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Malawi court convicts Daily Times journalist over extortion

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Blantyre Magistrates Court on Wednesday afternoon convicted one of the senior reporters at Malawi’s oldest newspaper, The Daily Times, Kandani Ngwira in  an extortion case. Ngwira was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and police officers in 2011 for allegedly extorting money from a Story Workshop senior official. The court made its judgment three […]

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Bail granted to Malawi online journalist: Magistrate Viva Nyimba queries State over bail delay

By Nyasa Times Reporter

The Blantyre Magistrates Court has granted bail to Justice Mponda, an editor of online publication Malawi Voice, who was arrested on Friday for allegedly extorting money from Peoples Party (PP) official, Joseph Chikwemba. Mponda, 26 and hails from Nkhonya village, T/A Chikumbu in Mulanje has been charged with “Extortion” contrary to Section 305 of the […]

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