A 2-year-old boy has died in Mangochi after drowning in a well within his parent’s compound.

A seven-year-old boy has died in Mangochi after sustaining severe burns following fire that gutted down his parents’ house on Friday.

Some traditional leaders in Mangochi have praised and decorated their district commissioner for creating an environment they assert will give them zeal to contribute well on issues of development in the district.

Police in Mangochi have arrested a manager at Agora - Maldeco depot for stealing money amounting to 6.5 million Kwacha.

A 41-year-old man is in the police cooler in Mangochi for illegal possession of specimen of endangered species contrary to Section 110(b) of National Parks and Wildlife Act.

The snowballing of Covid-19 cases in the country has forced the Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) to re-strategize its interventions in the fight against the pandemic, saying some of the strategies used are no longer useful.

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has roped in Simeon Harrison, as their parliamentary candidate in the impending rerun for Mangochi West Constituency.

A suspected armed robber has been killed, two arrested, while two others are on the run after Police in the eastern region foiled their armed robbery mission in Mangochi Friday.

Government says it has now reached to 28 rural sites out of the 136 targeted for mobile towers intended to connect people in the rural setups where mobile companies are yet to reach them.

Health authorities in Mangochi have announced that the district hospital laboratory has now started testing Covid-19.