A number of people tested COVID-19 positive in Malawi has risen from 17 to 23 after six new cases were confirmed in capital Lilongwe on Wednesday.

After a day of clashes between street vendors and those plying trade at Tsoka, a designated market in Lilongwe’s old town, the Lilongwe City Council has committed to ensure sanity

Tsoka market vendors in Lilongwe Old Town have gone on a rampage in the streets in protest that city authorities are doing nothing about growing street vending in the city which, they argue, is negatively affecting sales for those plying their trade in designated markets.