Malawi24 Correspondent

Two get fined for selling beer

Sep 26, 2015 9

The Ntchisi Second Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered two Malawian men to pay a fine of K40 000 each or in default serve a twelve-month jail term for being found selling liquor without a licence. The court… ...

Malawi in support of Female Genital Mutilation

Sep 24, 2015 154

Malawi Government rejected a recommendation by the United Nations Human Rights Council that would have forced it to criminalize Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The revelations, made during a 2015 Universal Periodic review (UPR) dissemination workshop… ...

Tiwonge Chimbalanga & Steve Monjeza are a gay couple who were arrested and jailed to 14 years in Malawi

Zomba NGO takes homosexuality debate to College of Health Sciences

Sep 23, 2015 58

The Art & Global Health Center Africa (AGHCA), a non-governmental organisation based in Malawi’s old city of Zomba, on Monday engaged students of Malawi College of Health Sciences in Blantyre in a debate on homosexuality… ...

Malawi rejects compulsory primary education

Sep 22, 2015 13

...Malawi's commitment to the rights of children questioned The Malawi government has been refusing to make primary education compulsory for all schools, a review undertaken in May 2015 by the United Nations Human Rights Council… ...

Prophet Bushiri hires murder suspect Ralph Kasambara

Sep 22, 2015 239

…threatens critics with death Rocked with Ipadgate which has thrown his dubious ministry into further disrepute, Malawi’s controversial self-acclaimed Prophet Mr. Shepherd Bushiri has hired murder suspect Ralph Kasambara as his lawyer. Kasambara is currently… ...

Blantyre Press Club cleans up Mangochi Hospital

Sep 20, 2015 2

As way of exercising its corporate social responsibility, a Southern Malawi based media grouping, the Blantyre Press Club, a group which comprises members of media practitioners from the southern region conducted a clean-up exercise at… ...

Chikhwawa Chief demoted for attending MCP rally

Sep 20, 2015 29

Traditional Authority Chapananga of Chikhwawa district has demoted Senior Group Village Headman Singano to a village Headman for allegedly attending a political rally organised by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Lazarus Chakwera at Nchalo Community… ...