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Malawi IG Yolamu given seven days to provide update on sodomy allegations at Bakelines Limited

Mar 13, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Yolamu The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has given Malawi Police Service Inspector General Merlyne Yolamu seven days to update the nation on the status of warrant of arrest for a Bakelines… ...

Motorcycle Kabaza operator jailed 8 years for rape

Mar 10, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

The Lilongwe Senior Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday sentenced a 20-year-old Motorcycle Kabaza Operator, Ernest Banda, to 8 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 16-year-old girl. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Lingadzi Police Station… ...

Former MASM executive Andrew Ngomwa sentenced to 35 years in prison for raping child

Mar 08, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Former Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM) chief commercial officer Andrew Ngomwa has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for raping his niece. Ngomwa convicted last year for raping the daughter of his sister.… ...

Man arrested for raping stranded teenager

Mar 02, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Lingadzi Police in Lilongwe have arrested Amos Kambewa, 60, on suspicion that he raped a 15-year old girl. Assistant Public Relations Officer for Lingadzi police, Constable Maria Kumwenda, said the child was abandoned at Area… ...

Thugs rape, murder 11-year-old child in Salima

Feb 24, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thugs have raped and murdered an 11-year-old girl who was a standard 3 learner at Malawi Armed Forces College (Mafco) Primary School. The district's police spokesperson Jacob Khembo said the child was found dead this… ...

Activists welcome penal code amendment

Feb 24, 2023 Gracious Zinazi 0 &

Child Rights Activists have hailed President Lazarus Chakwera for signing into law the bill that sets age of a child at 18 and that will see those involved in raping or defiling children liable to… ...

Three men guilty of gangraping child near church in Nkhata Bay

Feb 16, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Nkhatabay Senior Resident Magistrate has sentenced Charles Mlanda, 25, and 23-year-old Duncan Phiri to 21 years in prison while sentencing for a third man, Lywell Kamanga, has been committed to the High Court after… ...

Man, 25, arrested for allegedly raping 45-year-old woman

Feb 16, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police at Kanengo in Lilongwe have arrested a 25-year-old college student, for allegedly raping a 45-year-old woman. Confirming the development to Malawi24, Kanengo police public relations officer Sub Inspector Gresham Ngwira identified the suspect as… ...

19-year-old man arrested for rape

Feb 15, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Police in Salima District have arrested Peter Somanje,19, on suspicion that he raped a 9-year-old child on February 13, 2023. According to Salima Police Public Relations Officer, Sub Inspector Jacob Khembo, it is reported that,… ...

Man jailed 21 years for raping 11-year-old stepdaughter

Feb 15, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Senior Resident Magistrates’ Court in Ntcheu has sentenced a 35-year-old man, Chikondi Dinesi, to 21 years in prison for raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter. The convict committed the offence in February, 2022, at Samanyada Village in… ...

Man jailed 21 years for raping daughter

Feb 11, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man aged 50 has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for raping his eight-year-old biological daughter. The man identified as Dokiyo Evesiyo raped the child in July, 2022 Ntcheu Senior Resident Magistrate Joshua… ...

Man in custody for sexually abusing child

Feb 01, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A 36-year-old man has been arrested in Lilongwe after he impregnated a 17-year-old girl whom he has been allegedly sexually abusing since she was 14. This is according to Kanengo police public relations officer Sub… ...

Man arrested for infecting 12-year-old stepdaughter with STIs

Jan 23, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police at Kanengo in the capital city of Malawi, Lilongwe, are keeping in custody a 31-year-old man who has been allegedly sexually abusing his 12-year-old step-daughter since 2021 and infected her with Sexually Transmitted Infections… ...

Man arrested for raping, impregnating 14-year-old child

Jan 20, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 28-year-old man in Ntcheu has been arrested for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old child. Ntcheu Police spokesperson Rabecca Ndiwate has identified the suspect as Leckiyala Yonasi. Ndiwate said Yonasi and the child are neighbours.… ...

Child raped, killed in Thyolo

Jan 17, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 12-year-old Standard 8 learner in Thyolo was abducted on Monday, raped and strangled to death, Malawi Police say. Police found the body of the child today near Namitete river banks in Thyolod District. Thyolo… ...