News In Central Region (1295)
T/A Chakhaza in Dowa Hit Hard With Maize Shortage
There are calls for help for people in the area of Traditional Authority Chakhaza in Dowa where a significant number of homes do not have access to maize for food.
Experts Call For Intervention On Drug Abuse Among Children in Malawi
A psychologist and a child rights activist have sounded an SoS over reports of increasing drug abuse among children.
Lilongwe Teachers’ Training College Students Protest Unpaid Allowances
Teacher trainees at Lilongwe Teachers’ Training College run amuck Monday morning when police fired teargas to disperse an otherwise peaceful assembly.
Ombudsman To Begin Probe Into Management Of Council Funds
Investigations into alleged abuse of public funds in local councils will begin in February now that the office has received submissions from all the districts.
APM Says “Dismayed” By Alleged Attempts To Bribe ConCourt Judges
President Peter Mutharika is, reportedly, ‘dismayed’ by allegations that some people were making attempts to bribe five constitutional court judges with intention to have them sway verdict in a particular direction in the presidential election case underway.
Menstruation Stigma Fueling Girl School Drop Outs in Dowa
A local organization operating in Dowa has found that there is stigma inflicted on school-going adolescent girls, especially when they are in menstruation, and that this is another factor fueling a sharp rise in school dropouts in the district.
“Use of Tippex Prohibited” says MEC Commissioner Mathanga
A commissioner of the Malawi Electoral Commission MEC says use of correction fluid "tippex" will not be allowed in management of results in Lilongwe South Constituency by-elections, scheduled for Thursday next week.
Muluzi Calls On Chakwera in Lilongwe- “He Reached Out”
United Democratic Front-UDF-President, Atupele Muluzi, met his Malawi Congress Party counterpart, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, on Thursday and in an interview Friday, Muluzi was all praises for Chakwera’s leadership for “reaching out”.
MCP's Chakwera Urges Supporters to Respect Court Verdict
Malawi Congress Party President Lazarus Chakwera has urged his supporters to accept the ruling of the Constitutional Court in which he is a co-challenger of the May poll results.
Teachers’ Nation-Wide Strike Suspended
The two-week long nation-wide strike by teachers who were pushing, in solidarity, for payment of December 2019 salaries for some 7,000 teachers who were struck out of the government pay roll for non-production of the national identity card.
