said this at Mponda Teacher Development Centre Thursday when he presented his […]
One of the suspects in the abduction of Eunice Nkonjera an 18 month-old baby with albinism at Nkhwawa in Karonga on we a week ago has committed suicide in Karonga as police has arrested three more people in connection with the abduction. Police National Spokesperson, James Kadadzera identified the deceased suspect as Donald Msafiri, 61, […]
Presidential Advisor to the President on Religious Affairs, Apostle Timothy Khoviwa has urged religious leaders in the country to join other stakeholders in exposing assailants involved in killing and abduction of people with albinism. He made the call Tuesday in Karonga during a prayer ceremony which was organised by Northern Region Interfaith Organisation following the […]
The High Court in Zomba has ruled that Catholic priest, Father Thomas Muhosha, and other 11 suspects have a case to answer in connection with the death of Macdonald Masambuka, a 22-year-old person with albinism in Machinga. Masambuka’s body was found buried in a garden weeks after he had gone missing on March 9. The […]
President Peter Mutharika has warned people in the country who are politicizing the killings of people with albinism, saying the fight against the albino killings is not a one man show. He said this in Bangwe on Sunday during a whistle stop tour he conducted in Blantyre starting with Nancholi, Zingwangwa, Chilobwe, Manje and Limbe […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful, Lazarus Chakwera, has hit at government saying it has excessively failed to protect people with albinism in the country but said his administration will “hunt and deal with the serial killers.” Chakwera announced that the MCP government would care of persons with albinism when they take over […]
Association of People with Albinism (Apam) on Friday announced that the organisation is mobilised its members and those in support for them to stage a vigil at Kamuzu Palace in the capital city Lilongwe to force President Peter Mutharika to act swiftly on their concerns. President Mutharika said during the launch of Chiwanja Cha Ayao […]
Malawi Police Service in Karonga are keeping custody the mother of a one and half year baby with albinism who went missing on Tuesday as the search for the toddler continues. Some relatives have said the mother is still in police custody as the police want to establish what really happened for the child to […]
Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) officials say they have now lost trust and confidence in the country’s security for failing to stop killings and abductions of people with albinism, as the hunt for a missing toddler continues over 48 hours after she was abducted in Karonga. APAM president Overston Kondowe says both […]
Malawi Police Service in Karonga are searching for a one-and-half-year-old baby with albinism and her kidnappers after the child was abducted around 4am when she was sleeping with her mother, raising fears he may be killed and his body parts used for witchcraft. Karonga police officer-in-charge Bernard Chitanda identified the kidnapping baby as Eunice Nkhonjera who […]
Mulanje South memberof Parliament (MP) Bon Kalindo, who is also UTM party Director for Youth. has described the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as a ‘party of savages’ and that he is proud to have dumped it. Kalindo, popularly known as Winiko in arts circles where he is a comedian and actor, said this inside […]
Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), an organization with membership across the country, condemned the ritual attacks and killings aimed at people living with albinism in the country, saying government and all Malawians of goodwill should be vigilant in curbing such attacks. Reports of killings and abductions of persons with albinism in the country escalated in 2014, […]
A Police commissioner heading the Northern region police formation has admitted that much as cases of killings of people with albinism keep on proliferating, they still are unable to track down the markets where the body parts are sold. Speaking on the sidelines of an anti-crime awareness in connection with the killing of people with albinism, the northern […]
The leader of the influential Catholic Church in Malawi has taken a swipe at state intelligence body for failing to detect a market for bones of people with albinism which has ignited a wave of ritual murders of the people. His Grace Bishop Thomas Luke Msusa doubted the performance of the National Intelligence Bureau, its […]
Malawi Police Inspector General of Police Rodney Jose says the law enforcers have a clue of persons with albinism bones market in Mozambique. Jose said this on Thursday when he accompanied Homeland Security minister Nicholas Dausi to condole the family of a 54-year-old man with albinism who was brutally killed on New Year eve in […]
Mystery surrounds reports that one of the four suspects in the murder of a 54-year-old person with albinism has bolted from custody as police say he is still in their custody. Sources have confided in Nyasa Times that the suspect escaped from police custody on Tuesday night in a very mysterious way in Mzuzu where […]
A 26-year-old man, Feston Josam, has been arrested in central region lakeshore district of Salima for threatening the life of a person with albinism by calling him “gold” in public, Police has confirmed to Nyasa Times. Salima police station spokesperson Jacob Khembo said Jossam shouted at Blessing Kadewere, a person with albinism that he was […]