Month: October 2021 Posts

Two men get life sentences for killing person with albinism

Oct 20, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Two men have been handed life sentences for the murder of a 54-year-old person with albinism in Nkhatabay. The High Court sitting in Nkhata Bay has delivered the sentence against Frank Mkweni Khonje, 21, and… ...

International human rights body condemn Dausi

Feb 21, 2019 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 0 &

Amnesty International, the international human rights body says remarks by Minister of Homeland Security, Nicholas Dausi, that the genocide of persons with albinism has not reached crisis levels are a disturbing reminder of the Malawi government’s… ...

Breaking: Key suspect in abduction of child with albinism dies in Malawi police custody

Feb 21, 2019 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 3 &

Buleya Luke, the suspect said to have have hired and paid people to abduct a 14 year-old boy with albinism, Goodson Makanjira, has died while in police custody. According to information that this publication has… ...

People with albinism confront President Mutharika for lying

Feb 16, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 2 &

Malawi President Peter Mutharika is peddling lies, the Association of People with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) has said. The association confronted President Mutharika in a heartfelt note that has been shared on Facebook by APAM's president,… ...

Malawi army to fight killings and abductions of people with albinism

Feb 14, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Minister of Information and Communications Technology Henry Mussa has announced that government has sought the services of the Malawi Army to end the killings and abductions of people with albinism. Five more new cases of abductions… ...