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Sorrow has engulfed the people of Njoka Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwadzama in Nkhotakota district, following the death of a 47-year-old man, who died after his house fell on him, last night.
Security expert Sherrif Kaisi, says brutal killings of an official of the Malawi Revenue Authority and lawyer Kajani Banda, registered in the past two weeks, should act as a wake-up call for authorities, to address security challenges in the country.
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs - DODMA, says it has intensified disaster preparedness measures, following a warning by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, that some districts in the Northern and Central Regions, may experience heavy rains, leading to floods in the next four days.
The Icelandic government has approved a Multi-Million United States Dollar Programme, which is expected to be implemented in Nkhotakota District, from the mid-this year.
Nkhotakota District Council has disclosed its plan of promoting industrial hemp farming in the northern part of the district, where production of illegal Indian hemp is common.
Some stakeholders in the promotion of children's rights have called for more financial investments in the provision of psychosocial support to defilement victims, as cases of sexual violence against minors remain high in the country.
The Ministry of Agriculture says most beneficiaries of the Affordable Inputs Program will start accessing farm inputs this week.
A delegation from the Southern African Development Community SADC is tomorrow expected to complete assessing the country’s preparedness, to host the 41st SADC summit, scheduled for next month.
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has ordered that top management at Malawi National Examinations Board MANEB be removed following the leakage of Malawi School Certificate of Education examinations.
It shows the county's local councils have a long way to go to improve service delivery if a latest performance report on their services, is anything to go by.