Some hunger stricken families in Machinga have called for more food support, saying the hunger situation is now going out of hand as some people are reportedly fainting of hunger in the area.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president has implored the party's youths in the eastern region to desist from any acts that will incite public disorder.

Some hunger stricken families in Machinga have called for more food support saying the hunger situation is now going out of hand as some people are reportedly fainting of hunger in the area.

Two more witnesses, an immigration officer and a customs clearing agent, on Thursday testified in court in Zomba in a case which Misozi Chamthunya is suspected to have killed his girlfriend Linda Gasa in 2010.

Some Africa young people have challenged authorities in their countries to start engaging the youth at all stages of decision making if efforts to deal with social economic challenges facing most African countries are to yield expected results.

There was drama in Zomba Thursday when two men with a big heart noted that some police officers had taken off their eyes on a money bag in which they kept cash fines for road traffic offence. Next, the bag was missing in a split of a second.

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it has notified all four city councils and other two district councils of the planned anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations slated for 16th January, 2020.

Police in the eastern region say have registered a 25.7 percent increase in murder cases from January to December 2019 as compared to same period in 2018. Other crimes such as defilement, rape and robberies have also increased. Twenty two of the 2019 cases were murders of people with albinism.