Chitipa Archives

Chitipa DHO drills Red Cross volunteers on Covid-19

Apr 10, 2020 Madalitso Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

Chitipa District Hospital (D.H.O) has drilled the Malawi Red Cross Society volunteers from the district on preventive measures against the Coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic. Speaking during the closing day of a two-day orientation meeting on… ...

Bishop Mtumbuka says no blood suckers in Malawi

Apr 09, 2020 Thula Chisamba 1 &

Bishop Mathews Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese has urged Malawians to calm down, saying there are no blood suckers in the country. Mtumbuka, while addressing Malawians through Tuntufye radio station, emphasised that people in the country… ...

Villagers sleeping in groups for fear of blood suckers in Chitipa

Mar 27, 2020 Thula Chisamba 0 &

At a time the Malawi Police are describing blood suckers reports as mere paranoia, people in Chitipa are sleeping in groups to be each brother’s keeper in case blood suckers invade their homes. According to… ...

Bloodsucking rumours lead to three deaths

Mar 23, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Rumours about bloodsucking in Chitipa and Mzimba have led to killing of three people who were accused of being blood suckers. National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera said in a statement on Sunday that the three… ...

Chitipa watchman brutally killed on duty

Mar 17, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police in Chitipa are hunting for criminals who brutally killed a watchman on duty at Makas Trading Centre and went away with K1.1 million cash. Confirming the development was Chitipa police public Relations Officer Sub-Inspector… ...

Teacher commits suicide after failing to quit drinking

Mar 10, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A teacher aged 32 has hanged himself to death in Chitipa over failure to stop excessive beer drinking. The man identified as Said Mwanguku was a teacher at Ilinga Private Secondary School in Chitipa district.… ...

Govt will not renew Chitipa miner’s licence

Jan 25, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi Government has declared that it will not renew the operating licence for Ilomba Mining Company in Chitipa. Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Mwangasula Mwambande disclosed this on Friday during a meeting… ...