Malawi Police in Chitipa have arrested a Tanzanian herbalist for allegedly exercising evil spirit in the district. Northern region police assistant spokesperson Maurice Chapola identified the herbalist as a 32 year old Laurent Paul from Samuel Ikumbiro Village in Illenje District. He said the Tanzanian herbalist was arrested on Tuesday in Wene Ipenza Village around […]
Malawi Police in Chiradzulu have arrested a 30 year old, Mathias James for allegedly killing a 105 year-old woman over witchcraft allegations. Chiradzulu Police Public Relation Officer (PRO), Yohane Tasowana identified the deceased as Ellina Anderson from Mbule village, in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Mpama in the district. “It is alleged that on […]
Tovwirane Group of Saint John of God in Mzuzu has asked Malawians to stop accusing elderly persons of witchcraft because of their old age but support them to lead comfortable lives. Speaking during International Day of Older Persons commemorations in Mzuzu on Monday, St John of God’s Programmes Manager, Christopher Mhone said the elderly need […]
Malawi Police have confirmed the death of a 69 year old granny who has committed suicide in the Eastern Region District of Zomba following accusations that she bewitched one of her relatives who died last month. Eastern Region Police Spokesperson Inspector Joseph Sauka identified the deceased as Abiti Odala. According to Sauka, the deceased was […]
A family of 12 people is seeking asylum at a police station in Rumphi after an attack by the community on allegations that the family was practicing witchcraft. A senior police officer at Rumphi police George Kaleso confirmed that the family of Binga Nyasulu from Muyaba village in chief Chiweta’s area in the district has […]
Government has disclosed that it has plans to develop an Act to protect the elderly in the country from being killed and discriminated against on allegations of practicing witchcraft. Director of Programs, Management and Evaluation responsible for Disability and Elderly Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Felix Sakawa was reacting to current statistics from Malawi […]
A 69-year-old man in Karonga, Malawi’s northern region border district, almost died after an angry mob rained terror on him and completely destroyed his house on suspicion that he practices witchcraft. Wilfred Kapetapeta Kailisi was on rescued after police came in, according to Karonga police deputy spokesperson, George Mlewa. Mlewa told Nyasa Times that the […]
Malawi Police in Mchinji have arrested two people on allegations that they wanted to bewitch a person over chieftaincy wrangles. Police spokesperson in Mchinji Kaitano Lubrino identified the suspects in the witchcraft case as Alexander Mickson, 27 and Andrew Patrick Dewu who are accused of planning to bewitch Lonzo Zimba over chieftaincy of Delu. Lubrino said a witchdoctor […]
Malawi Police in Southern Region district of Chikwawa have arrested 34-year-old Jasibe Mbumba for allegedly killing his two grandparents over witchcraft allegations. Mbumba allegedly hacked to death Wilfred Mbumba, 96, and Ntchayi Mpunambe,86, on Tuesday night at Nankumba Village in the area of sub-Traditional Authority Masache in the district. Mbumba, a second and clothes vendor (Kaunjika), left […]
Malawi Police and traditional leaders in Chilumba the southern part of Karonga have disregarded the Malawi Witchcraft Act that denies the existence of witchcraft in the country and invited a witchdoctor known as Ndodoyani from Zambia to “cleanse the people of witchcraft”. Group village headman Mponera and Kachaka said a lot of people in the […]
The Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Jean Kalirani, has told a news conference that continued cases of attacks against the elderly in communities on allegation of witchcraft are worrying government. Speaking in Lilongwe to reporters ahead of the commemoration of the 2017 International Day of Older Persons to be held on Wednesday, October […]
Malawi Police in Phalombe say they are intensifying their hunt for a syndicate that is now killing people with balded heads on allegations such heads keep gold. National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera said this in view of a killing of an elderly man, Harrison Makwete whose body was found with a head in a pit […]
The Lilongwe Resident Magistrate Court on Tuesday sentenced 40-year-old Rodrick Medson to 18 years Imprisonment with Hard Labour for cutting off his wife’s private part tissue. The court heard that on 12 March Medson strangled his wife, Cecilia Medson, as they were going to the garden and that the latter lost conscious. Medson then cut […]
Eliza Davison, 67 who was jailed up to two years for practising witchcraft has been freed by High Court of Malawi. Davison was jailed on August 15 last year by the Mulanje Third Grade Magistrate Court, under section 6 of the Witchcraft Act after she admitted that through magic, she inserted an insect at the throat […]
Communities of Laiti and Mbenderana 1 villages under Traditional Authority Kasisi in Chikwawa had a rude awakening on the wee hours of Easter Monday when an old woman in her 70s was found naked. The woman identified as Melenia Bauleni from Mbenderana 1 village was found naked among houses on the ground in Laiti village […]
Malawi Police in central region tobacco growing district of Kasungu moved in swiftly to fire teargas to disperse rioting parents who accuse a businessman at Chinkhoma Trading Centre of casting their children with a strange disease. Although the police managed to protect the business person Monday night, they failed to protect his property as his […]
Unknown killers have murdered an elderly woman in Salima soon after she obtained money from a village bank amounting to K113000. Robert Mkwezalamba, chairperson of National Advocacy Platform, a grouping of civil society groups has since asked the police to apprehend the suspects. “Everyone has a right to life, everyone has a right to economic […]
An 18-year-old boy has been admitted to Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) after he was severely assaulted by a group of assailants who chopped off his genitals. The incident occurred on Monday evening at Nkhono Fishing beach, inside Illovo Sugar Estates in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota district, police have confirmed. Currently, Nkhunga Police Station has managed to recover […]