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Malawi Police brutality: officers assault MDF soldier

Mar 05, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Police officers on Wednesday beat up a Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldier as police brutality in the name of Covid-19 rules enforcement continues unabated in the country. The army officer Marcel Chirwa Jnr was assaulted… ...

DPP officials attacked in Lilongwe

Feb 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A group of people in Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) colours stormed the venue of a DPP press conference in Lilongwe and chased away the party’s officials, including spokesperson Brown Mpinganjira. Mpinganjira, party Administrative secretary Francis… ...

Man arrested for pouring hot water on wife

Feb 16, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 35-year-old man identified as Gerard Banda has been arrested for scalding his wife with boiling water. The incident occurred on February 14, 2021 at around 19:00 hours at Madisi Trading Centre. Mponela police deputy… ...

Malawi Police assault musicians

Feb 16, 2021 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Monday night had a moment to forget for musicians Janta and Henwood as they were allegedly beaten by the police in the capital, Lilongwe. According to reports, the victims were stopped by the law enforcers… ...

Malawi Police officer arrested for inciting mob violence

Feb 10, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A Malawi Police officer has been arrested for mobilising the mob that stormed a Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) camp on Sunday. The officer has been identified as Zyulio Pondamali who works at Namitete Police Station.… ...

Mzomera back in court over violence at Chakwera rally

Feb 09, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Mzuzu High Court will today continue hearing the case in which former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Regional Governor Christopher Mzomera Ngwira and other suspects are accused of attempting to disrupt a Lazarus Chakwera rally in… ...

Malawi police on a killing spree: University student shot at ten times, 2 killed in Thyolo

Jan 05, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

In a space of one week, the Malawi Police have been forced to release reports dismissing as untrue reports of them shooting at suspects in which two people died while another is battling for life… ...

Bishop Malasa’s followers attack priests: Call Priest’s wives poor prostitutes

Dec 22, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Followers of Bishop Brighton Vita Malasa of Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire (ADUS) on Saturday invaded houses of some priests and threatened to deal with them if they continue demanding Malasa's removal.… ...

Mozambique: United Nations urged to investigate killings of civilians

Nov 12, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Amnesty International has called on the United Nations (UN) to investigate the beheading of dozens of people in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, saying the UN is so far acting the same way it did during… ...

Son gets 2-year jail term for assaulting his mother

Oct 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate Court has sentenced 36-year-old Limbani Banda to 2 years in prison with hard labour for assaulting his own mother. Sub Inspector Evelyn Ntenje, a prosecutor at Zomba Police… ...

Elderly woman stoned to death in Dedza

Oct 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

An elderly woman has been stoned to death over witchcraft allegations in Dedza. The woman was killed by members of her own community on Sunday at Fumbwa village, T/A Tambala. Commenting on the issue on… ...

Man beats woman for rejecting love proposal

Oct 13, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Police at Chileka in Blantyre are keeping in custody a 22-year-old man for beating a 27-year-old woman after she refused to be his girlfriend. According to Chileka police public relations officer Sargent Peter Mchiza, the… ...

Man hacks teacher at school over affair with wife

Sep 12, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man who recently returned from South Africa has hacked a deputy headteacher at a school in Dedza over claims that the teacher was in an affair with the man’s wife. Dedza police station deputy… ...

M’busa, Sheikh ayankhulapo pa kuchotsedwa kwa chikwangwani

Aug 18, 2020 Owen Ndalama 1 &

M’busa Wilson wa tchalichi cha Good Samaritan komanso Sheikh Hussen Abdul Kareem wa mzikiti wa Namadzi ku Chiradzulu ayankhulapo pa za kuchotsedwa kwa chikwangwani cha Good Samaritan chomwe chinaikidwa pa malo a mzikiti. Mbusayu Wilson… ...

Group demolishes church signpost

Aug 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A group of men in Chiradzulu has damaged a signpost for Namadzi Good Samaritan Baptist Church, saying the signpost was built on land belonging to a Mosque. The signpost was erected on a roadside in… ...