The Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM) says over 2000 clients affected by the devastating effects of Cyclone Freddy have been reached with sexual and reproductive health services in Phalombe district.

Government has come under fire from some six traditional authorities in Phalombe who are pushing the latter to redeploy contractors to complete rehabilitation works for two gravity fed water schemes in the district after two previous workers abandoned the site without completing works.

Authorities in Phalombe say over 200 children have been withdrawn from early marriages from April 2021.

Agriculture authorities in Phalombe have challenged farmers to embrace poultry farming to uplift their socio-economic status.

Agriculture authorities in Phalombe have sounded an SOS to players in the agriculture sector to help smallholder farmers that lost crops to floods and dry spell with farm inputs to enable them venture into winter cropping.

Communities in Phalombe say implementation of projects under Governance to Enable Service Delivery (GESD) is paying dividends.

Authorities in Phalombe say lack of designated vehicle and inadequate funding to collect waste in its dumping sites is affecting management of waste in the district.

Traditional Authority (TA) Nyezelera of Phalombe has challenged men in the district to report to relevant authorities perpetrators of Gender based violence (GBV)