The body of Lance Corporal Chitenji Kamanga who was killed by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC has arrived through Kamuzu International Airport-KIA in Lilongwe.
LANCE CORPORAL CHITENJI KAMANGA was killed in an ambush on a base in Kiliya on May 10. At the time of her death, she was only 28 years old.
She becomes the first female soldier to die in the combat since Malawi begun participating in the UN peacekeeping war in DRC 1994. To date, Malawi has at least 900 uniformed soldiers in peacekeeping missions across Africa, including the DRC.
Lance Corporal Kamanga hailed from Mbayani in Traditional Authority Machinjiri in Blantyre.
MDF says will repatriate the remains of Female Peacekeeper LANCE CORPORAL CHITENJI KAMANGA tomorrow
