The First Grade Magistrate Court has handed down a 14-year prison sentence with hard labor to Tione Mtambo, a 24-year-old man, for engaging in sexual intercourse with a two-year-old child in Chitipa District.
The Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate Austin Banda has authorized Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda to receive medical treatment while remanded at Maula Prison.
Jessie Kabwila, spokesperson for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), has been arrested in Lilongwe.
Police in Lilongwe have arrested Richard Chimwendo Banda, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General.
Zomba Police are urging the public to help track down Lapken Thole and his accomplice, DJ Lil, wanted in connection with a fraud and false pretence case.
In Neno district , a 19-year-old man, Golie Chimbiya, has been arrested by police for allegedly murdering his 89-year-old grandmother, Anna Basiyo, on witchcraft accusations.
Evelesi Chilumpha, an 81-year-old woman from Liwonde village in Blantyre, has survived a harrowing suicide attempt in Zalewa in Neno district.
A 21-year-old man, Hissopy Banyira, has been arrested in Phalombe for allegedly breaking into a police officer’s house and stealing a home theatre and a laptop.
Police in Kasungu district have arrested seven suspects, including six men and one woman, for possessing 50kg of marijuana (chamba) without a license.
Lightning struck a construction site in Lumbadzi, Dowa district killing three people and injuring one.
