Malawi Police in Lilongwe has on Thursday arrested 40-year-old self-styled prophet Kelvin Mwenyeheli of Christ Life Assembly Church in Area 36 for allegedly inciting violence. Mwenyeheli is suspected to have made a prophesy about the missing, but found dead four-year-old Happy Banda. The prophesy triggered violence in Area 23 on Monday as communities bayed for the […]
Health rights activists are demanding an unconditional apology from the police for teargassing patients in a hospital ward in Neno. The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) is demanding an apology from the Malawi Police Service over the disruption of health services at Neno District Hospital where police fired at people seeking medical attention and health […]
Police officers came under fire in Rumphi district from unknown people on Thursday night with one cop wounded as the gang pelted stones at the officers. The incident occurred around Lukali bar within Rumphi boma town according to police report. Sergeant Pascal Mwamatandala was wounded following the aggression by the people. The victim together with […]
Running battles between the police and minibus operators continued today in Blantyre as government has issued a defiant statement which says the sitting capacity in public vehicles remains at 60 per cent. This means minibuses can only carry two passengers per seat, a policy which the minibus operators are protesting against. The situation was volatile […]
A six-year-old asthmatic girl has been rushed to hospital after she fainted following teargas she inhaled at Chinamwali township in Zomba as police battled with minibus operators. The angry minibus operators want the government either to reduce fuel pump prices or increase minibus sitting capacity. Mother of the child, Chimwemwe Gladys Banda said teargas canisters […]
A senior police officer in Mchinji has died of Covid-19, a situation which is unsettling police authorities at Area 30 in Lilongwe. Police Officer-in-Charge for Namizana Border post in Mchinji, Fly Khalichi, died last night. Mchinji district hospital authorities say he had earlier tested positive for Covid-19. This comes barely a week after Officer-in-Charge for […]
Rights activists the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have asked the police Inspector General to discipline officers who are brutalising people who fail to mask up as a covid-19 preventive measure. This comes amid widespread reports in the country’s cities and towns that police officers are beating up who fail to wear face masks. In […]
Malawi Police continue to arrest more people found without face masks despite condemnation that the law enforcers are assaulting those deemed contravening the strict covid-19 preventive measures. In Limbe, police have arrested 30 people for not wearing face masks. Spokesperson for the Limbe police Patrick Mussa, says the suspects have since been charged with “not […]
An investigative journalist Henry Kijimwana Mhango is receiving treatement in hospital after being severe beaten by Malawi Police Service officer in Lilongwe while on duty. Speaking in a telephone interview, Mhango who work with local and international media organizations, said he was attacked by police officers on Friday around Lilongwe bridge in the afternoon hours. […]
Business came to a standstill at Lilongwe’s Old Town as people protested against the police heavy handedness in enforcing the Covid-19 strict preventive measures. The police were seen whipping people who were not putting on face masks instead of arresting them. This led to chaos, forcing minibus operators to withdraw their services. Later, calm returned […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe and Limbe have arrested 77 people over failure to wear face masks as part of Covid-19 preventive measures. However, with such high numbers of suspects in police cells, questions are being asked if the suspects are safe in police cells as well. In Lilongwe, police have arrested 64 people for not […]
Malawi Police in Dowa have managed to rescue a student at Robert Blake secondary school in Dowa who was trapped in the middle of a flooding Lingadzi river. Dowa Police spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha said the rescue operation was effected after the water in the river reduced its intensity. The student reportedly went to the river […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have gone on rampage, beating up and assaulting people without masks as the law enforcers are enforcing the Covid-19 preventive measures. The situation is bad in Old Town but we have reports that those without masks are also beaten up and assaulted in some townships as well. Meanwhile, the Centre for […]
State sponsored Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has started a probe into the killing of First Year Polytechnic student Blessings Nyondo as the police and minister of Homeland Security say he was killed by a security officer from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in self-defence. Late Nyondo was a student at The Polytechnic, a constituent college of […]
Mangochi Police traffic section has embarked on an intensive traffic check operation on motorcycles as one way of reducing road accidents in the year 2021. So far, the operation has resulted in 10 motorcycles being impounded for road traffic offences. In an interview Mangochi Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Amina Tepani Daudi, said police on […]
Minister of Homeland Security Richard Chimwendo Banda has said a security officer from Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has confessed that he shot First Year Polytechnic student Blessings Nyondo in Blantyre on the night of December 21 2020. Police has been accused that one of its cop shot Nyondo multiple times around Kwacha roundabout and the […]
A senior police officer has died after contracting Covid-19 in Chikwawa as President Lazarus Chakwera conceded of laxity in the fight against the infections in the country. Police have confirmed the death of the Officer-in-Charge of Mitole Police Mobile service in Chikwawa, Superintendent Bernard Nkhoma due to Covid-19. His body is at Kasinthula Covid-19 treatment […]
Malawi Police have moved in fast to enforce Covid-19 preventive measures as the country has lost 12 people in the past 24 hours due to virus pandemic. The police swift action in cities to enforce the covid-19 preventive measures follow a directive by the presidential taskforce on Covid-19. The law enforcers ensured that all people […]