Month: June 2020 Posts

Concern over congestion at Dzaleka amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jun 04, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by  Tiyanjane Mambucha- MANA Dzaleka refugee camp which was initially designed to accommodate only 10,000 refugees is now accommodating over 46,000 refugees which is said to be posing a threat to the COVID-19 fight.… ...

Dzaleka Youth Congress seeks support for cultural show

Feb 21, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Dzaleka Youth Congress which is an organisation based at Dzaleka Refugee Camp is asking for support from well-wishers towards its event called Dzaleka Cultural Fashion Show and Education. The aim is to allow people from… ...

Japan supports construction of new settlement area at Dzaleka camp

Nov 20, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government of Japan has provided funds and materials to Malawi for the construction of houses and other facilities at Katubza Zone which is an extension of Dzaleka Refugee Camp. This has come after it was… ...

Rwandan man killed in Dowa

Oct 22, 2019 Johans Mumba 0 &

Police in Dowa have launched a manhunt for assailants who are suspected to have killed a 71-year-old Rwandan national on Sunday at Dzaleka Refugee Camp. The victim has been identified as Balabasha Ausgustine from Butare… ...

Police hunt for Ethiopian human traffickers

Jul 19, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police are looking for two Ethiopian human traffickers who are being accused of threatening to kill a suspected police informant. The two are also suspected of malicious damage to a police vehicle in a conflict… ...

Police worried over food ration cuts at Dzaleka camp

Jul 11, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Dowa says crime has increased this year at Dzaleka Refugee Camp following food ration cuts at the camp . Speaking during a Station Executive Committee (SEC) meeting held at the boma on Wednesday,… ...

UNHCR donates K11 million to Tumaini Festival

Nov 05, 2018 Martha Chikoti 0 &

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Malawi has donated K11 million to Tumaini Festival as a way of supporting innovative ideas by refugees. The two day festival which was conducted at Dzaleka Refugee in Dowa… ...

No arrangement yet for refugees to register sim cards

Apr 19, 2018 Bright Malenga 1 &

Refugees and asylum seekers residing at Dzaleka in Dowa and Luwani in Mwanza will not register their sim cards in the ongoing registration exercise since they do not have national identity cards. During a sensitization… ...

Rwandans free to stay in Malawi

Mar 24, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

Despite their refugee status getting expired, Rwandan refugees who are in Malawi are free to stay as their repatriation depends on voluntary decision. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR), Malawi has 358… ...

NGO given K320 million to train youths

Mar 22, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

The European Union (EU) has given a non-governmental organisation in Dowa a grant of about 400,000 Euros (K320 million) to train young people. “There is Hope”, a local NGO based at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in… ...

Students’ group visits refugees

Mar 05, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Chipasula Charity Trust, a group of current and former Chipasula Secondary School students in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe visited refugees and asylum seekers at Dzaleka refugee camp in Dowa district. In an interview with Malawi24, founder… ...

Projects snubbing persons with disabilities

Mar 02, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Malawi Council for Handicapped (MACOHA) has said persons with disabilities inside the Dzaleka camp in Dowa district are not benefiting from projects being implemented at the camp. Dowa District Rehabilitation Officer for Macoha Billy Maupa… ...

Home is not safe: Rwandan refugees ask to stay

Jan 11, 2018 Luke Bisani 35 &

Rwandans living in host countries have pleaded not to be sent back to their country arguing Rwanda is not safe for them. In a petition sent to United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), concerned… ...

Rwandan refugees told to go home

Dec 31, 2017 Bright Malenga 31 &

Rwandan refugees who are living in other countries including Malawi have been urged to go back home since their country now is peaceful. According to Rwandan government through its Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugees,… ...

Judges fight GBV at Dzaleka

Dec 04, 2017 Bright Malenga 0 &

Women Judges Association of Malawi (WOJAM) on Saturday commemorated this year’s 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) with refugees and asylum seekers at the Dzaleka camp in Dowa. The commemoration was organised… ...