Month: August 2022 Posts

Anti-government protesters want Chakwera to receive their petition

Aug 08, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Activists led by the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) plan to hold demonstrations on 18 August and they want to deliver their petition at presidential residences so that the petition should be… ...

Two Balaka protesters denied bail

Aug 07, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Two of 30 demonstrators who were arrested in Balaka have been denied bail by the Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court after it was established that one was already wanted for three murder cases and the… ...

Grouping to hold demos over Chingeni-Balaka-Liwonde-Zomba road

Aug 06, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 1 &

Advocacy For Eastern Region Development (AFERD), a grouping of concerned citizens from the Eastern region has disclosed that it will hold mass demonstrations aimed at forcing the Government to consider rehabilitating Chingeni-Balaka-Liwonde-Zomba road which according… ...

Rights activist Namiwa found in Nathenje

Jul 28, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Namiwa (L) found Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) executive director Sylvester Namiwa who was abducted yesterday has been found at Nathenje in Lilongwe. Yesterday, Namiwa was pulled out of his vehicle, beaten… ...

Protesters in Balaka present petition

Jul 28, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Organizers of the Anti-presidential Immunity demonstrations in Balaka  have successfully presented their petition to Balaka District Commissioner Darwin Mngoli. The protesters presented the petition after marching peacefully while singing anti-Chakwera songs. In a letter read… ...

Anti-presidential immunity demos start in Balaka

Jul 28, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

A grouping under the banner 'Action Against Presidential Immunity (AAI)" is holding demonstrations aimed at forcing the President to remove his immunity from prosecution. The day has started normally like usual days as residents flocked… ...

UTM, Nankhumwa condemn abduction of activist Namiwa

Jul 28, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

The UTM Party and the leader of opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa, have condemned the abduction of human rights activist Sylvester Namiwa. Namiwa was abducted on Wednesday by unknown thugs believed to be government agents as he… ...

Rights activist Namiwa abducted in Lilongwe

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Namiwa speaking at the press briefing today CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa has been abducted at Area 3 in Lilongwe this afternoon, hours before he was expected to lead anti-government demonstrations in the capital city.… ...

Shops razed after teargas canister lands in Ntcheu Market

Jul 27, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A teargas canister allegedly shot by Malawi Police landed in Ntcheu Central Market, causing fire that has destroyed six shops. Police were firing the teargas to disperse protesters after anti-government demonstrations in the district turned… ...

Grouping allowed to close Chizuma’s office

Jul 25, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Lilongwe District Council has allowed a grouping called "Malawian Concerned Citizens" to symbolically close the office of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma on 26 July. District Commissioner Dr. Lawford Palani has given… ...

Police tell Biwi landlords to tighten security during demos

Jul 25, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Kawale have tipped landlords as well as owners of shops and warehouses at Biwi Industrial Site to hire young men to guard road network leading to the site during and after demonstrations this… ...

Police arrest 52 people for looting shops

Jul 22, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Kawale have arrested 52 suspects for allegedly looting shops and damaging vehicles, including ambulances at Biwi, Chipasula and Area 22 locations in Lilongwe on the night of July 20, 2022. On the day… ...

Chirunga CDSS students stage demos over land encroachment

Jul 21, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Chirunga Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) students in Zomba staged demonstrations over land encroachment by a person who is constructing a structure on land believed to belong to the secondary school. Speaking to Malawi 24,… ...

76 people arested in Lilongwe as protests turn violent

Jul 20, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Police have arrested 76 people over anti-judiciary protests in Lilongwe. Meanwhile, Government spokesperson, Gospel Kazako, has described the protests as acts of lawlessness and has warned that such acts will not be tolerated. Since… ...

Mulhako Wa Alhomwe pens Chakwera over ‘continued political persecution’

Jul 20, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Thumbiko Nyirongo Mulhako Wa Alhomwe, one of the cultural groupings in the country, has petitioned President Lazarus Chakwera and his Tonse Alliance Administration to stop “persecuting” Lhomwes in the country. Addressing multitudes of Lhomwes… ...