November 2023

Children in Malawi demand compensation over circumcision

Nov 18, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

At least 312 minors in Phalombe have sued Family Health Services (FHS), formerly PSI Malawi, demanding compensation for assault, battery, pain, suffering, disfigurement and deformity of their private parts. FHS is being accused of circumcising… ...

Letter from Mzuzu, Malawi

Nov 18, 2023 Emmanuelle Desjardins-Roy 0 &

A few weeks ago, jacarandas were in full bloom in Malawi, reminding everyone of the beauty that once adorned the main street when it was bathed in jacaranda purple. In 2018, many cities across Malawi… ...

17,000 Blantyre farmers get farm input loan

Nov 18, 2023 Chikondi Daza 0 &

About 17,000 farmers in Blantyre have received farm input loans worth over K2 billion allowing them to have access to fertilizer and seeds. According to Blantyre District Council Chairperson, Mike Malikita, One Acre Fund has… ...

Fire guts Mangochi Secondary School’s stores

Nov 18, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A fierce fire has burned down the storeroom at Mangochi Secondary School, razing to ashes some items in the process. Mangochi Police Station Amina Tepani Daudi said the inferno gutted the facility on Friday. According… ...

Health workers arrested for scamming job seekers out of K600,000

Nov 18, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested a patient attendant at Bwaila and a nurse at Kasungu District Hospital on suspicion that they duped various individuals of K600,000. The suspects have been identified as Agness Dzumani, 35,… ...

Woman jailed 3 years for stealing baby in Zomba

Nov 18, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

The Zomba Principal Resident Magistrate's court has sentenced a 30-year-old woman, Juliet Grivin Makauli, to three years imprisonment for stealing a five-month-old baby at Zomba Central Hospital. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Zomba Police Station… ...

Liberia Elections: President George Weah concedes defeat

Nov 18, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Liberia President George Weah has conceded election defeat to 78-year-old opposition leader Joseph Boakai following a tight race in presidential elections. Boakai, a former vice president who lost to Weah in the 2017 election, led… ...