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Karonga chiefs tip council on disaster storage facility construction Development - The Maravi Post

The Karonga First Grade Magistrate's court has sentenced 43-year-old Chakufwa Nyirenda to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 7-year-old

Two patients at Karonga District Hospital died while on life supporting machines due to power failure from an electric generator. Karonga District Health Officer (DHO), David Sibale, confirmed the development to the local media saying the generator was used when electricity supplied by Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) went off. Reports say the generator, […]

Annually, dozens of underprivileged students are dropping out of school because of lack of fees and other support. Majority of the dropouts are girls who were enrolled in Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs) spread across the country. Their parents are too poor that they cannot afford to pay an average of K13, 000 tuition fees […]

Malawi's Karonga T.A Mwilang’ombe applauds USEF Development - The Maravi Post

Meet Maggie, the Malawian musician turned lockdown hero Thoko Chikondi © Thoko Chikondi Maggie Mkandawire Like millions of other young people around the world, 24-year-old student Maggie Mkandawire found herself living with her parents again when Malawi went into a coronavirus lockdown last year. When her music academy in the city of Lilongwe closed abruptly in March 2020, students were ordered home and Maggie grabbed a few clothes, her precious bass guitar and jumped on a...

A study by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has cited inadequacy of instructors as one of the challenges suffocating efforts to promote adult literacy programmes in the country. CCJP is conducting a study on local government and local council compliance with national, regional and international human rights instruments in protecting and promoting the rights of elderly persons in Malawi. Among others, the study is auditing elderly programmes and interventions at the local cou...

Karonga farmers challenged on diversification Karonga farmers challenged on diversification By Lusekero Mhango KARONGA-(MaraviPost)-Communities in Karonga District have been urged to embrace crop diversification as one way of ensuring food security and as a way of fighting against malnutrition in the district. Speaking in an interview on the side-line of a field visit of groups under the AfikepoProject at Ngisiin the area of Traditional Authority Mwakaboko, Kaporo North EPA Agricultural Adviser...

Karonga Diocese’ CCJP advocates for empowerment of communities on public resources Karonga Diocese’ CCJP advocates for empowerment of communities on public resources By Lusekero Mhango KARONGA-(MaraviPost)-Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) under the Karonga Diocese has stressed the need of empowering communities on Public Expenditure Tracking (PET) saying the vice is key in avoiding the abuse of Government resources at any implementation stage of projects. Speaking in an inte...