Seven people died on Sunday while 43 others sustained various degrees of injury after a vehicle in which they were travelling overturned at Mlare in Karonga.

The Malawi Local Government Association (MALGA) says there's a need for the Local Government Amendment Bill to be tabled in the national assembly as soon as possible.

The Malawi Red Cross has handed over a multi-purpose building to the people of Khotekhote village in the area of Senior Chief Khombedza in Salima.

Governance experts have described as retrogressive the tendency of bringing back into active civil service people who have retired or extending contracts for civil servants who have reached retirement age.