Month: June 2016 Posts

Two Malawians jailed in Zambia for claiming they can raise the dead

Jun 30, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 64 &

A court in Zambia has sentenced two Malawians to three years in jail each for conning several people in the country. The pair are said to have obtained 54,500 Zambian Kwacha by false pretence. The… ...

Mzuzu residents keep your daughters away: Rapist Kanene is coming!

Jun 27, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 497 &

Mzuzu residents have been warned to keep their daughters away as rapist General Kanene will visit the city next month. Malawians made the warning on social media soon after Skeffa Chimoto posted on his Facebook… ...

Zambia rescues four Malawian girls

May 27, 2016 Luke Bisani 59 &

Immigration officers at Kenneth Kaunda International airport in Zambia have rescued four girls believed to have been trafficked from Malawi. According to the spokesperson for Mchinji border Andida Mando, the four girls were dropped at… ...

Malawians ready to vote in Zambian elections despite threats

May 26, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 171 &

Malawians have vowed to go to Zambia and vote during the country’s August 11 elections despite threats from Zambian politicians. A Zambian newspaper, The Post, quoted village headman Chisamba of Mchinji who said he is… ...

Zambians vow to deal with Malawians

May 21, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 40 &

Zambian politicians have warned Malawians and Mozambicans that they risk being persecuted if they enter Zambia. Zambian opposition party leader Miles Sampa issued the warning after reports that there that there are Malawians and Mozambicans… ...

Warning! Xenophobic attacks looming in Malawi

Apr 21, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 431 &

Psychologists can have an authoritative explanation. But experience has told us that when people feel there is an absence of power and authority from the government, people easily take matters into their own hands. The… ...

Malawi, Zambia to sign tourism agreement

Apr 05, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 12 &

Malawi and Zambia are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting tourism. Zambia’s High Commissioner to Malawi Salome Mwananshiku told the press in Lilongwe that the MOU will help the two… ...

Cochrane-Dyet now British High Commissioner to Zambia

Feb 18, 2016 Aubrey Makina 25 &

Former British diplomat to Malawi Fergus Cochrane-Dyet has been appointed High Commissioner to  Zambia. Cochrane-Dyet was expelled from Malawi in 2011 following a leaked diplomatic telegram in which he referred to Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika as… ...

Zambian chief wants Malawians kicked out of the country

Feb 16, 2016 Baxter Mkumba 417 &

Chief Chanje of the Chewa people in Chipata Zambia has asked the country’s government to give Malawians living in his area an ultimatum so that they relocate to Malawi. In an interview with a local… ...

Trending: Skies change in Zambia

Oct 18, 2015 Joseph Dumbula 143 &

Trending reports from Malawi's neighboring country, Zambia say that there are notable changes in the skies as there are national prayers meant to chip the country out of economic woes that have befallen it. The… ...

Mutharika dares Zambia’s Edgar Lungu

Oct 12, 2015 Mwayi Mkandawire 82 &

The Malawi leader might have only been trying to set a precedent in giving an example, but Peter Mutharika should have remembered the world was listening when he referred the Malawi media to check how… ...