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District News, SADC

Bloodsuckers’ myth invades Malawi’s commercial City

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District Commissioner for Blantyre, Bennett Nkasala on Thursday, called for a prompt meeting with chiefs to discuss possible solution, to the blood vampire rumours that have hit the district.

This follows a chaos that erupted on Wednesday night in the Area of Group Village Headman Mtenje in Bangwe Township, to an extent where the traditional leader’s (GHV Mtenje’s) house got demolished.

The angry mob suspected GVH Mtenje to be harboring vampires when he had earlier on this day, organized a community meeting to alert his people of the situation in the near districts of Mulanje, Thyolo and Chiradzulu; and he discouraged them from taking the law in their hands if such a situation surfaces in the area. Continue reading Bloodsuckers’ myth invades Malawi’s commercial City →

Regional

SPECIAL REPORT: United Nations security agency issues ‘last breathe’ on bloodsuckers myth

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Malawi Blood Sucking
Malawi UN soldiers © Junior D. Kannah / Reuters

As the bloodsuckers myth continues claiming lives of innocent people and destroying properties of people in Mulanje, Phalombe and Chiradzuru district, the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) has finally come up with its findings, conclusions as well as recommendations on the matter, Maravi Post has established.

The UNDSS this week released its report on the matter, which has been drafted and distributed: Continue reading SPECIAL REPORT: United Nations security agency issues ‘last breathe’ on bloodsuckers myth →