May 2016

Two jailed for ‘stealing bones of a dead person’

May 06, 2016 Mphatso Khutcha Richard 54 &

Machinga second grade Magistrate court on Wednesday sentenced a teenager and an old woman for trespassing and tampering with a grave at a village in Machinga district. The two have been identified as Faison Walusa,… ...

Malawi asks Moz to extradite herbalists over albino murder

May 06, 2016 Paul Nthala 32 &

Dedza police have started a formal procedure requesting the surrender of Mozambican herbalists who were arrested in connection to the murder of a 17 year-old albino Davis Fletcher Machinjiri. Dedza police deputy publicist constable Cassim… ...

28 people netted during sweeping exercise

May 06, 2016 Justin Mkweu 10 &

Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody 28 people suspected to have committed various crimes in the city. The suspects, 20 male and 8 female, are between the ages of 19-35 years and were arrested… ...

Teenager rapes 8 year-old girl

May 06, 2016 Bright Malenga 58 &

The Mzuzu Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced an 18 year-old man for raping a little girl on several occasions. The teenager, Peter Mhango, who is a form three student at Chibavi Community Day Secondary… ...

The real danger in the albino killings in Malawi

May 06, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 32 &

It is crisis. We may avoid thinking or looking at it that way, but the reality on the ground tells us that the abductions and killings of people born with albinism is an issue that… ...

Ministry of education officials go to work drunk

May 06, 2016 Aubrey Makina 45 &

The Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) is angry despite calling off a nationwide strike of teachers that had to start from May 1. In a press briefing they had on Thursday, 5 May, in Lilongwe,… ...

Two severely injured in Ntchisi road accident

May 06, 2016 Gladson Mbumpha - Citizen Journalist 20 &

Two people have been seriously injured in a road accident in Ntchisi district. The accident happened on Thursday, May 5 2016 at Masekere Village along Malomo- Kapangama earth road in the district. Police have identified… ...