1, 238 households have been displaced in in Mulanje following heavy rains that fell in the district on Saturday.

At least 60 hectares of newly planted cedar trees in Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve have been destroyed by bush fires in the past two years.

The United Nations Malawi office in partnership with the country’s HIV/AIDS religious body- Malawi Interfaith Aids Association (MIAA) have stepped up efforts in sensitizing various sections about gender and HIV/AIDS related laws.

On Thursday, National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) convened a meeting of various stakeholders mostly farmers to brief them on SADC protocol on trade integration and how ordinary Malawians can benefit from the protocol.

A month after Malawi Police Service opened the new police region “South Eastern region”, Commissioner responsible for the region Sekani Tembo on Wednesday tipped Senior Police Officers in the region to maintain their relationship with their counterparts in Mozambique and the general public both in Malawi and Mozambique side.

The Malawi Girl Guides Association (MAGGA) has disseminated findings of a survey conducted to establish number of girls that have been impregnated or got married in Mulanje during the COVID-19 school holiday to all Area Development Committees in the district.

An Islamic organization At-Tariquatal Quadriyyah Sunni Association (AQSA) says it will distribute 3, 600 sewing machines to women across the country this year as it strives to empower women economically.

Senior Chief Mthiramanja from the tea growing district of Mulanje said technology where children as young as ten years old are accessing unpalatable materials including pornography should be a contributing factor to a surge in early pregnancies and child marriages in the district.

A three day training for Community Victim Support Units (CVSUs) from Mulanje in supporting victims of any sort of violence has started at Luchenza with a call for community child protection structures to consider including protection of the elderly in their activities.

After failing to present their petition to the District Commissioner’s office on Monday, communities at Chitakale and surrounding villages in Mulanje on Thursday presented their petition to the DC’s office.