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HIV and Aids in Songs
Good people, courts have been closed for many weeks and it has been a while since many lawyers peeled off…
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Feature
Testing men door to door
On a windy Friday afternoon, it was clearly no business as usual in Mabuka Village. By 2pm, almost 45…
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Taking testing closer to men
It is a cloudy Saturday in Mulanje. About 200 men and adolescent boys in Mpholiwa have braved biting weather…
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Front Page
No smooth ride to Nthalire
Clocks were ticking closer to midnight when we arrived in Nthalire on July 5. This was no ordinary tick-tock. The…
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Hail fashionable First Lady
Good people, First Lady Gertrude Mutharika will grace Buy Malawian Fashion Show slated for next month at Kamuzu Palace in…
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Development
Ending hunger with solar
Solar power could be an ignored game-changer as poor farmers in Malawi are grappling with drought and other effects…
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A season of cultural festivals begins
Good people, winter is nearly over and summer is almost here. Oh! What a switchover we have in the air.…
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Development
‘We were second-class citizens’
This article was first published as part of ‘Chitipa’s $70m Lifeline’ in Nation on Sunday (Malawi) on July 23, 2017. At first,…
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Namadingo’s patience pays
Good people, less is more. This is the major lesson from the videos of Patience Namadingo, the youthful gospel musician…
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Front Page
Rusty remains of Malawi-Taiwan ties
This work was first published as part of ‘Chitipa’s $70m Lifeline’ in Nation on Sunday (Malawi) of July 23, 2017.…
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Development
‘We were second-class citizens’
At first, the image looked somewhat familiar: Almost five people were standing in the dark, keeping their bags, baskets…
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Development
A miracle in danger
Almost 120 potholes on the four-year road bring the Chinese-built infrastructure into question, JAMES CHAVULA writes. Travelling to Chitipa, we…
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Feature
‘A good road saves lives’
Sickbeds at Chitipa District Hospital were mostly deathbeds when Fraction Sinyiza was born in 1975. “The hills and valleys…
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Development
Rusting memories of Taiwan
Save for a whitewashed garage, it looks like a scrap yard. Silence is resounding. The earth-shaking machines in sight…
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Development
Road to a new future
The Chinese-built Bingu Highway, which connects Karonga and Chitipa, is reshaping business prospects of coffee farmers long left behind. JAMES…
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Feature
Chitipa’s $70m lifeline
Unlocking Malawi’s Guantanamo Bay For five decades, Chitipa District was the Guantanamo Bay of Malawi. Civil servants in…
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Namadingo’s patience pays
Good people, less is more. This is the major lesson from the videos of Patience Namadingo, the youthful gospel musician…
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National News
Chief backs new Mzuzu Airport site
Community members at Zombwe in Mzimba have asked for fair compensation if government is serious about relocating Mzuzu Airport…
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On quitting writers and pretenders
Good people, the Malawian short story did not die yesterday. It was already dead and buried when I endured the…
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National News
Girl Up excited with re-enrolment drive
Girl Up has backed rising demands for a renewed push to ensure every girl in Chikwawa District learns. The…
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