Brian Matchere
National Chairperson for World day of prayer, Esther Grant has challenged women in the country to be at the forefront in helping the needy in their respective communities.
Three people have died while 27 others have sustained various degrees of injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in went off the road at Mphora bend number 13 at Hewe in Rumphi district on Saturday.
The Rumphi First Grade Magistrate's court has sentenced Lukers Mangwe 40, to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for being found guilty of robbery, an offense contravening section 301 of the Penal Code.
The Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi has said, 40 percent of girls in private schools miss classes when they are in the menstruation cycle in the country.
Communities of Bowe in the area of Traditional Authority Chikulamayembe in Rumphi are demanding back their money from the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), accusing it of failing to connect their houses to power for over three years now.
Vice president Dr. Saulos Chilima has expressed satisfaction with the efforts the Rumphi district council is doing towards disaster risk management.
30 percent of people in Rumphi have no access to safe and clean water, the district water office has said.