Month: October 2019 Posts

Man jailed for rape in Kasungu

Oct 18, 2019 Johans Mumba 1 &

A court in Kasungu has sentenced a man aged 19 to 10 years in jail for raping a 16-year-old girl. The convict Chifundo Chirwa committed the offence on June 27, 2019 around the area of… ...

Police search for officers who raped women in Msundwe

Oct 17, 2019 Russell Kondowe 3 &

The Malawi Police has instituted an inquiry to identify officers who raped and tortured women and teenage girls in Lilongwe earlier this month. According to National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera, the inquiry team will be… ...

University professors hit with Sexually Transmitted Grades scandal

Oct 14, 2019 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Following a BBC investigative documentary that professors and lecturers across universities in Ghana and Nigeria are sexually abusing female students in exchange for good grades, damning reports have implicated universities in Malawi. A few days… ...

Organisation vows to end violence against women and girls in Phalombe

Oct 04, 2019 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Phalombe Youth Arms Organisation (PYAO) has launched a project which aims at raising awareness on issues of violence against women and girls and to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services.… ...

World Bank suspends K14 billion project over sex

Aug 11, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The World Bank has suspended a K14 billion road project in Malawi's Lower Shire over sex. Construction of the 60-kilometre Thabwa-Chitseko-Seven Road in Chikwawa District has been suspended after female workers complained that they were… ...

Pastor ‘sucks demons’ out of church members’ bodies

Jul 20, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Three male church members in the United States have accused their 69-year-old pastor of performing sexual acts on them after claiming that he was sucking demons out of their bodies. Rev Dr William Weaver of … ...

Man rapes 8-year-old cousin

Jun 21, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Police in Machinga have arrested a man aged 20 for raping his eight-year-old cousin. The rapist has been identified as Jasiya Laimoni. According to Machinga Police spokesperson Davie Sulumba, both the victim and the suspect… ...