Write open letter to President Chakwera appealing for consideration Rwandan nationals living in Malawi have written President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, appealing for his intervention in addressing the plight of the refugees who have been ordered to close their small income generating activities and return to the refugee camp. Trading under the banner of Rwanda Bridge […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has warned the Malawi Government to tread carefully on the implementation of its order to relocate refugees and asylum seekers back to Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa. The human rights watchdog fears the action may spark xenophobia against the refugees if the government does not handle the matter carefully. […]
Health Partners International of Canada (HPIC), a Canadian non-governmental organization (NGO) – has responded positively to the appeal President Lazarus Chakwera made to the international community for financial and material support towards national efforts to combat Covid-19. HPIC has donated K72 million worth of essential drugs to the Ministries of Health and Homeland Security. The drugs have been channeled to […]
Two Congolese are in police custody in Dowa for breaking Covid curfew rules after fthey were found selling beer beyond the newly gazetted 8pm. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda gazetted the new law on Monday as part of the fight against Covid-19. The two Congolese were arrested at Dzaleka refugee camp. Dowa police […]
Tradition and civic leaders in Dowa are questioningly the construction of permanent structures for refugees at Dzaleka refuge camp. The traditional leaders say refugees are supposed to stay at the camp on temporary basis and wondered why the government and donors were constructing permanent structures for the refugees, most of whom still claim refugee status […]
Some Congolese fled killings due to war in their country just to kill each other in peaceful Malawi where they sought refuge. The latest victim at Dzaleka Refugee camp in Dowa is a 30-year-old woman who has been brutally murdered by her lover. Dowa police spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha said the woman, Jane Shorga, has been […]
Dzaleka’s Tumaini Letu Organization has been revealed as this year’s recipient of the Sharjah International Award for Refugee Advocacy and Support. Tumaini Letu founder and director who is also the winner of the 2018 World Bank Africa’s Social Inclusion Hero Award, Trésor Nzengu Mpauni popularly known as Menes La Plume accepted the award on Wednesday, […]
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has made a frantic plea to government for more land in Dowa to accommodate the growing number of refugees in the country. However, this sharply contradicts the government plans to relocate the refugees from Dzaleka in Dowa to Katiri in Karonga. UNHCR country representative Fatima Mohammed told the […]
Lilongwe city council has given refugees 90 days to fold up their businesses in the city and relocate to Dzaleka refugee camp in Dowa. Lilongwe city council chief executive officer John Chome said this has been arrived at after intense consultations with the refugees leadership. Refugees, especially from Burundi and Rwanda run various businesses, including […]
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) in Malawi plans to relocate some refugees and asylum seekers from Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa as one of the precautionary measurers against coronavirus (Covid-1) pandemic. UNHCR and partners in conjunction with Ministry Homeland Security have identified a place close to the camp, where they expect to construct some […]
Malawi Police in Dowa have arrested a refugee at Dzaleka refugee camp and say more arrests will follow following a threatening letter the refugees wrote to World Food Program (WFP) officials. The disgruntled refugees are accusing the UN body of delays to give them their monthly stipends and food rations. The warning therefore was way […]
A 33 year old Ethiopian national based at Nzaleka refugee camp in Malawi’s Central Region District of Dowa, has won MK54 million with a bet of only MK150 in a Premier Bet shop after two years of too little success in betting during which he spent between MK3,000 to MK10,000 every week. Temesgen Butamo had […]
Malawi has on Thursday, joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Refugees Day with activities marking the day underway at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa. The impoverished southern African nation is commemorating the day amid concerns of rising number of refugees and asylum seekers, with Dzaleka hosting a staggering 40, 000 of them […]
The Dzaleka Refugee Camp is at the verge of bursting point following reports that it is now sheltering over 25 000 additional people despite the fact that it is meant for 1 400, a development management has described as alarming. Nyasa Times has learnt that the present population at the camp is now at 39 […]
People at Dzaleka refugee camp in central region district of Malawi can now breathe a sigh of relief as they will no longer have to walk a long distance to access banking services, thanks to the New Finance Bank (NFB) who have opened a magnificent banking branch at the camp. This is the first time […]
Malawi Police are hunting for a suspected human trafficker who is operating from Dzaleka Refugee Camp. The development comes barely some weeks after the same police launched investigations into some Somali nationals who are alleged to be behind a cartel trafficking humans through a mosque at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa. Dowa Police Station publicist […]
Migration is a natural phenomenon and no one can stop it. Mankind is known to migrate from one country to another from time immemorial. Malawi has seen an influx foreign nationals over the past decade. They have come for various reasons. Some are asylum seekers, running away from war ravaged countries like DRC and South […]
Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa has become the first refugee camp in the world to have an AppFactory, a computer program that will help the youth within the camp to develop various computer programs, courtesy of Microsoft in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Speaking during the official launch, Minister of […]