Land disputes and family-related conflicts are the most common forms of conflict in Nkhotakota District, largely due to limited knowledge of legal frameworks and peaceful dispute resolution mechanisms, a magistrate has said.
Pupils at Mwalawathonga Primary School in Traditional Authority Mazengera, Lilongwe, today joined community leaders and development partners in a reforestation drive aimed at restoring degraded land and shielding vulnerable communities from worsening climate shocks.
Lilongwe City Council has blamed poor and unplanned drainage systems for worsening flooding in the capital after heavy overnight rains triggered flash floods that destroyed homes and property in Chinsapo, under Traditional Authorities Malili and M’bwatalika.
The Rotary Club of Lilongwe has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental restoration by planting 200 Mbawa trees along the Saulos Chilima Highway and Youth Drive Road in Lilongwe.
A non-governmental organisation that, among others, supports vulnerable women and children, Family Wellbeing Foundation has called on both individuals and institutions to show humanity by supporting the less privileged in society, especially during this festive period.
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