Month: December 2020 Posts

Persons with disabilities say they feel like second class citizens

Dec 18, 2020 Lusekero Mhango 0 &

Persons living with disabilities in Karonga say they feel like second class citizens as they are still marginalised in communities and sidelined in development activities. The remarks were made recently at Hangarawa and Iponga in… ...

Government committed to protecting persons with albinism

Nov 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by  Esnath Kalawe Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati has said government will keep on supporting persons with albinism in order to address challenges they encounter. She said this on… ...

12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year – APAM

Nov 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) says 12 persons with albinism have died of skin cancer this year alone. APAM president Ian Simbota said this at Mkolimbo school ground in Traditional Authority Kwataine in… ...

Police hunting for people who abandoned human body parts at roadblock

Nov 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Mulanje have asked the general public to assist with information that may to arrest of criminals who abandoned human body parts at a roadblock in the district. Mulanje Police Station Spokesperson Sub Inspector… ...

Father sentenced to death for killing child with albinism

Sep 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The High Court in Kasungu has sentenced a 30-year-old man father and his accomplice to death for killing a one-year-old baby with albinism. The father is White Chilumpha while the other convict is James Kanjira.… ...

APAM wants Ntaba removed as chairperson of taskforce on albinism

Sep 03, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) president Ian Simbota has called on President Lazarus  Chakwera to fire Hetherwick Ntaba as chairperson of National Taskforce on People with Albinism. Simbota made the call in… ...

Kondowe welcomes appointment as Chakwera’s advisor on disability

Aug 15, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Activist Overstone Kondowe has expressed gratitude for his appointment as President Lazarus Chakwera’s advisor on disability and has expressed hope that the gesture will be cemented with action to improve lives of persons with disabilities.… ...

Wife of Mutharika’s bodyguard arrested

Jul 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police have arrested the wife of former President Peter Mutharika’s bodyguard. The suspect Evalista Chisale is the wife of Norman Chisale, Mutharika’s security aide. Evalista who is Police Commissioner for the Central Region was picked… ...

Police assure persons with albinism of protection

May 23, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

The Police in Mulanje and the Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) Mulanje Chapter have reaffirmed their commitment in protecting persons with albinism in the district and providing them with support. Speaking Wednesday when he… ...

Police distribute sunscreen lotions to people with albinism

May 20, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Thyolo Police has today distributed sunscreen lotions to 9 people with albinism in the district and the law enforcers hope to distribute the lotions to a total of 115 people. According to Assistant Superintendent Dan… ...

Mutharika rejects claims government officials sell bones of persons with albinism

Apr 08, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

President Peter Mutharika says claims that members of his administration sell bones of persons with albinism are lies. The Malawi leader made the remarks in a national address monitored on MBC Radio One on Tuesday… ...

Malawi state broadcaster fires albinism rights activist Simbota

Mar 07, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) on 2nd March, 2020 fired its presenter Ian Simbota who is the current president of the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM). This comes months after Overstone Kondowe… ...

Three arrested over attack on woman with albinism

Feb 20, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Days after thugs attacked a woman with albinism and removed her toes in Mzimba, police have managed to arrest three suspects including a herbalist. According to Superintendent Peter Kalaya, Northern Region Police Public Relations Officer,… ...

Criminals tamper with grave of person with albinism in Mulanje

Jan 08, 2020 Owen Ndalama 0 &

Criminals in Mulanje district have tampered with the grave of a 2-year-old boy with albinism. The boy was buried on December 7, 2019, after suffering from malaria. Community members who passed by the graveyard while… ...

Thyolo Police distribute sunscreen lotion to persons with albinism

Jan 07, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Thyolo police in conjunction with a non-governmental organization on Monday donated sunscreen lotion to persons with albinism in the district. Speaking soon after presenting the lotion, Thyolo police station officer senior superintendent James Nalima thanked… ...