Politics Posts

Mutharika wants three more years to end hunger

Jun 02, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 324 &

President Peter Mutharika has promised Malawians that the country will be food sufficient within two to three years. Speaking at a mass rally in Chitipa in northern Malawi, Mutharika said his government promised Malawians that… ...

Traditional doctors banned in Malawi

Jun 02, 2016 Richard Jimu 122 &

Malawi has banned traditional healers from doing their business in the country in a bid to reduce albino attacks. High court judge Dingiswayo Madise on Wednesday granted an order banning the traditional doctors who are… ...

Bon Kalindo, Timothy Mtambo clash over albino attacks

Jun 02, 2016 Luke Bisani 263 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator for Mulanje South Bon Kalindo has refused to withdraw his suggestion of putting to death albino killers in the country. Last week Kalindo told Parliament that Malawi needs to kill… ...

Malawi gets MK57 billion for recovery project

Jun 02, 2016 Bright Malenga 103 &

The World Bank has donated $80 million (about MK57 billion) towards the Malawi flood emergency recovery project. The Emergency Recovery Project is an initiative which aims at helping over 25, 000 farmers in 15 districts… ...

Malawians outnumber other nationalities at Lindela

Jun 02, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 118 &

Malawians represent half of the detainees at Lindela Repatriation Centre, according to reports. Local media houses are reporting that it is currently estimated that almost half of those detained at Lindela Repatriation Centre are Malawians… ...

‘Mob justice lasting solution to albino attacks’

Jun 02, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 136 &

Ian Simbota, a person with albinism and working with Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) radio 2, says mob justice is the only way to tackle cases of abductions and killings of people with albinism. Simbota aired… ...

Albino killers arrested in Ntcheu

Jun 01, 2016 Bright Malenga 160 &

Police in Ntcheu district have arrested three men suspected of killing Fletcher Masina, a 45-year-old man with albinism, last Wednesday. Ntcheu Police spokesperson Gift Matewere said yesterday the three were arrested after the law enforcers… ...