Train catches FIRE in Balaka
A Locomotive Engine carrying cargo from Mozambique to Lilongwe caught fire in Balaka District.
            
                    A Locomotive Engine carrying cargo from Mozambique to Lilongwe caught fire in Balaka District.
            
                    The High Court in Lilongwe has overturned a lower court’s decision to extradite Shepherd and Mary Bushiri to South Africa. Justice Mzonde Mvula ruled the committal order “lacked judicial reasoning and fairness,” setting it aside. The court found the Magistrate failed to address key legal issues, nullifying the extradition order. This decision is a twist…
            
                    Nine suspects accused of assaulting human rights activist Sylvester Namiwa were re-arrested after being granted bail. Magistrate Benjamin Chulu granted them bail, but they were re-arrested in connection with similar charges related to incidents at Mbowe and Mponera. The initial case hearing has been adjourned to November 18, 2025
            
                    President Peter Mutharika has appointed Counsel Gabriel Chembezi as the new Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), effective immediately.
            
                    A police officer in Kasungu district has died after accidentally shooting himself with his gun.
            
                    Police in Nkhata Bay are hunting for unknown suspects who have stolen 23 meters of copper wire worth over K3 million from an Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) transformer at Singo and Pundu areas in the district.
            
                    A bizarre incident has unfolded in Nkhotakota, where an owl was found in a house carrying two letters with a mysterious message. The letters, addressed to the elder’s wife, appeared to be from an unknown man seeking to reunite with her, citing no specific reasons. The situation escalated when the owl, seemingly mimicking human speech,…
            
                    Three young children have died in separate river incidents in Mulanje within just a few days.
            
                    Miriam Mtambo, a former presenter for Times Group, has revealed why she left the media house: Simple. It is because men wanted to take her to BED and make her a woman she is.
            
                    The Principal Resident Magistrate’s Court in Lilongwe is hearing a case involving six men accused of attacking activist Sylvester Namiwa and hacking civil servants with pangas.