The rising wave of abductions and killings of albinos in the country, more especially in the Southern Region Districts of Machinga, Balaka and Mangochi have compelled Machinga East Member of Parliament, Esther Jailosi Jolobala to ask the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) to intervene. The three districts are under CCJP’s Mangochi Diocese; where […]
A social justice and advocacy arm of the Catholic Church in Malawi, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) says is deeply worried and unsatisfied with the deafening silence and passive approach which the government has taken on the problems faced by people with albinism in Malawi. It its strongly worded statement issued Wednesday, the […]
Albino people living in Malawi are in a state of fear after a recent spate of attacks. Some have been abducted, while others have killed and had their body parts removed. About fifteen albinos have been reported abducted and killed since January in various parts of the country, many of them in the eastern district […]
A brawl has ensued between Mzuzu Police and a family in Lusangazi, Nkhata Bay – on the outskirts of Mzuzu City – following mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of a baby who was born alive but was thirty minutes later found dead with a mutilated body. Family members of Brenda Banda – mother to the […]
Police in Malawi said Thursday they had arrested a man for trying to strangle to death a 16-year-old albino boy, with a rights group reporting six murders in the last three months. The suspect had been on the run after he was caught trying to kill the 16-year-old at his home in February. In the […]
As a surge in violent attacks against people with albinism in Malawi and elsewhere rages on, the UN has made a strong appeal to authorities to prevent attacks and bring to justice alleged perpetrators. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Zeid said in statement issued Tuesday the attacks against people with albinism subject them […]
Police in Mangochi have arrested 28 year old Francis Kadammanja and Gift Kalua, 37, for allegedly possessing a pepper ball gun without authorization while Masuku police arrested seven men found with human bones. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer, Rodrick Maida said that the two were arrested within Mangochi Boma. “During the night of Saturday March […]
A lucrative black market exists for the body parts of albinos, who are believed by some to possess magical powers that can bring good luck. But as police in Tanzania crack down on the grisly trade, activists in neighbouring Malawi say attacks have spiked. Albinos are living in fear of being killed in Malawi, where […]
The continued attacks on people with albinism have raised questions on the seriousness of law enforcers to halt the practice with three cases recorded this month and the alleged culprits are still at large. Federation of Disability Associations in Malawi (Fedoma) has called on for legal protection while calling for the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) […]
Malawi Police have arrested the“ prime suspect” who chopped off private parts of Tendai Malunga of Beula village in the area of Traditional Authority Kapichi in the district. According to Thyolo police officer in-charge, deputy commissioner Josiah Kanthiti , Police arrested 75 year old Sabston Folija of Shala village whom they are treating as “ […]
Malawi Police are following leads to arrest thugs who cut off the genitals of a Thyolo man Tendai Malunga of Beula village in the area of Traditional Authority Kapichi. Malunga is battling for his life at Thyolo district hospital after his private parts were cut off by thugs. The attackers attempted to cut off the […]
Nigerians are making headlines in Malawi for bad reasons. One has been arrested for infringements committed with regard to the Immigration Laws and another is waiting prosecution for being caught with human body parts. Department of Immigration has confirmed the arrest of 30-year-old Nigerian, Sunny Agab who attempted to obtain Malawi passport. He was arrested […]
A girl in the northern city of Mzuzu, Florence Ngoma, took away her life after she learned that the boy friend had ended a love affair with her. The teenager took the extreme step through a drug-overdose as she was frustrated that the three-year-old affair had collapsed. She was found dead in her room on […]
Malawi Police have intensified a hunt for criminals who have murdered woman and removed both her eyes in Balaka. Balaka police publicists sub inspector Joseph Sauka says the body of the deceased who is yet to be identified was found in the early hours of Tuesday at Kabango village in the area of Traditional Authority Sawali in the […]
Police in the tea-growing distrist of Mulanje are hunting for a Mozambican man suspected to be bdistrict behind the death of a 25-year-old woman living with albinism who was killed for ritual purposes. A woman identified as Violet Kanyama was murdered on Wednesday evening in Gwana Village in the district, and the law enforcers have started hunting […]
Unknown thugs reportedly killed a 25-year-old woman living with albinism in Mulanje district for ritual purposes. Police confirmed that the woman identified as Violet Kanyama was murdered on Wednesday evening in Gwana Village in the mountainous southern region district. Albinism is a genetically inherited condition, in which people lack pigmentation. Witchdoctors reportedly buy albino body […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba have arrested Group Village Headman Moses Shaba 40, of T/A Mabulabo for allegedly chopping private parts of a 44 year old Greyward Mseteka of Chimbalala Village , in the area of Traditional Authority Mabulabo , Monday night . According northern region police spokesman, Maurice Chapola, the victim who is currently battling […]
A Lilongwe couple is admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) after the man allegedly chopped off his wife’s hand following a quarrel, provoking the wrath of the community who beat him up for the act. Kanengo Police spokesperson Esther Mkwanda confirmed the development and identified the woman as Soflet Kagwa Falawo, 39, from Mkanda Village, […]