Month: September 2023 Posts

Mob in Mzimba torches houses over witchcraft allegations

Sep 16, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Jenda Police in Mzimba are hunting for people who burnt down two houses on Wednesday belonging to 76-year-old woman Maria Nzima and her daughter, Victoria Moyo over witchcraft allegations. Jenda Police spokesperson, Macfarlen Mseteka said… ...

Manepo hails Malawi Police for protecting 89-year-old man

Sep 12, 2023 Chikondi Daza 0 &

Malawi Network of Order Persons' Organization (Manepo) has hailed the Malawi Police Service in Neno for protecting Binwell Chabwera aged 89 from attackers. Chabwera is seeking refuge at Zalewa Police Roadblock in Neno after an… ...

Bambo wakanilira atapita kokaba

Sep 02, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Mkulu wina m’boma la Mulanje waona mbonawona atakanilira panyumba yomwe anapita kuti akabe katundu m’bandakucha walero. Izi ndi malingana ndi kanema yemwe anthu akugawana m’masamba anchezo yemwe akuonetsa mkuluyu atavala kabudula wankati yekha atakanilira pa… ...

70-year-old woman commits suicide following witchcraft allegations

Jul 13, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 70-year old woman has committed suicide in Thyolo after being accused of practicing witchcraft The woman has been identified as Esther Makupe. Thyolo Police deputy spokesperson, Sergeant Rabecca Kashoti said the incident happened today… ...

Ndege ya ufiti yagwa m’boma la Balaka

Jun 20, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Khwimbi la anthu m'dera la Mangerengere Mfumu yaikulu Kapalamula m'boma la Balaka lachiwiri m'mawa lidakhamukira pa nyumba ina pomwe pagwa chinthu china chodabwitsa m'maonekedwe ndipo akukhulupilira kuti chinthucho ndi ndege ya ufiti. Chinthu chodabwitsacho chomwe… ...

A Malawi konzekani, ma CV m’manja: Elon Musk akufuna mfiti uku

Jun 14, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Kwavuta ndipo kuli moto buu ku tsamba la nchezo la thwita kaamba koti mwini wake Elon Musk akuti akufuna mfiti zoti azilembe ntchito. Nkhaniyi inayamba pomwe katswiri ochita zisudzo otchedwa Megan Fox wa m’dziko la… ...

Five arrested for employing witch finder

Apr 27, 2023 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Police in Mzuzu have arrested five people at Mchengautuba location within Mzuzu City for allegedly employing a witch finder and charging a person with witchcraft. The suspects have been identified as Gabriel Phiri 45, Linda… ...

Awa apwetekana; abusa a Blantyre sinodi akufuna kulodzana, kugwebana yamanja

Apr 03, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Zamasiku otsiliza. Abusa awiri ampingo wa CCAP, sinodi ya Blantyre, apindirana ndebvu mkamwa uku, ndipo akuti kaya nkulodzana alodzana ngakhaleso ndewu yamanja apambadzana, akuti sakuopana. Chinkanganochi chili pakati pa abusa awiri omwe alavulirana za mkamwa… ...

MANEPO and MHRC condemn attacks against elderly persons

Mar 09, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Malawi Network of the Elderly Person's Organisation (MANEPO ) and Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) have condemned continued attacks and killings of elderly persons in the country over witchcraft allegations. In a press statement signed… ...

Ayaya amwalira atadwala nsana

Mar 08, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

M'modzi mwa madokotala azitsamba odziwika bwino mdziko muno, mai Bwanali am’boma la Neno omwe amadziwika ndi dzina loti Ayaya amwalira. Malingana ndi khansala wa dera la Lisungwi m’boma la Neno a Mark Ngwangwa, mai Bwanali… ...

Two men convicted after asking nurse for placenta of newborn baby

Feb 19, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Mangochi First Grade Magistrate Court on Thursday convicted Richard Lameck, 22, and Friday James, 23, after they approached a nurse at Malombe Health Center to sell them a placenta and membranes of a newlyborn baby.… ...

Bizarre: Two members of same family ‘resurrect’ in Balaka

Jan 28, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Akuyani Two members of the same family have allegedly 'resurrected' at Chesani village in Sub-Traditional Authority Makwinja in Balaka, a district in Southern Malawi. The news of 'resurrection' of Abison Medison and his niece, Akuyani… ...

Villagers in Thyolo demand elderly woman to bring dead man back to life

Dec 20, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Villagers in Thyolo yesterday demanded an elderly woman to bring a dead man back to life following allegations that the woman killed the man using witchcraft. The incident happened at Ngamwani and Sitima villages, in… ...

Chakwera, Homeland Minister mum on abused older women

Dec 05, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera and Minister of Homeland Security Jean Sendeza have remained mum on the abuse of elderly women in Mzimba. Chakwera has not spoken out on the ill-treatment of the two women who were… ...

Malawi Police Arrest 20 people in Mzimba for Assaulting Elderly Women Accused of Witchcraft; Three Chiefs Suspended

Dec 05, 2022 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

In a shocking and deeply disturbing incident that unfolded in Mzimba district, Malawi, police have taken action by arresting a mob of twenty people who were involved in the harassment and assault of elderly women… ...