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16-year-old boy murdered in Nkhotakota

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By: Topson Banda. Police in Nkhotakota are hunting for assailants who brutally murdered a 16-year-old boy and dumped his body in Lake Malawi over the weekend. The deceased has been identified as Swadi Selemani of… ...

Taskforce formed to push for construction of Machinga-Chingale- Lirangwe road

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Members of Parliament from Machinga, Zomba and Blantyre in collaboration with concerned communities from the three districts have formed a taskforce aimed at pushing government to construct Machinga-Chingale-Lirangwe road, which Malawian presidents… ...

Bushiri gets the ‘Norman Chisale’ injunction: Court stops Police from arresting Major 1 on all matters

Feb 21, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Malawi High Court in Lilongwe has today granted an injunction restraining the Malawi police from arresting fugitive Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his alleged partner-in-crime wife Mary Bushiri from being arrested on all matters. Filed… ...

Bushiris stopped from leaving Malawi

Feb 21, 2021 Sibu M. Mokoena 0 &

The Malawi police stopped the Bushiris at Kamuzu International Airport from leaving the country for Kenya Fugitive prophet Shepherd Bushiri's daughters who were the first to leave South Africa before the prophet and his alleged… ...

Five poll workers arrested over Malawi elections

Feb 21, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

Malawi Police have arrested five poll workers over the widespread use of Tippex in the nullified 2019 Tripartite Elections. The five were arrested in Lilongwe yesterday. During the May 21, 2019 elections, they worked as… ...

MEC confident rains won’t affect polls

Feb 21, 2021 George Banda 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission-MEC has reassured Malawians that rains that the country is experiencing will not affect preparations for the March 30 by-elections. According to the country's rainfall pattern, the warm-wet season stretches from November… ...

Man commits suicide after assaulting wife

Feb 21, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A man aged 30 hanged himself in Mzimba on Friday after he assaulted his wife, police say. The Police have identified the man as Vitumbiko Nkhonjera. He committed suicide in the afternoon of February 19,… ...