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By Moses Nyirenda, MANA Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare, Mary Thom Navicha has said some cultural practices are fueling the increase of child marriages in the country. She made the remarks on Wednesday during the 30th commemoration of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was held at Bingu International Convention Center (BICC) in Lilongwe. Navicha, who was the guest of honor at the function, said her ministry is concerned with the increase…

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By Sarah Munthali, MANA Police in Mchinji have arrested 12 students of Magawa Secondary School for vandalising school property during Tuesday night. The arrests were part of police interventions to restore peace at the school. Mchinji Police spokersperson, Kaitano Lubrino said the students vandalised school property in reaction to the school authority’s move to suspend a student who had a radio, contrary to school rules. “Police investigations established that the suspension of the student did not go well with…

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By Grace Kapatuka, MANA Traditional Chiefs, Civil Society Organisations and other stakeholders from six districts of the country on Tuesday signed an agreement to end child marriage at a ceremony that took place in Salima. The signing ceremony took place after a thre- day annual conference on girls’ education and youth sexual reproductive health rights organized by Centre for Youth Empowerment and Civic Education (CYECE) whose aim was to give a platform to young boys and girls from six…

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