Month: August 2018 Posts

MCP promises to upgrade Chitipa-Tanzania road

Aug 07, 2018 Madalitso Phiri - MEC Stringer 3 &

The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has assured people in Chitipa that it will construct a tarmac road from the district to Tunduma in Tanzania once voted into power in the forthcoming 2019 elections. Speaking… ...

Chitipa lion injures three

Jul 20, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

A stray lion in Chitipa on Thursday injured three people who were trying to kill it. The incident happened at Kasisi village as the three were trying to kill the wild animal using spears and… ...

Lion scare hits Chitipa

Jul 19, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Authorities in Chitipa are hunting for a stray lion which has killed six cows in several villages in the district. According to Chitipa Police spokesperson Gladwell Simwaka, the lion has been terrorising areas around Senior… ...

Mob torches MCP councillor’s vehicle

Jul 17, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 4 &

Angry community members in Chitipa on Sunday set on fire a councillor’s vehicle after the politician hit a cyclist to death. Chitipa Police publicist Gladwell Simwaka said the car belonged to Newton Sibale, 48, a… ...

Chief arrested for cleansing village

May 30, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

Police in Chitipa are keeping in custody village headman Mwambeta of Traditional Authority Mwenemisuku for hiring a herbalist to cleanse his village of witches. The village headman whose real name is Elisha Msukwa aged 34… ...

Woman dumps newborn

Oct 14, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Chitipa district are looking for a woman who dumped a three day old baby boy at Chitipa District Hospital. According to Chitipa police publicist Gladwell Simwaka, the baby boy who was wrapped in… ...