A 19-year-old boy in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga, who is answering charges of raping 84 year-old grandmother, is pushing for DNA tests to ascertain whether the sperms found on the granny’s private parts are indeed his. Court documents identify the boy as Mickson Kayera of Mweningoongo village Traditional Authority Mwakaboko in Karonga and […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has impounded a 15-tonne truck-load registration number BP 4230 which carried copper wire and copper scraps worth about K40 million at Kaporo in the northern border district of Karonga heading to Tanzania. MRA Deputy Director for Corporate Affairs, Steven Kapoloma, said the truck was intercepted following a tip. Kapoloma said the goods were concealed under […]
Uranium miner, Paladin Resource Limited says the five of its employees at Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Karonga who are being held by Police had threatened to damage the mine. Nyasa Times earlier reported that the five, arrested last week Friday, were also suspected of being linked to the theft of explosives worth US$5780.76 (about K2, 150, 600) […]
Vendors, who ply their trade in and around Karonga market in the Malawi’s northern border district, are threatening to hold street protests against the recent 25% market fee hike. The vendors argue that the market fee hike has negatively impacted on the survival of their business as many of them cannot afford to pay the […]
Police in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are blaming human rights activist for the increase in crime rate and the dwindling of security services in the district, saying they are encouraging wrong doings in name of human rights. This came to light during the meeting which among other issued aimed to end illegal vending […]
Traditional leaders in Malawi’s northern border districts of Karonga and Chitipa are demanding government authorities to relocate Dzaleka refugee camp to boarder sites which they say are areas highly infested with immigrants. Speaking during the meeting of 47 chiefs from the two border districts held at Karonga district council offices, Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga has made a strong appeal to political leaders in the country to avoid elevating chiefs in a bid to gain political mileage. Addressing 47 chiefs from Karonga and Chitipa districts during a meeting held at Karonga district council’s offices, Kyungu also asked the chiefs not […]
A report released by the police in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga is showing an increase in criminal cases in the district over the recent past. This came to light during security meeting involving the police and members of the general public where the police read out the report which shows criminal cases increase of […]
Police in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have found a dead body of an Ethiopian illegal immigrant who was dumped near St. Annes Roman Catholic hospital along Karonga-Mzuzu M1 road and arrest 36 others in the process. Officer-in- Charge for Chilumba Police Alimakiya Daka says the illegal immigrants were travelling in unknown vehicle heading […]
Farmers in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have expressed disappointment in cotton prices, saying they benefit nothing although the process of cotton involves a lot of labor. This has come to light during the Karonga Cotton Field day at Mlale where farmers showed what they produced from the seedlings that the Agriculture gave them […]
Five years ago, Wiliro Health Clinic in Karonga was in a dilapidated state and could not deliver mothers during night because it did not have electricity. Now the situation is different. The health facility was renovated and improved to modern standards and Escom electricity was connected to the site in August 2009, thanks to Paladin […]
There is hope that water problem at Songwe, northern part of Malawi’s border district of Karonga will be reduced courtesy of Northern Region Water Board that is implementing water system in the area that will help about 10 000 people. Speaking during a visit, Minister of Irrigation and Water Development Rich Muheya said the development […]
The Karonga First Grade Magistrate’s Court has denied bail two suspected child traffickers who were arrested over the weekend for allegedly tracking 26 Muslim students under the pretext of taking them for training to Zanzibar in Tanzania. During the proceedings, lawyer George Jivason Kadzipatike representing the suspsects asked the court to give bail to his […]
Police in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of beating to death two people, a 74-year-old sick grandfather and his 59-year-old physically challenged biological father in Peter Mwangalawa village in the district following disagreements over sanitation issues. Karonga officer in charge Forster Mangani told Nyasa Times on Monday that the […]
Police in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are keeping in custody two people including the propriety of a primary school for suspected of trafficking 26 Muslim pupils from Estcourse Islamic primarily school in Mangochi to Zanzibar in Tanzania on Saturday. Karonga Police Officer in charge Foster Mangani identified the suspects as Abdul Malick Audrey […]
Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga in northern Malawi says Malawi politics is uncivilized, saying they are no limits on how Malawian politicians should politic. “From election year to election year it’s always politics. When are you going to have time for development? Let’s resist from talking politics and focus on development,” Kyungu said in his native […]
The business community in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are challenging the findings of the Competition and Fair Trade Commission which have faulted the country’s sugar manufacturing company Illovo and one the distributors Simama General Dealers of flouting procedures for sugar distribution in the district. In the findings which were published in one of the […]
A latest study on issues of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Malawi has revealed that men shun involvement in the PMTCT largely because of cultural and traditional beliefs. The study, conducted by the Foundation for Community Support Services (FOCUS) under Community Based Monitoring locally known as Kalondolondo, reveals that 82.4 […]