Malawi police discover mass grave of 25 Ethiopian migrants

Authorities alerted by villagers in Mzimba area, 250km north of capital, to site believed less than a month old

Authorities in Malawi have discovered a mass grave in the north of the country containing the remains of 25 people suspected to be migrants from Ethiopia.

The grave was discovered late on Tuesday but we cordoned it off and started exhuming today. So far, we have discovered 25 bodies," said a police spokesperson, Peter Kalaya.