Malawi: Mzuzu Residents Refuse to Relocate From Disaster Areas

28 August 2017

Residents in areas that were declared disaster prone last year are refusing to relocate to where Mzuzu City Council (MCC) has offered them plots for free, it has been established.

In April 2016, most parts of Malawi's Northern Region especially Mzuzu City and Karonga District experienced persistent heavy rainfall which resulted in floods and landslides that damaged property and killed seven people after walls of their houses fell on them.

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