The British High Commissioner to Malawi, Holly Tett, has described as disturbing alleged reports of police assault on Nsundwe residents in Lilongwe two weeks ago.

Malawi Police and the Judiciary have de-banked stories circulating on social media claiming that they have recruited a crop of party cadets into its rank and file who were trained at Mtakataka Police training school in Dedza.

African Union chairperson Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has asked Russian and international firms to invest in Africa saying countries were already creating an enabling environment for international investments.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Malawian counterpart Peter Mutharika at the Black Sea resort of Sochi as he welcomed thousands of African leaders to discuss politics and business “worth billions of dollars” for the first Russia-Africa Summit.