The Gift of the Givers Foundation has distributed relief food to flood victims in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga. The district was affected by floods which washed away their foodstuffs and household goods. Most of the houses were also damaged leaving over 1,000 people homeless with no food. Responding to the disaster, Gift of […]
There is hope that girls’ enrolment in primary schools in the Malawi’s northern region district of Karonga will increase courtesy of Gender Responsive Pedagogy, an initiative of Forum for African Women Educationalist in Malawi (FAWEMA). This came to light at Karonga Demonstration Primary School where it has shown that more girls are attending school and have […]
Police in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are taking a bold step towards reducing crimes, which is reportedly rampant in the district largely because of its border status with Tanzania. Cases of illegal immigrants and theft are common in the border district especially its southern part at Mlale due to three border routes of […]
Vice President Khumbo Kachali on Saturday said he was shaken and saddened with the scale of disaster that has struck Kaporo area in Karonga appealing for more well wishers to quickly join in assisting the affected people. Kachali, who is Minister responsible for disaster, spoke after visiting Mwenitete Village, Pusi Trading Centre and Kaporo Trading […]
Malawi’s Vice President Khumbo Kachali has called upon the business community and NGOs in Karonga district to assist flood victims, saying government’s intervention alone cannot suffice to solve peoples’ problems. “There are so many companies in Karonga and they should show that they care by assisting people who have been affected by floods. These companies […]
The District Civil Protection Committee in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga is now battling to provide the affected people with emergency food aid as it has transpired that the District council warehouse is empty. Speaking during the emergency meeting Thursday, the Director of Planning and Development Bulukutu said that humanitarian emergency food aid such as […]
The ruling Peoples’ Party has said it appreciates the extent of damage and suffering people in Karonga have endured with the floods that hit the district’s area of Traditional Authority Kilupula on Wednesday and said it will implore on the government to quickly address the problems people are facing. According to the assessment report, 2,238 […]
Hundreds of families have been rendered homeless in the area of Traditional Authority Kilupula in Karonga district following severe floods that have destroyed their houses. The fierce floods, which hit the area in the early hours of Wednesday due to heavy downpours, have also dispossessed 10 families of police officers at Kaporo Station. An official […]
The Karonga Business Community, which claims to be an umbrella organization for 52 business groups, has called off planned public protests aimed at forcing the Australian mining company Paladin to close down Kayerekera Uranium Mine saying it will need to re-strategize the way forward. Spokesperson for demonstrations Wavisanga Silungwe in a brief media statement swallowed his […]
Mzuzu-based Foundation for Children Rights (FCR) has rescued 138 girls of primary school going age in Karonga district from early marriages by supporting them to proceed with education. FCR Project Manager Kondwani Botha said Nyungwe used to have a high number of early child marriages. Botha cited a number of factors ranging from Fishing business, Rice […]
Karonga District Commissioner’s office has denied permission to the organizers of the planned public protests aimed at forcing the Australian mining company Paladin to close down Kayerekera Uranium Mine, saying the decision was in the interest of maintaining public peace and security, which is a paramount responsibility office. DC Bambe said this in a letter […]
In a crackdown exercise on illegal storage and sales of fuel around Karonga bus depot in the northern Malawi, Police at Ipyana camp, on Wednesday engaged in day light running battles with fuel vendors. In the process police managed to snatch about 1, 340 liters of petrol packaged in 67 gallons each containing 20 liters but […]
Groups in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are split on whether to go ahead with protests aimed at forcing the Australian mining company Paladin to close down Kayerekera Mine, saying there were in discussion with the company to see how their business concerns could be addressed. Mass demonstrations are scheduled from 12 to 26 […]
The business community and other concerned citizens in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are planning to hold demonstrations from 12 to 26th March 2012 which seeks to force the Australian mining company Paladin to close down Kayelekera Uranium Mine located in the district. In their earlier petition to Malawi government authorities dated 26th January 2013 […]
There was a minor break-in and robbery at Paladin’s Kayelekera uranium Mine in the early hours of Friday and Police in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga has since arrested two suspects believed to have stolen K2 million cash and assorted items . Karonga Police Officer-In-Charge Senior Assistant Commissioner Foster Peter Mangani told Nyasa Times that one of the […]
Women in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga are taking a bold step towards reducing violence against women and girls which is reportedly rampant in the lake shore district largely because of silence surrounding the issue. Commentators have been arguing that those women in Malawi are subjected to violence especially by their spouses largely due to cultural […]
A group of former miners who were recently retrenched from uranium miner, Paladin, on Thursday stormed the Kayerekera mine in northern border district of Karonga, a claiming they received inadequate pay out. Over 30 ex-mine workers stormed into the mines premises to complain about what they think was a raw deal after being retrenched. The […]
Residents of Mangulu village in Malawi’s northern district of Karonga District are accusing President Joyce Banda’s administration of denying them justice by failing to take to book people who destroyed their property and injured them during a land fracas which broke out between them and the neighboring Chakwera villagers. The two neighboring villages, located in […]