Lawmakers from Thyolo made a surprise visit to district Hospital to appreciate the challenges the institution, which serves a population of 450,000 people, is facing.

Malawi is on track on meeting the targets of ending Aids but still have to deal with the 38, 000 new infections that occur every year, said UNAids country director Nuha Ceesayat the commemoration of  Worlds Aids day on December 1 in Salima.

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Malawi and Head of delegation, Sandra Paesen, has been recalled from her tour of duty in the country.

Four Malawians have been handed death sentences by the high court for the 2016 killing of an albino in Dowa, while four others were meted life sentences.