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Three die after drowning in Dedza

Dec 28, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Three people have died in separate drowning incidents in Dedza. The three include a 12-year-old girl identified as Adijah Cosmas who drowned in Linthipe 1 River. Police say the girl was attempting to cross the… ...

Police arrest thieves who stole items worth K6 million at Aquatic Sports Complex

Dec 27, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police at Kawale in Lilongwe are keeping in custody six suspects in connection to the theft of building materials worth six million kwacha at Aquatic Sports Complex. This follows the invasion and theft of building… ...

Two arrested in Ndirande for stealing Escom wires

Dec 27, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police in Ndirande have taken into custody two people on suspicion that they vandalised and stole Escom wires valued at K900,000. The two have been identified as Isaac Mgaiwa aged 22 from Beni Village in… ...

Two-week-old baby stolen in Blantyre

Dec 26, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A two-week-old baby boy has been stolen by an unknown woman at Soche Quarry location in Blantyre after he was left in the care of a nine-year-old child. According to his mother Magret Mauluka, the… ...

Woman jailed five years for stealing child in 2019

Dec 26, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mzimba Second Grade Magistrate Court has sentenced Ester Gumbo, 35, to five years’ Imprisonment with Hard Labour (IHL) for stealing an eight-month-old girl at Emfeni Market in the district in 2019. The Court heard that… ...

Student commits suicide in Blantyre

Dec 22, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 23-year-old student at Mikolongwe Vocational College has died after hanging himself using a rope. Sergeant Aubrey Singanyama, Deputy Public Relations Officer for Blantyre Police Station, said the incident happened at Baluti Village within Manase… ...

Thieves posing as taxi operators robbing people in Lilongwe

Dec 21, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

It is a festive season for thieves in Malawi's capital Lilongwe as one man has been robbed of K200,000 by people who were masquerading as taxi operators. According to the victim, he was tricked to… ...