{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_3pwhse4eck7fko27fv7q","title":"Malawi: Mkuu wa zamani wa jeshi akamatwa kwa mashtaka ya usafirishaji wa silaha kwenda Sudan","title_en":"Malawi: Former army chief arrested on charges of arms trafficking to Sudan","outlets":5,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/malawi-ex-army-chief-arrested-following-allegations-over-sudan-arms-3pwhse4eck","count":5,"items":[{"id":"n_biiovyc5yz5lraivebfa","seq":1541547,"kind":"article","title":"Malawi: Mkuu wa zamani wa jeshi akamatwa kwa mashtaka ya usafirishaji wa silaha kwenda Sudan","title_en":"Malawi: Former army chief arrested on charges of arms trafficking to Sudan","url":"https://www.rfi.fr/sw/afrika/20261003-malawi-mkuu-wa-zamani-wa-jeshi-akamatwa-kwa-mashtaka-ya-usafirishaji-wa-silaha-kwenda-sudan","summary":"Jenerali Paul Valentino Phiri, anayekabiliwa na mashtaka matano, amekamatwa na kuhojiwa na Ofisi ya Kupambana na Rushwa ya Malawi siku ya Alhamisi, Oktoba 1. 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