Month: April 2016 Posts

Man repeatedly rapes child for a month

Apr 05, 2016 Bright Malenga 43 &

A 40 year-old in Nkhatabay district is in Police custody for repeatedly raping an 11 year-old girl. According to Nkhatabay Police Spokesperson Ignatius Esau, the suspect, Kaziputa Banda, raped the young girl on several occasions… ...

Council worker arrested for cashgate-style fraud

Apr 05, 2016 Martha Chikoti 10 &

Police have arrested a worker at Nkhatabay District Council for stealing money in cashgate style. Nkhatabay Police Spokesperson Ignatius Esau confirmed the arrest and identified the suspect as Jonathan Kamowa who works as a Senior… ...

Plan B: Malawian teen commits suicide to escape school

Feb 05, 2016 Thula Chisamba 63 &

A sombre mood has swallowed up Dumbulila village in Nkhatabay where a 15 year-old boy was found dead after hanging himself. According to a suicide note, the boy, Chrispine Mwale, said he wanted to escape… ...

Crocodiles kill mentally ill man in Nkhatabay

Jan 31, 2016 Thula Chisamba 92 &

A tear-jerking atmosphere has engulfed Malenga Sanga village in the area of Traditional Authority Fukamapiri in Malawi’s northern region district of Nkhatabay where a crocodile has killed an 18 year-old man. Residents identified the man… ...

Cholera outbreak continues in Nkhatabay

Jan 30, 2016 Martha Chikoti 28 &

  As the fight against cholera outbreak seems to have been won in Malawi, in some areas new cases continue to be reported. One of such areas is Kuwawe in Nkhatabay district where the disease… ...

Man rescued from drowning in Nkhatabay

Jan 20, 2016 Thula Chisamba 70 &

Malawi Police in the northern region district of Nkhatabay have rescued an 80 year-old man from drowning in the overflowing Limphasa River. Malawi24 understands that the man, identified as William Zgambo, went to his maize… ...

Lightning kills one, leaves two others injured in Nkhatabay

Jan 19, 2016 Thula Chisamba 30 &

Lightning has claimed the life of a woman identified as 38 year-old Ratina Banda and has left two other people severely injured in Malawi's northern region district of Nkhatabay. Police publicist for the district, Sergeant Ignatius… ...