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Torchbearer of Tonse Alliance has described the one year between the nullified May 21, 2019 presidential elections as a lost year. Yesterday the county clocked a year since Malawians went to polls to elect leaders of their choice starting from Councilors, Legislators and the president. But on February 3, 2020 the Constitutional Court nullified presidential elections after finding out that it was mismanaged following massive anomalies that the court found after hearing the case. Speaking during a whistle-stop campaign trail, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera said Malawians have been given an opportunity to correct their mistake. He therefore urged people to go out and vote in large numbers adding that the Tonse Alliance is there to unite Malawians. Chakwera said the alliance is not moved by the decision to bring the elections forward. Malawians are expecting to go to polls on June 23 to elect the president following a court order that the fresh presi

Having successfully deployed drones in its fight against COVID-19, Rwanda is now enlisting five robots to bolster its response to the pandemic. The East African state, already at the forefront in adopting technology in Africa, will use the Belgium-made robots at a COVID-19 treatment center to test patients' temperatures and to alert authorities when people do not wear face masks. "I have been so resourceful in countries like South Korea, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and China, where coronavirus started," one of the robots, known as Zorabots, told assembled medical staff at the Kanyinya facility in the capital, Kigali. "I look forward to do the same in Rwanda. Together we shall prevail." The robots can also deliver food and other essential supplies to patients in the treatment center, thereby minimizing contact between the patients and the health workers, according to the director general of the Rwanda Biomedical Center, Sabin Nsanzimana. The Zora

A two-day-old baby born became the youngest victim of coronavirus in South Africa after being born prematurely to a coronavirus positive mother. It is the country's first neonatal death. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the premature baby had lung problems and required ventilation immediately after birth. “The mother had tested positive for Covid-19 and the child subsequently tested positive for Covid-19 as well. It is important to appreciate the complexities of the underlying condition of prematurity,” he said. South Africa, which has the highest coronavirus infections in Africa, reported 27 new deaths bringing the total fatalities to 339. Some 803 new coronavirus cases were announced on Wednesday evening taking the total to 18,003 while 8,950 people have recovered.

Eleven commercial sex workers are in the grips of the Asokwa District Police Command in Ghana after a male client of theirs fell to his death from one of the windows of the Anidaso Hotel where he had allegedly had an altercation with a prostitute after he had had sexual intercourse with. The prostitutes were rounded up at the Asafo area of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region after the incident of the death of the man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, attracted their attention. The man, a commercial tricycle driver, died instantly on Sunday, 10th May 2020, after falling from the window of the hotel. The police command after the arrest of the prostitutes said they are investigating to ascertain circumstances leading to the incident, according to Christopher Owusu Mpianin of the police command.   Meanwhile the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital awaiting autopsy.

A 13 year-old girl has reportedly committed suicide in Warri, Delta state over beatings she received for engaging in sexual affairs. It was gathered the incident occurred on Saturday behind a Total Filling Station near Warri Main Garage in the oil- city. Residents of the area, while expressing anger over the development, said she was a familiar face in the area. According to them, the late teen lived with an elder sister, who is also unidentified and had beaten her for having a boyfriend. Annoyed by the sister’s action, the deceased took an insecticide and ended up dead behind the fuel station. A source said: “It’s a shame. The girl was seen by her elder sister with a man and she beat her for having a male lover at her age. She went inside and killed herself by drinking Angle 90 (insecticide).

    We live in a time and generation where comedy is the order of the day as many consider it to be an industry that is responsible for making the general public happy and filled with laughter. Rowan Atkinson who is population referred to as Mr Bean is a unique person in the industry as his kind of comedy is a type that works with only his funny facial expression. Millions of people have been entertained by him as he does not utter a word when acting funny, During his TV comedy series, the language is highly limited to those iconic grumbles and odd noises In the background. But then, many people generally know Mr. Bean as a comedian but know little about his private and family life. I believe on seeing the mental image above you'll be wondering who's picture that is and hoping it's not Mr Bean's daughter. Well, just take a look at his beautiful daughter's Photos below: The pretty lady above is Lily Atkinson, the daughter of Mr Bean and I'll say sh

