October 2019

Organisation vows to end violence against women and girls in Phalombe

Oct 04, 2019 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Phalombe Youth Arms Organisation (PYAO) has launched a project which aims at raising awareness on issues of violence against women and girls and to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services.… ...

Man jailed for stealing national IDs

Oct 04, 2019 Bright Malenga 0 &

The Mangochi second grade magistrate court on Wednesday sentenced a man to three years in prison for stealing national identity cards. The man James Amosi was convicted of robbery with violence. According to Mangochi Police… ...

Young women trained in tailoring

Oct 03, 2019 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Sixty young women have graduated with skills in designing and tailoring in Phalombe courtesy of Development Aid from People to People (DAPP) mobile training centre. The young girls have returned to their respective homes with… ...

Mugabe feared his body parts would be used for rituals

Oct 03, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe feared his body would be exhumed for body parts hence was buried in a tamper-proof casket. Mugabe was buried at his home village on Saturday in a steel lined coffin… ...

Malawi Parliament plunges into chaos

Oct 03, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani- Hara was forced to suspend parliamentary proceedings this morning after a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Member of Parliament disobeyed the Speaker’s order to leave the House. Hara ordered the MP… ...

Malawi urged to switch from tobacco

Oct 03, 2019 Johans Mumba 0 &

An anti-smoking group has urged Malawi to speed up efforts to replace tobacco as the main foreign exchange earner. The remarks were made on Wednesday when the Tobacco Harm Reduction Team, Malawi chapter held a… ...

Over one million Malawians face hunger

Oct 03, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

More than one million Malawians are at risk of starvation this year, government says. In a statement today, Cliff Chiunda, Secretary to Treasury in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development said the affected… ...