source: Nation (Malawi); Face of Malawi
actor1: Rioters (Malawi)
actor2: Civilians (Malawi)
location: Tikoliwe
notes: On 23 August 2020, community members, including village heads, beat and injured a Senior Chief and 4 Mchinji District Council officials in Tikoliwe (Mchinji, Central) during a meeting to present plans to allocate land for a Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) border market. About 100 people participated in the meeting and accused the officers of being corrupt. The group also destroyed a vehicle belonging to the Chief and took their mobile phones. [size=no report]