Local and international organisations are exerting pressure on Malawi Government to stop its crackdown on foreign nationals to forcibly move them to Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa District. Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has since launched investigations into alleged rights violations against foreign nationals arrested in the exercise. The suspects are being held at Maula
From Wednesday, Maula Prison in Lilongwe is holding 117 children among 408 refugees rounded up in a crackdown on illegal immigrants, raising concerns among rights activists of inhumane treatment of the vulnerable group Malawi Government launched the operation on Wednesday to smoke out refugees or asylum seekers without valid documentation, but residing in cities and
Police have busted a syndicate of officials from Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) who allegedly connived with businesspersons to steal fertiliser under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) by repackaging it. National Police spokesperson Peter Kalaya said yesterday that three people have been arrested for theft of 4 500 bags of fertiliser. He
Malawians will have to endure a long wait for the possible recovery of $543 750 (about K563 million) from the botched K750 million Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) deal as the funds remain frozen in Germany. In an interview yesterday, Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda, who last year promised that the money will be recovered,
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