Month: January 2025 Posts

CSOs call for more funding to NEEF to reach more farmers

Jan 18, 2025 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have appealed to the government to increase funding to the National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) to enable it to reach out to more farmers, following the success of its fertilizer loans… ...

HRCC wants Chakwera to resume foreign trips trips

Dec 02, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to reconsider the cancellation of foreign trips arguing that his trips benefit the country. The grouping also says that it is against calls for… ...

CSOs worried about continued violation of human rights in Malawi

Apr 01, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) and Council for Non-governmental organisations in Malawi (CONGOMA) have come up with a Civil Society Issues paper 2022/2023 describing the status of human rights in the country, and the… ...

Malawian woman’s drug trafficking case in China delayed due to Coronavirus

Aug 11, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Coronavirus pandemic has delayed the drug trafficking case involving a 30-year-old Malawian, Estina Mukasera, in China Mukasera was arrested at an airport in Hong Kong in 2018 after being found with 2190 grams of… ...

Rights group blames party leaders for police officer’s murder

Oct 09, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) has condemned the killing of a Police officer during clashes between civilians and the law enforcers at Nsundwe in Lilongwe on Tuesday and has blamed political party leaders for… ...

NGO calls for child rights protection

Apr 01, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Non-Governmental Coalition on Child Rights has called for quick action on the promotion and protection of rights of children affected by floods. NGO Coalition on Child Rights (NGO CCR) has made an appeal to government… ...

Police questioned for forcing woman to delete convoy pictures

Feb 28, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 41 &

The Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) says it has instituted an investigation into an incident in which the police forced a woman to delete pictures of the presidential convoy. It is reported that a woman… ...