Month: June 2021 Posts

Group trained on death penalty ruling

Jun 10, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Members of community of Sant’ Egidio, a catholic layman association in the country has been trained on the recent Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal's judgment on the death penalty. According to one of the organizers… ...

Camp court grants bail to murder suspects

Jun 10, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

A camp court sitting at Mulanje Prison has granted bail to over ten remandees who are answering charges of murder. The camp court was last month set by the community of Sant' Egidio, a lay… ...

Malawians told to remember street kids

Jun 08, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

People in the country have been encouraged to pay attention to street children’s choices and voices in order to carry out actions that are in the best interest of the children. This is according to… ...

Murder suspects given opportunity to be heard at camp courts

May 24, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The community of Sant Egidio, a lay movement of the Catholic Church, has set up Camp Courts for Thyolo and Bvumbwe prisons where 11 remandees answering murder charges were recently given an opportunity to be… ...

High Court acquits two men held 12 years at Chichiri Prison without trial

Oct 04, 2019 Luke Bisani 0 &

Prisons in Malawi have been registering high numbers of inmates beyond the facilities’ capacity prompting the High Court in Blantyre to clear two men of murder charges following their prolonged stay on remand. The two,… ...

Sant’Egidio urges continued support for flood victims

Jul 28, 2019 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

The community of Sant'Egidio has underscored the need to reach out to the needy and underprivileged people such as flood victims saying that this is the benchmark of Christianity. The faith based organization is currently… ...

Chikwawa, Nsanje floods victims get Sant’ Egidio support

Apr 28, 2019 Luke Bisani 0 &

Floods victims from Chikwawa and Nsanje districts have receive donation of food items from Sant’ Egidio. Speaking during the distribution of the food items to the victims, Sant’ Egidio National Coordinator, Keegan Mwanguku, said the… ...