Traditional leaders in Mulanje are demanding Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers back in Mulanje and Michesi mountains to deal with loggers who are wantonly cutting down trees. The MDF soldiers left the mountains a year ago and the traditional leaders complained that the situation is now getting of hand, saying if unchecked, all trees will […]
The water providers in the country are owed in excess of K20 billion in unpaid bills by Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Malawi Police Services, government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) thereby denying the five water boards the opportunity for total financial independence, according to Water Boards Management Report seen by Nyasa Times . The five public […]
Malawians on social media have asked government through to ensure soldiers at Cobbe Barracks in Zomba who assaulted , abused and tortured a young civilian man for wearing a camouflage clothes should be be taken to task for acts of indiscipline. Images of a young boy injured for putting on a military camouflage has gone viral […]
Three British Army instructors are in the country to train Malawi Defence Force (MDF) instructors who will be responsible for drilling local soldiers before they leave for United Nations (UN) peace keeping missions. The training comes after six Malawian soldiers on UN peace keeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were killed on November […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc officials and the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) 93rd Brigade Friday planted almost 9,000 tree seedlings at the Changalume Barracks in Zomba. Commander of the 93rd Brigade Colonel Blaise Saenda said their partnership with NBM to plant trees will is very critical in the economic development of the country. “The […]
Malawi’s music kingpin Lucius Banda has released a new single entitled ‘Moyo wa Msilikali’ in honour of Six Malawian soldiers who died in the line of duty last year. The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers died in a rebel ambush in November in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they were part of a […]
Malawi Police Services have identified a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier who died in a head-on collision involving a lorry and a minibus at Uliwa, in Karonga. Northern Region police assistant spokesman Martin Bwanali said the soldier is Anthony Chunga who died Sunday night alongside a young girl whose particulars are yet to be established. […]
UN under secretary for peace keeping Jean Pierre Lacroix is Wednesday meeting families of six Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers killed in peace keeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a month ago. Lacroix said he wants to condole the families of the six fallen soldiers—Lt Aubrey Kachemwe, Corporal Jonathan Kapichira, Private Chauncey […]
President Peter Mutharika has assured the United Nations (UN) that Malawi Defence Force (MDF) troops will continue participating in UN peace missions in the world despite the death of its six soldiers working under the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Peacekeeping Mission (MUNUSCO) in DRC. The six fallen soldiers – Lt Aubrey Kachemwe, Corporal Jonathan Kapichira, Private Chauncey […]
The United Nations under-secretary general for peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, arrived in Malawi on Tuesday, December 11 to attend a ceremony to honor the six Malawi Defence Force (MDF) who died in a rebel ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where they were part of a United Nations Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) peacekeeping […]
Malawi Police in Dowa are hunting for unknown thugs suspected to have murdered a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldier based at Mvera’s Support Battalion in the same district. Dowa police spokesman Richard Mwakayoka identified the deceased as a 37 year old Sydney Njelema, private soldier. He said the incident occurred on 5th December around 6 […]
Some villagers in Machinga have come across a military explosive which police suggest could be a rocket propelled grenade. The villagers said they immediately reported the matter to their traditional leaders who in turn reported it to the police in the district. Some police officers say the explosive could be a head of rocket propelled […]
Prosecution witnesses in the K2 billion Cashgate case involving former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) commander Henry Odillo and others have so far shown there is a bsence or insufficiency of admissible evidence that implicate Odillo in a conspiracy to defraud the State. Odillo, 53, is facing charges alongside former deputy commander Clement Kafuwa, 63, former […]
Malawi Defence Force has said Corporal Gift Tinani-Nkhoma, one of MDF soldiers who went missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a fierce battle with rebels two weeks ago, has returned to camp. MDF spokesperson Major Paul Chiphwanya said Tinani-Nkhoma was among four MDF soldiers who went missing after the November 13 North Kivu […]
Former Auditor General Stephenson Kamphasa on Thursday testified in a K2 billion Cashgate case involving former Malawi Defence Force (MDF) commander Henry Odillo and three other ex-senior military and civilian officials and told the High Court in Lilongwe that Thuso Group did not deliver any good to MDF despite receiving payment. The case is part of […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) says the United Nations has not given up on three missing MDF soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying they are still searching for them. MDF spokesperson Paul Chiphwanya said appearance of one of the soldiers who went missing is an indication that the other three soldiers might be tracked […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has warned rumour mongers on social media to desist on circulating fake news that more of its soldiers have died following an announcement that four were missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There is still more stress, pain and panic in the MDF since the death of six soldiers and […]
After the death of six Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) four were still missing but the military has confirmed that one of them, Corporal George Salim is now back in camp receiving treatment from injuries sustained. MDF spokesperson Major Paul Chiphwanya confirmed the return of Salimu but says investigations are still under way […]