Mzimba District

Malawi asked to enact Witchcraft Laws

Replies: 0 Last poster: Mtheto Lungu at 06-11-2009 11:48 Topic is Open LILONGWE: Witchcraft may not yet be recognised by the Constitution of Malawi and therefore difficult to prosecute. However, a 79-year-old man from Mzimba...

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Jailed for forcing witchcraft

Blantyre - A Malawi court on Friday jailed a 79-year-old man to eight years hard labour for witchcraft and assault of four children who refused to be taught sorcery, including one who died from his injuries. Medson Machilika...

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Japan, Malawi sign agricultural pact

Malawi and Japan have signed a $ 100, 572 grant to boost the southern African country's agriculture sector which is one of its main economic hubs. Under the grant about 280 people are expected to be trained in the northern...

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Improving local partner’s skills and capacity

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. DCA´s local partner organisations work with poor and vulnerable...

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MTL fibre-optic cable operational in August

Malawi’s fixed line incumbent telco Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) has almost completed the rollout of a USD55 million fibre-optic national backbone aimed at facilitating high speed voice and data transmission at lower...

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Malawi: Twittering Malawi Elections 2009

Seven candidates are running for president in the fourth presidential elections in Malawi, including the incumbent Bingu wa Mutharika for the Democratic Progressive Party and the main opposition figure John Tembo, standing for...

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Malawi: Army Helicopters Ferry Voting Materials to Mzimba

The Electoral Commission (EC) is appealing to registered voters in Mzimba, Northern Malawi, to go out and vote because transport problems that threatened to rock the process have been solved following the deployment of...

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Malawi: Convoys Stoned, Hoax Disturbs Polls

The frantic dash to get to the finishing line was in earnest in the week, the last week before voting on Tuesday, May 19. But President Bingu wa Mutharika, who is running on a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ticket and...

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