South Lunzu Magistrate Court Tuesday sentenced 19-year-old Maria Manda one-year suspended sentenced for attempted suicide.

The current national HIV prevalence of 12 per cent is not an accurate measurement of incidences of the pandemic in the country, National Aids Commission board chairperson Archbishop emeritus Bernard Malango said Tuesday.

United Kingdom through DFID provided £81m total in aid to Malawi in the UK’s 2009/10 financial year, The Daily Times has learnt.

Deputy Minister for the elderly and disability Chimango Mughogho has said too much love of politics is discouraging the country’s developmental activities as people are wasting time concentrating on their political differences than on development.