An outcry against the decades-long practice of sending abroad huge amounts of ore samples for testing may come to an end following the coming of a machine for the tusk which an American mining company, Judah Mining Resources Limited has sourced.

Youth under Liviridzi presbytery of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Blantyre Synod have promised to be effective agents of change that would help the church grow further.

Amid reports that 25 elderly people were killed last year and many others tortured, largely on witchcraft allegations, primary school learners at MEPIC primary school in Balaka have embarked on a campaign against the vice.

Chigumukire Junior Primary School in Ntcheu district has existed for 30 years without graduating into a full primary school.

Balaka district boasts of beating its 85% target to spray residential structures to kill anopheles mosquitoes, meeting a 90.7 %.