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Pic: Engalaweni health center - K6 million needed to finish it.

Engalaweni Health Center in Need of K6M

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Authorities at Embangweni Mission Hospital in Mzimba have appealed to well-wishers to support them with 6 million kwacha to finish construction of Engalaweni Health Center which will carter a population of over 25,000 people if completed.

Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Demonstrate Forcing Government to Employ Them

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Unemployed nurses took to the streets on Thursday in the main cities demanding employment from government.

HRDC Challenges Chakwera on SADC Regional Matters Approach

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The Human Rights Defenders Coalition HRDC has cautioned President Lazarus Chakwera against skirting around on issues of Human Rights and Safeguarding the civic space among the Southern African Development Community SADC member states, once he assumes the leadership as chairperson of the regional block.

Before the SADC annual summit for heads of state and government was held virtually on Monday, Director for East and Southern Africa human rights body, Amnesty International Deprose Muchena, made a special appeal to the leaders.

Muchena said, “A number of countries in the SADC region are experiencing alarming human rights violations and abuses threatening peace and stability and hindering the response to COVID-19. In Zimbabwe, authorities have stepped up a crackdown on dissenting voices with state security forces unleashed on activists, human rights defenders, journalists and opposition supporters".

Ironically, the leaders skirted around the issues in the region only to celebrate the 40 years of SADC existence and paying special tribute to the founding fathers.

HRDC National Coordinator Luke Tembo expressed dissatisfaction with how the SADC heads of State avoided denouncing the Zimbabwe crackdown by security agencies.

“We don’t want SADC to be reduced to a talk show where we don’t see tangible results. Of what benefit will SADC be to its citizens if it does not take its rightful role is making sure that countries and leaders from the member states respect the rule of law and human rights” Tembo said.

However, President Lazarus Chakwera a rookie in SADC has chosen to play it safe on the foreign policy matters.

His press secretary Brian Banda told us, Chakwera will engage the Zimbabwean leader Emerson Mnangagwa through diplomatic channels.

“The president is treating the matter in Zimbabwe as an internal matter there, He is using diplomatic channels to engage the Zimbabwean president, it’s the presidents (Chakwera’s) intention not to add fuel to an already intense situation” said Banda.

Before being elected president, Chakwera was seemingly an ardent human rights defender as on several occasions he took part in street protests, over perceived poor governance and human rights abuses by his predecessor Peter Mutharika.

Kaliati inspecting some of the PIH interventions

Partners in Health Pledges Continued Support in NN

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In drive to make lives of poor communities bearable in Neno district, an International Non-Governmental Organization, Partners in Health, has promised to continue with its humanitarian support to the district in terms of health, education and infrastructure development.

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The burnt hospital used to accommodate about 50, 000 people

Friends of Balaka Bailout Burnt District Hospital

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A grouping under the banner friends of Balaka District Hospital has embarked on maintenance of the facility that was gutted down by fire three weeks ago.

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Mushani says the truck had break failure

Truck Run over Police Officer

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A border police officer has died after a truck run over him at Mwanza border Monday evening, injuring two other people in the process.

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Mwanza border

Kossam commended the court for hearing the case amid COVID-19

Court Finishes Hearing Parliamentary Elections Case

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High court in Blantyre on Tuesday finished hearing a parliamentary elections case where some three individuals are challenging results of the 2019 elections in Chikwawa and Nsanje districts.

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parliamentary elections case

As of Tuesday, 18th August, 2020 Mulanje had recorded 39 COVID-19 confirmed cases, 33 recoveries and one death

COVID-19 Fight Facing Hitches in Mulanje

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Lack of cross border collaboration between Mulanje in Malawi and Villa-Milanje in Mozambique is said to be negatively affecting the fight against the spread of coronavirus in Mulanje.

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Under construction; Chilinde Health Centre Corridors

Health Minister Takes a Swipe at Contractor for Poor Work at Chilinde Health Centre

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Minister of Health Khumbidze Kandodo Chiponda has asked the contractor for Chilinde Health Centre, Golden Star Construction Company- to redo works around the facility citing poor finishing especially around corridors and walls among others.

Porous Borders Worry Immigration Authorities

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Authorities at Muloza immigration office in Mulanje have disclosed that existing porous borders are threats to Malawi’s security and make the country lose revenue through customs duty evasion.

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