Africa Malawi Exports of gems and precious minerals have been frozen and no new export licences for minerals have been issued while Malawi is reforming how the sector is administered
Africa Malawi Residents of Lilongwe have been rebuked by Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, who urged them to abandon a “culture of neglect” and littering, and adopt the discipline of cleanliness seen in other cities such as Blantyre
Africa Malawi Law enforcement agencies are committed to arresting and prosecuting all those targeting people with albinism: the assurance was made at the funeral of a murdered albino in the area of Traditional Authority Masumbankhunda in Lilongwe
Africa Malawi Social media activist Urunji Mezuwa publicly called on the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation to ban its debated radio program Nkhani Za Mu Boma, saying it spreads unverified info promoting irrational thinking and dangerous beliefs among rural listeners
Africa Malawi Over 300 elderly Malawians have been murdered in the past decade: women and men growing old in communities poisoned by fear, superstition and witchcraft accusations; public opinion now laments that culprits are often arrested, seldom punished