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Teacher jailed 21 years for raping child

Aug 07, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 38-year-old at Mpalale Community Day Secondary School in Dedza district has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for raping and impregnating a 15-year-old girl. Dedza police publicist Beatrice Jefita has identified the convict… ...

Ntchisi records 99 defilement cases in six months

Aug 03, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Ntchisi district has recorded at least 99 cases of defilement from January to June, 2023. In an interview with District Social Welfare Officer (DSWO) for Ntchisi, Wilson Milazi said the defilement cases are on the… ...

Police rescue baby who was buried alive

Aug 03, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police at Lunzu in Blantyre have rescued a newly born baby girl who was buried alive by her 21-year-old mother. Confirming the development was Chileka Police public relations officer Sergeant Jonathan Phillipo who identified the… ...

Teenager jailed 8 years for marrying 14-year-old girl

Aug 02, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 19-year-old boy has been sentenced to eight years in prison for marrying a 14-year-old girl in Mulanje. The boy has been identified as Patrick Pachache. The two got married without the knowledge of the… ...

Machinga children voice out issues affecting them

Jul 30, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A call has gone out to authorities in the country to find lasting solution to child abuse, alarming school dropout rates and environmental degradation which they say are badly affecting them. The call was made… ...

Dancing for social media: the generation’s aspiration?

Jul 28, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

…activist faults imitation, promotion of western culture in Malawi…say social media usage in Malawi should be controlledVideos of children uncontrollably twerking, shaking their waists and doing all sorts of dancing styles has become the order… ...

Send children below 6 years to CBCCs, parents urged

Jul 27, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Barry Segal Care Center under Joyce Banda Foundation International at Domasi in Zomba has called on parents and guardians to send their children below 6 years to Community Based Child care Centers to ensure effective… ...