Acting police Inspector General Duncan Mwapasa says the police have instituted a second probe into the Msundwe rapes following the release of a Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) report on the matter. A report releasedby MHRC in Decemmber 2019 found that police raped at least eight women and sexually violated several others, including girls, during […]
While the Human Rights Conservative Committee (HRCC) is pushing for President Peter Mutharika to hasten on acting on the rape incidents allegedly committed by police officers around Msundwe area in Lilongwe, State House has put it that handling of the case is not for the President alone. HRCC chairperson, Robert Mkwezalamba, said on Friday that […]
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Mary Navicha has been faulted for condemning the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) – a Constitutional body – over its release of a report on rape incidents allegedly committed by police officers against women around Msundwe, Mpingu and Mb’watalika trading centres in Lilongwe. Navicha in a statement that her […]
European Union (EU) mission in the country have noted with concern the report by Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) says it has established that police officers raped 13 women, defiled one girl and sexually assaulted three under-18 girls in an October 8 operation around Msundwe on the outskirts of Lilongwe City and wants the matter […]
A woman who claims to have been raped by police officers at Msundwe in Lilongwe claims she is now pregnant, two months after the rape allegation. Another woman claims she had been infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). All the claims come hot in the heels of dragging investigations by the police and the […]
European Union (EU) head of delegation to Malawi, Sandra Paesen, has been diplomatic expulsion from the southern African nation for protesting the incident in which the Malawi police officers raped and tortured women during demonstrations over presidential election results. The EU diplomat Paesen has been given a week to return to Brussels, Belgium, one year […]
Malawi Police say they are yet to effect arrests on law enforcers who allegedly raped women and girls in and around Msundwe, Mpingu and M’bwatalika areas on the outskirts of Lilongweas the focus on the 16 days of gender-based violence activism focuses on the matter. Deputy police spokesperson at police national headquarters Tomeck Nyaude said […]
Mzimba Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) for defiling a 12-year-old girl. State Prosecutor, Yollam Kanyenda, told the court that Eliya Tembo, 14, from Yesaya Shunga Village, TA Mmbelwa in Mzimba, was caught by the victim’s friend. “Tembo was identified by the victim’s friend […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and the party vice president Sidik Mia’s spouses on Tuesday visited victims of the infamous Nsundwe rape victims. Monica Chakwera and Abida Mia MP travelled to Nsundwe to hear from the victims who police officers allegedly raped them in retaliation to the stoning to death of a police […]
But David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. And David enquired at the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. — 1 Samuel 30:6b-, 8 The rampant indiscriminate looting and vandalism of shops during […]
Malawi police officer in Phalombe has pleaded not guilty to rape charges he is answering following his arrest on suspicion that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in police custody. After pleading not guilty, the police officer Charles Mabuwa was given bail after paying K45 000 bail bond. He was also told not to interfere […]
Acting police Inspector General Duncan Mwapasa on Wednesday faced parliament’s Women Caucus which wanted to find out how far the police have gone with their inquiry on the infamous Nsundwe rapes. Mwapasa has conceded the police have not yet interviewed the victims of the alleged rapes at Nsundwe, Mpingu and M’bwatalika. “We are finding it […]
The United Nations (UN) has suggested that an independent body should investigate serious allegations of police rape of women and girls at Nsundwe in Lilongwe. UN country coordinator Marie Jose-Torres said an independent probe would bring trust and ensure that the inquiry outcome is accepted by all. The police say they have instituted their own […]
Former president Joyce Banda , who governed Malawi between 2012 and 2014, has informed the African Worman Leaders Network (AWNL), about the allegations of rape by police officers during ongoing post-election violence asking the body to ramp up pressure that allegations should be thoroughly investigated and perpetrators punished. The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) documented […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe have arrested one of their own ranks after an allegation that he has raped a girl suspect in a police cell. Sources say Sergeant Charles Mabuwa was arrested on allegation that he raped a 16-year-old girl inside Migowi police cell. Sources said the girl, along with her two friends both aged […]
Unequivocally, Malawi remains unstable following the disputed presidential elections in May this year and it will, unfortunately, stay on this path for the foreseeable future as human rights groups continue to push for the resignation from office of Malawi Electoral Commission boss Judge Jane Ansah for bungling the elections. Before discussing the ongoing unrest, two […]
Women have taken up the streets in Lilongwe in protest march against alleged rape of women at Msundwe, Mb’watalika and Mpingu, areas on the outskirts of Lilongwe City, by police officers. The alleged sex assault of the women at Nsundwe in Lilongwe has received huge condemnation from different quarters, including the United Kingdom and the […]
British High Commissioner to Malawi Holly Tett has decried allegations that police raped women and girls in and around Msundwe, Mpingu and M’bwatalika areas on the outskirts of Lilongwe in retaliation to the killing of a cop in the area. She has described the allegations as serious and disturbing. “These allegations have a bearing on […]