Mental health Archives

Justice 4 Men' founder and Executive Director, Lewis Kamundi based in UK

NGO to fight for men’s access to their children after divorce

Sep 12, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A Non Governmental Organization which seeks to fight for men's rights to access their children after divorce, ‘Justice 4 Men', has been introduced in Malawi. Confirming the development to Malawi24 was ‘Justice 4 Men' founder… ...

Man hangs himself after wife donates piecework earnings to church

Sep 06, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

A 45-year-old man has hanged himself in a church in Thyolo after his wife gave the church K12,000 which the couple earned from piecework. The man has been identified asRex Kondwani. Masambanjati police officer in-charge,… ...

Apolisi ati mipingo ili ndi udindo wolangiza akhristu zakuyipa kodzimangilira

Aug 18, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Apolisi mu boma la Machinga apempha amipingo kuti pamene akulalikira mau a Mulungu kwa akhristu awo, asamalepherenso kukamba nkhani zokuyipa kwa imfa zobwera chifukwa chodzimangilira komanso kuyipa kwa kulanga okha munthu yemwe akuganiziridwa kuti wapalamula… ...

Police in Zomba concerned with rising cases of mob justice and suicide

Aug 04, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Police in Zomba district have cautioned the citizenry to desist from taking the law into their own hands and also taking their own lives whenever they are stressed. The call was made on Tuesday, August… ...

256 people commit suicide in six months in Malawi

Jul 31, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawi Police Service (MPS) has revealed that it has registered an increase in the number of suicide cases in the first half of 2023 as 256 people have died by suicide. This is according National… ...

Man commits suicide after failing to pay back K30,000 loan

Jul 31, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A man identified as Buti Kangachepe was on Sunday found dead after he hanged himself to the roof of his house at Kasonjera, in the district. Public Relations Officer for Dowa Police Station Sergeant Alice… ...

Man commits suicide in Dowa

Jul 26, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

A 59-year-old man identified as Fakili Mazengera was on Tuesday found dead after he hanged himself in a tree at Nthache in Dowa district. Dowa Police Station Publicist Sergeant Alice Sitima said that Mazengera had… ...

University student sentenced to 18 months in jail for attempting suicide

Jul 21, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 32-year-old university student in Ntcheu has been ordered to pay K80,000 fine or in default to serve 18 months in prison for attempting to commit suicide. Ntcheu Police Spokesperson Rabecca Ndiwate has identified the… ...

Teenager commits suicide after family dispute

Jul 09, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

An 18-year-old boy identified as Bule Nkhwangwa was this morning found hanging from a Mango tree behind his uncle's house at Chidothi village, Traditional Authority Chimaliro in Thyolo district. Limbe Police Station Public Relations Officer… ...

Zomba Central Mental Hospital hit by low funding, shortage of staff

Jul 09, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Zomba Central Mental Hospital's mental health facility has only 65 nurses out of a required 333 and this is compromising service delivery. Speaking on Friday during a stakeholders consultative meeting, Hospital Director, Dr. Raphael Piringu… ...

Husband hangs himself after finding love message in wife’s phone

Jun 29, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

A 38-year-old man identified as Komani Zimba has hanged himself under a goal post at Embangweni in Chaphonya village in Mzimba after finding a love message from another man in his wife’s phone. It is… ...

Man in cooler for raping woman with mental health challenges

Jun 13, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A 23-year-old motorcycle kabaza operator named Ephraim Henry has been placed under Police custody at Limbe Police Station on allegations of raping a 26-year-old woman with mental health challenges. Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama,Public Relations Officer for… ...