A 35-year old man, Nelson Oamen, who allegedly stabbed his father to death, removing his heart afterwards, was on Monday, remanded at a local Nigerian Prison. Reports say the suspect who was suspected to be a drug addict, allegedly stabbed his septuagenarian father, an indigene of Edo State to death. He reportedly escaped from his father’s apartment after the incident. He had also reportedly removed his father’s heart and took it away, covering his corpse with a blanket, before sneaking out of the house. Meanwhile, Oamen, on Tuesday, September 29 turned himself in at the Ipaja Police Division and was reportedly transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation (SCID) for further investigation. According to Punch Metro , Nelson was said to have walked into the police station to report himself, during which he allegedly confessed to the crime. Confirming the arrest, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, said, “The man has been arrest

Limbe Health Center in Blantyre has been closed after some health workers were tested COVID-19 positive. A visit by Zodiak Online Tuesday morning witnessed scores of women seeking maternal health help returning home unattended to. They said they were told the facility has been closed down after some of the health workers were tested COVID-19 positive. “I came here for ante-natal services but the hospital is not open. They say some nurses were tested COVID-19 positive and they want to disinfect the facility. “When coming here, my hope was to be assisted. Apart from the ante-natal service, I also needed to be assisted on some issues but I am going back home unattended to,” said one of the pregnant women from Bangwe. Another expectant woman from Bangwe said “as pregnant women, we need regular medical check-ups to avoid complications. Not everyone can afford private hospitals. There are some women who need to deliver. “We are many of us who rely on public hospitals. Governm

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of a man in County Monaghan 18 years ago have confirmed that his car has been found in a County Fermanagh lake. Tony Lynch from Fermanagh was last seen on Fermanagh Street in Clones, County Monaghan, on Sunday, 6 January 2002. The father of four, who was 54 years old and originally from Magheraveely, had recently moved to the town. Mr Lynch's car, a white Mitsubishi Galant, also disappeared at that time. In an operation involving police forces in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, police divers with the PSNI and Gardaí recovered the vehicle on Monday from the bottom of a lough near Lisnaskea. When the car was found, it was full of silt as a result of being in the lake all that time. It is currently being forensically examined to establish if Mr Lynch's remains are inside. Mr Lynch's family have been informed of the discovery. In 2002, the alarm was first raised after Mr Lynch's family became concer

The social media was Monday awash with pictures of an ambulance carrying a coffin in Ekwendeni, Mzimba District, which some people alleged was to be buried by health officials who would later claim that it contained the body of a person who had succumbed to Covid-19. Then the issue was linked to Minister of Health Jappie Mhango whom some quarters claimed had sent the team to bury the coffin with the aim of scaring people that the disease is real and deadly. However, according to St John of God Hospitaller Services, the team had gone to the area to record a health education movie on Covid-19. The hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Charles Masulani Mwale, said the team sought permission from the village head and that they were not chased away as the social media portrayed it. “While management condemns the behaviour of staff on the choice of the setting of the video in Ekwendeni, we would like to categorically state that there was no political influence, nor involvement of an

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has tested positive for coronavirus. He said he had no symptoms, but would self- isolate for 14 days. His wife, Defence Minister Angelina Teny, some bodyguards and other staff have also tested positive. Mr Machar was tested on 13 May after one of the members of the government task force leading the fight against the virus tested positive. The vice-president was until last week a member of the task force. South Sudan has recorded 282 cases of the virus while four people have died, according to a tally by the World Health Organization. Last week, the UN said at least two people living in camps for the internally displaced had tested positive raising fears that coronavirus could spread rapidly in the overcrowded camps.

In life not everyone who shares a smile with you wishes you well, a young woman in South Africa is reported to have died few days after her perfected wedding with the love of her life. After the death of the newly wedded lady, a supposed to be mother in-law confessed that she has a hand in the death the lady. According to reports, the 85 year-old lady did the unspeakable because she did not want the lady to marry her son. Maphari Owam Judy writes “I attended the wedding at Moroleng, her 85 year old mother in -law confessed that she poisoned her food,”

United Transformation Movement (UTM) Secretary General Patricia Akweni Kaliati has accused government of misusing Covid-19 funds. Kaliati made the claims during Tonse Alliance campaign rally at Likuni in Lilongwe on Sunday graced by State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima who is also runningmate to Dr. Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP). In her speech, Kaliati said funds meant for COVID-19 pandemic is being shared by few Cabinet Ministers with an aim of enriching themselves. Kaliati also alleged that Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima’s foregone salary to the pandemic fight is not being channeled to its intended purpose. Effort to talk to Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mark Botomani on the matter proved futile.