December 2019 | Page 18 of 20

Pregnant women protest over poor services in Kasungu

Dec 04, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

Pregnant women in Kasungu marched on Wednesday in protest over poor services at Kasungu District Hospital. The women who are currently at the district hospital’s waiting shelter marched from the hospital to Kasungu District Council… ...

Blantyre Police ready for festive season

Dec 04, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in the commercial city of Blantyre say they have stepped up efforts to ensure a crime free festive season in the city. Confirming the development to Malawi24 was the city's police publicist Sub-Inspector Augustus… ...

Former Lilongwe Mayor Bikoko arrested

Dec 04, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested former Mayor for Lilongwe Desmond Bikoko in connection to illegal sale of land in the city. According to reports, Bikoko went to ACB offices in the capital Lilongwe after… ...

Malawi First Lady accepts honorary professorship in China

Dec 04, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Two years after being honored with a professorship in Public Health by the Peking University School of Public, Malawi's First Lady Professor Gertrude Mutharika has officially accepted the professorship. On Tuesday, Mutharika addressed students in… ...

Chief concerned with rising teenage pregnancies in Chitipa

Dec 04, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Traditional Authority (TA) Mwenewenya of Chitipa has expressed concern over high number of teenage pregnancies in the district saying the situation is hindering youth involvement in economic activities. He was speaking during commemoration of African… ...

More efforts needed to end gender based violence – Ministry of Gender

Dec 04, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Ministry of Gender says gender based violence is an evil which can be eliminated through continued efforts by individuals, police and organizations. Director of Gender Affairs in Gender Affairs Department in the Ministry of… ...

Junior Flames ready for COSAFA U-20 tourney

Dec 04, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Flames Under-20 head coach Peter Mponda says his boys are ready for the COSAFA Men's Under 20 Championship which gets under way on Wednesday in Zambia. The Under 20 National Football team left the country… ...

Mutharika appoints Chazama, Khwauli as ambassadors

Dec 03, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

President Peter Mutharika has appointed ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members, Khwauli Msiska and Cecilia Chazama, as diplomats. Msiska is heading to South Africa to become Malawi’s High Commissioner there while Chazama has been appointed… ...

Bullets, Wanderers in crucial Super League fixtures

Dec 03, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers will return to the field of play for yet another crucial TNM Super League fixture against Kamuzu Barracks and Masters Security as the title race reaches its boiling… ...

Lightning kills one, injures two in Mchinji

Dec 03, 2019 Demetria Herman Banda 0 &

A Form 2 student at Bua Community Day Secondary School in Mchinji has died after being struck by lightning which also injured two other people. According to Mchinji Police Puplic Relations Office Inspector Kaitano Lubrino,… ...

Man commits suicide over marital disputes

Dec 03, 2019 Demetria Herman Banda 0 &

A 24-year-old man identified as Antony Mphande has hanged himself in Nkhatabay over marital disputes. According to his father, Tayelo Manda, the young man on November 30, 2019, had a fight with his wife and… ...

Apam questions delay to release inquiry findings

Dec 03, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) has questioned government’s delay to make public findings of several investigations into attacks against persons with albinism. On Monday, Apam executive members led by national coordinator… ...