The World Health Organization (WHO) says sleeping sickness, leprosy and rabies remains a big health problem in the country and need serious attention.

Minister of local government and rural development, Ben Malunga Phiri, has asked the new Chief Bwananyambi of Mangochi to help government in fighting child marriages which he says are a cause to worry in the district.

The Assemblies of God Church in Malawi has pleaded with people who were affected with disasters to use the little assistance they are having to transform their lives, saying help will never be enough.

Government says this year vendors will have slight chance to blindfold farmers as it will hit the market first week of April to start purchasing maize from farmers.

Defilement cases in Mangochi district are showing no signs of averting as the district has already registered 11 cases this year alone, up from 9 in the same period last year, according to police.

A 45 year old man has died after drowning in Lungwena river in Mangochi district on Tuesday.

Thirty-two people have been admitted to Mangochi District Hospital for suspected food poisoning.

British high commissioner to Malawi, Holly Tett has challenged women parliamentarians in the country to be of high value if they want to play a role in democracy and governance.

The Catholic Women Organization (CWO), one of the arms of the Catholic Church in the country, has embarked on an ambitious environmental project aimed at bringing knowledge in environmental management to primary school learners.

Communities around Lugola in the area of Traditional Authority Makanjira in Mangochi say are now leaving in fear due to crocodiles reportedly to have killed 4 people in a space of 3 weeks.