Month: March 2019 Posts

Chakwera’s guard arrested over body parts of persons with albinism

Mar 28, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

...Lawyer dumps the suspect Police say they have arrested a security guard working for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Lazarus Chakwera after the aide was suspected of selling body parts of persons with albinism. National… ...

Mtambo, Trapence reject claim they are sponsored by UTM

Mar 22, 2019 Martha Chikoti 1 &

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HDRC) has denied claims that they are supported by UTM to implicate government officials in the killings of persons with albinism. HRDC's Timothy Mtambo and Gift Trapence say the claims… ...

APAM accuses Mutharika of interfering in commission’s work

Mar 19, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

… Doubts credibility of commission on killings of persons with albinism The Association of Persons with Albinism (APAM) has accused President Peter Mutharika of interfering in the work of a commission of inquiry on the… ...

UTM’s Kalindo arrested

Mar 15, 2019 Russell Kondowe 3 &

Police in Machinga have arrested UTM Director of Youth Bon Kalindo, days after President Peter Mutharika accused him of conniving with a prisoner to make a malicious recording. Kalindo has been taken into custody at… ...

UN experts to investigate killings of persons with albinism — Mutharika

Mar 15, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

President Peter Mutharika says two United Nations experts will be in the country in the next two weeks to investigate killings of persons with albinism and uncover any market for body parts. Mutharika said this… ...

Malawian street musician teams up with The Very Best in Ndife Alendo

Mar 14, 2019 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Budding street musician Lazarus Chigwandari has worked with The Very Best`s Johan Hugo on a new song entitled Ndife Alendo. Chigwandari, a musician with albinism, uses the song as a tool to address the atrocities… ...

Parliamentary committee asks for more funding to APAM

Mar 14, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Joint Parliamentary Committee against Violence on Persons with Albinism has called on the government to provide funding for the fight against attacks on people with  albinism. The chairperson of the committee Richard Chimwendo Banda… ...