A court in Liwonde has sentenced a rhino poacher to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL). The Magistrates Court, sitting at Liwonde, has sentenced Mapondera Mmora, aged 41years of Likulungwa Village,TA Chowe in Mangochi District, to 18 years imprisonment for killing a rhino in Liwonde National Park in 2017. Full details of the matter […]
An elephant killed a 67 year old man in Mangochi on Friday as the man was cycling back home from Malombe through Liwonde National Park, Police have confirmed. Mangochi Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Inspector Rodrick Maida said the man, Daitoni Elephant, had successfully cycled from his village, Sanja in Sub-Traditional Authority Chiunda through the […]
African Parks, managers of the Liwonde National Park in Malawi’s Machinga, have announced they will be relocating 13 lions from South Africa to the park. They said they would also be introducing lions to Majete Wildlife Reserve. African Parks director, Patricio Ndadzera, said the project was one way of enhancing tourism for the benefit of […]
The Liwonde National Park, one of the Malawi’s wildlife reserves managed by African Parks will soon see the return of lions thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio and the Lion Recovery Fund. The fund was created by Wildlife Conservation Network and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation to protect lions and their ecosystems across Africa. The exercise comes after the […]
The Liwonde Magistrates Court has slapped a 28-year-old Esau Chikondi Billy and hid accomplices with a lengthy jail term for poaching rhinos in Liwonde National Parks. The court convicted and sentenced Billy to 18 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for killing a black rhinoceros with intentions of trafficking of its horn. His two accomplices […]
A suspected poacher who went to Liwonde National Park on Christmas Day was killed by an elephant, Eastern Region Police confirmed the death through its deputy publicist, Sergeant Otilia Kumanga. A 52 year old Patrick Maya used to enter the Liwonde National Park to poach, according to his brother Maxwell Makina. The brother said Maya […]
A new initiative aimed at decreasing poaching pressure in Liwonde National Park has been launched with government expressing optimism that the project will also reduce human and wildlife conflict in the area. The initiative, Chikolongo Community Fish Farm and Model Boundary Fence Project, is also expected to provide an alternative livelihood opportunity that will bring […]
A concerned resident of Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre, has sent an emotional appeal to President Joyce Banda to swiftly find a lasting solution to the marauding elephants of Liwonde National park. Over the last few months, the elephants have been straying and terrorizing people of Liwonde and surrounding areas killing villagers as well as damaging […]
An elephant, which escaped from Liwonde national park in Malawi’s Eastern district of Machinga and caused devastation in Zomba on Wednesday and Thursday, attacked and killed three people, among them a 34-year-old game ranger, Fredrick Galimoto. The others are Mikaele Nansalu and 45 year-old Felix Julius, both from Nansawa in Zomba whereas Galimoto hails from Jenala village in […]