Month: February 2020 Posts

Man repeatedly rapes two children, infects them with STD

Feb 28, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police in Mwanza have arrested a 22-year-old man for raping two children on multiple occasions and infecting them with a sexually transmitted disease. According to Mwanza Police Station Public Relations Officer, Inspector Edwin Kaunda, the… ...

Woman rapes teen, infects him with STI

Feb 23, 2020 Russell Kondowe 1 &

Police in Mchinji have arrested a woman aged 20 for raping a 13-year-old boy and infecting him with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The woman identified as Catherine Lusitiko raped the boy on 18 February… ...

Concern over rise in sexual abuse cases in Thyolo

Feb 15, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police in Thyolo have expressed concern over the increase in sexual abuse cases in the district. According to Officer In-charge for Thyolo police station Inspector Davie Chingwalu, sexual abuse cases rose by 14 percent in… ...

Girls as young as 11 forced into prostitution in Mzimba

Feb 09, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Authorities in Mzimba say child prostitution is rife in the district with girls as young as 11 being forced into prostitution. The Malawi News Agency (Mana) reported that child prostitution is common in major trading… ...

Man jailed six years for raping stepdaughter

Jan 31, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Senior Resident Magistrate's court in Mulanje on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old man to six years imprisonment with hard labour for raping his 15-year-old step-daughter over a period of two years. Assistant Superintendent Hartwell Kachikonga,… ...

Woman rapes 12-year-old boy in Dedza

Jan 27, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Dedza have arrested a 38-year-old woman for raping a 12-year-old boy. According to Dedza Police Station Deputy Publicist Cassim Manda, the suspect has been identified as Annes Banda. The woman is suspected to… ...

Evil chief gets 13 years for rape

Jan 21, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

The Nkhotakota First Grade Magistrate Court on Monday sentenced Group Village Headman (GVH) Chioza of the district to 13 years in prison for raping a girl aged 8. Chief Chioza whose real names are Mussa… ...

Village Head arrested for raping girl aged 11

Jan 17, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Police in Nkhotakota have arrested Group Village Headman (GVH) Chioza of the district for raping a girl aged 11. Chief Chioza whose real name is Mussa Sabiti and is aged 48 raped the girl on… ...

Man fined for sodomising 14-year-old boy

Jan 15, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

A court in Mangochi has fined a 34-year-old man for sodomising a boy aged 14. The man Benson Kamando has been ordered to pay a K400,000 fine or in default spend 12 years in prison… ...

Man gets 10 years for raping a 5-year-old girl

Jan 10, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 1 &

A court in Nkhotakota has sentenced a man aged 31 to ten years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a five year-old girl. According to Nkhunga Police spokesperson Ignatius Esau Phiri, the man Anderson Bester… ...

Two men jailed for rape

Jan 06, 2020 Demetria Herman Banda 0 &

The Nkhunga First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Nkhotakota on Friday sentenced two men to eight years in jail each for rape. According to Nkhunga Police Station spokesperson Ignatius Esau Phiri, in the first incident, 66-… ...

19-year-old man jailed for raping girl, 13

Jan 03, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A man aged 19 has been sentenced to 11 years in prison on defilement and abduction charges after he took a girl aged 13 to his house and lived with her claiming she was his… ...

Gender based violence is sin – Navicha

Dec 18, 2019 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Thom Navicha has warned against violence towards children, women, men as well as people with disabilities saying it is sin. Navicha said this on 16 December,… ...

Village chief arrested for sexually assaulting 8-year-old girl

Dec 16, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kasungu are keeping in custody Village Headman Gundani aged 78 for sexually assaulting a girl aged eight. Kasungu Public Relations  Officer Harry Namwaza  said chief Gundani, full name Edward Jackson, committed the offence… ...

Parents forcing girls into marriages in order to escape poverty

Dec 12, 2019 Cosmas Kagulo 0 &

A chief in Phalombe says parents in the district are forcing their children to get married as a way of overcoming their financial problems. In an interview, Sub-Traditional Authority Namasoko highlighted that the driving force… ...