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Police hunting for teenage rapist in Nkhatabay

Dec 19, 2015 117

Malawi Police in the northern region district of Nkhatabay have launched a manhunt for 17 year-old Humphrey Mathumba who is suspected to have forced himself on a three year-old girl. Police publicist for the district,… ...

Man commits suicide over village bank money

Dec 18, 2015 0

After getting tired of accusations that he swindled village bank money, 35 year-old Malawian Donfore Simkonda has committed suicide by hanging himself to his kitchen roof in Nkhatabay. Police publicist for the district, sergeant Ignatius… ...

Girl commits suicide after being forced into marriage

Dec 17, 2015 113

After getting tired of a forced marriage, a Malawian girl identified as 18 year-old Jestina Gondwe decided to commit suicide by throwing herself into a river in Mzimba, Malawi police say. Malawi24 understands that the girl… ...

Malawian man handed 84 month jail term for rape

Dec 16, 2015 71

The Mzimba first grade magistrate court has sentenced 35 year-old Khumbo Soko to 84 months imprisonment with hard labour for defiling his brother’s eleven year-old daughter. State prosecutors told the court that despite the case… ...

Malawi hospitals in crisis

Dec 16, 2015 27

As Malawi continues to sail through troubled waters, something which President Peter Mutharika has admitted lately, the health sector remains on the hardest hit ones. Reports reaching this publication indicate that Rumphi district hospital is… ...

Govt gives K20m compensation to market fire victims

Dec 16, 2015 16

The Malawi government through the ministry of local government and rural development has given about MK20 million to vendors who lost their goods in a fire that gutted down Mzuzu and Mzimba main markets. Presenting… ...

Malawi government attacked

Dec 16, 2015 93

Malawians living with HIV from Mzimba have threatened to deal with the President Peter Mutharika led government for subjecting them to a variety of problems including the recently reported shortage of ARVs across the district.… ...