Lilongwe, Malawi … News was received this past week of the death of Chewa senior chief Mazengera of Lilongwe. He died on Thursday afternoon the 18th of November at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) where he was hospitalized the previous Saturday. He was being treated for bacterial meningitis, and was in the intensive care unit. Condolences […]

Machinji, Malawi … The border crossing is almost in sight when one is at the western edge of the nation in the trading center of Machinji. Although the main road is blacktop, it is not so with the tiny dirt roads and paths traversing the district. This is Malawi, and it does not get much […]

Maula Prison, located in the capital city of Lilongwe, is reported to be housing nearly 2,000 prisoners, yet it has a prison capacity of around 1,000. In some cases cells built for 50 or 60 people are said to hold three times that many. Prisoners sleep on blankets on the floor and are too tightly […]

Zomba, Malawi … The first impression of the Zomba High Security Prison is its view from the Zomba road. From the highway the facility looks deserted. The buildings appear similar to an old dilapidated, run down, deserted set of factory buildings in the rust belt of middle America in the early 70’s. The roofs are […]