Malawi Women in Tourism (MWIT) has disclosed plans to register all sex workers and give them identification cards after reported emerged that police in Mzuzu City arrested four commercial sex workers on suspicion that they sexually abused a 13-year-old boy for two months and infected him with sexually transmitted infections. Northern Region police spokesperson Maurice Chapola said […]
Fourteen sex workers arrested by police in Malawi and forced to take HIV tests launched a fresh bid to seek damages in court on Tuesday. The group was detained in 2009, hauled to a government hospital for HIV testing without their consent, and the results were disclosed in an open court. “My clients are seeking […]
A recent survey conducted by Germany aid agency Organisation for International Cooperation-GIZ has revealed that Malawi Police Service in the Northern Region is the highly affected by HIV/AIDS pandemic second to sex workers. The survey has also revealed that the most affected officers are female officers. The infection rate among female officers is at 32.5 […]
Commercial Sex workers in Zomba have bemoaned the tendency by some of their clients who cling to unprotected sex observing that the trend has the potential of fueling the spread of the HIV virus which they say is currently on the increase. The development become one of the sticking revelations that took centre stage during the Moonlight […]
A man died on spot while enjoying romps with a commercial sex worker at one of the Lilongwe’s popular drinking joint Mugasa on Friday. The man identified as Aubrey Fiti was believed to be a regular client to veteran sex worker identified as JessieNsefula died soon after ejaculation. According to Lilongwe Police deputy Public relations officer […]
Malawi human rights groups have criticized the decision by government to introduce compulsory regulation forcing suspected sex workers, pregnant women and other groups to undergo HIV testing. At least 23 Civil Society organizations in Malawi working in the area of HIV and AIDS voiced out their dissatisfaction against some provisions of the draft HIV and AIDS […]
Besides the benefits which Malawi as a country is expected to gain from the SADC summit currently underway at Bingu International Conference Centre in the capital Lilongwe, fun seekers in the capital, are telling a different story. A snap survey conducted by Nyasa Times reporters in various booze joints in Lilongwe such as Star Light, Chez Ntemba, […]
A sex-hungry Malawian married man died suddenly Monday evening in the southern district of Thyolo after collapsing while having sex with a girlfriend. The deceased has been identified as 35-year-old Diston Liboti from Mwitere village, Traditional Authority Nanseta in the district. Thyolo Police Spokesperson, Edith Likaka, confirmed the late Liboti, who had two official wives, died last […]
Commercial sex workers and Malawi police officers are rated high on the list of group of people affected with HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country. Sex workers top the list with 70.7 percent whereas the cops are at 75 percent, according to 2012 UNaids report. However, the UNaids report released this week in Geneva, Switzerland says Malawi […]
Research conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) indicates that HIV prevalence among Police officers in only second to that of sex workers. This was divulged during a workshop in which PaKachere Institute for Health and Development is training Police officers’ wives on HIV prevention. On the sidelines of the workshop at Shire Highlands […]
Faced with increasing incidents of commercial sex workers’ abuse at the hands of Police, human rights NGO has embarked on a fascinating project that will see the sex workers calling a toll free line for assistance. Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) executive director Victor Mhango told Nyasa Times in an exclusive interview that the […]
Love or hate them, the sex workers are part of the community. The sex workers in Malawi’s central region border district with Zambia, Mchinja have formed an advocacy group to help government in child protection, promote sexual reproductive health and fight for their rights as human beings. The alliance was formed as part of the […]
Malawi Police officers and health workers have been mentioned as the worst people in as far as sexual harassment and abuse as well as promotion of stigma and discrimination among commercial sex workers is concerned. This was revealed during an awareness campaign meeting organized by the sex workers from Mangochi District to sensitize the community […]
Police in Malawi’s central region district of Nkhotakota have arrested a 28 year old man for allegedly killing his friend after the duo engaged in a fight over a sex worker at Mwansambo Trading centre. According to Police, the deceased’s mother Annesi Umali discovered the body of his first born son Thaulo Fanuelo laying dead […]
A Malawian man has been arrested in United States of America in a prostitution sting carried out by Police in South Bend, according to media reports. The Malawian nation held by Police has been identified as Brandon Mafuleka, 34 of Mishawaka. He was nabbed together with two others 56-year-old David Ford of St. Joseph, 23-year-old […]
Police in Mzuzu in the early hours of Saturday found the dead body of a 22 year sex worker at the popular Paris Bottle Store at old Town section of the city. Mzuzu Police Station Spokesperson Sergeant Maurice Chapola confirmed the death of Bertha Mwamulika Banda of Kankhomba village, Traditional Authority Kanyenda in Nkhotakota District. […]
One of children homes in Blantyre city, Chimwemwe Children’s Centre has been earmarked for closure due to its continuous violation of child rights as it has turned into a breeding place for prostitutes and drug peddlers, Nyasa Times can reveal. However, Blantyre City Council, despite recommendations from Blantyre District Health and Social Welfare offices to […]
A Non-governmental Organization called Theatre for a Change, has facilitated the re-admission of 75 teenagers to different schools in Lilongwe who were found in different places such as rest houses and bottle stores. Theatre for Change Programme Manager, Rhoda Ndovie said the number is likely to increase as the campaign was still underway. Ndovie said […]