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Court orders arrest of Police who raped 18 women during protest

Ihesiulo Grace 15 August 2020 0

A court in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, has ordered the arrest of the police officers who raped and abused 18 women and girls during anti-government protests in 2019. READ ALSO: Ondo teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling girl The high court judge, Kenyatta Nyirenda in a ruling on

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Fresh elections to cost Malawi $60m

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

Fresh election in Malawi is to cost the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) about 60 Million dollars (N21.8 billion), the commission’s chair, Jane Ansah said. Ansah said this on Wednesday in an appeal she made after the constitutional court directed that MEC should conduct fresh elections because of serious irregularities associated with the voting process. READ […]

Africa World

Malawi dismisses reports of first Ebola case

Ihesiulo Grace 15 October 2019 0

Health authorities in Malawi have dismissed as false reports that first Ebola case has been recorded in the country’s border district of Karonga. The scare broke Sunday when health workers in the district that borders with Tanzania quarantined one person suspected to have Ebola signs and symptoms. Louis Tukula, environmental health officer for the district, […]

Labour

NLC solidarizes with Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Madagascar workers

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2019

Ukpono Ukpong The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed its deeply felt grief and commiseration with the workers and people of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Madagascar affected by the horrendous landfall of Cyclone Idai. In a statement signed by its Acting President, Comrade Najeem Yasin, the congress lamented the level of death and destruction caused […]

Africa

U.S. pop star Madonna prophesies Malawi’s future president

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2018 0

A prophecy on the South African country, Malawi’s future president which many have said may eventually come to past, was recently released by United States pop stare, Madonna. Madonna has recently declared during the recently celebrated president’s day in the United States that her adopted son from Malawi, Banda, would one day become Malawi’s president. […]

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Xenophobia Violence: Malawi to Evacuate Citizens from S’Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

Malawi says it will repatriate its nationals from South Africa, following an upsurge in xenophobic violence. At least five foreigners, including a 14-year-old boy, have been killed in attacks in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban since last week. Some foreign-owned shops in the main city Johannesburg have shut amid fears that the violence could […]