Environment
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War on loggers goes north
Twambilire Mhone 28, from Luwazi in Nkhata Bay, survives on cassava farming and illegal charcoal. “I sell the charcoal to…
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Goodbye charcoal business
Over half of Malawians are poor partly due to rapid population growth and reliance on rain-fed agriculture. This is vivid…
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Brick-making that saves trees
Yonasi Jedegu, 36, laughs hard when he hears about Malawi’s long-term vision to become a prosperous, self-reliant, inclusively wealthy and…
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Heatwaves raise calls for climate finance
Globally, July was the hottest month on record. Africa experienced its hottest night, with the temperature in Adrar, Algeria, not…
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‘They did not die in vain’
At Majete Wildlife Reserve in Chikwawa District, Tizola Moyo has seen game rangers killed by the animals they guard and…
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Tree farming for green bucks
Stella Chikhofi’s family of nine in Gochi Village, Ntcheu District, uses firewood and charcoal for cooking. This is the plight…
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Recycling Salima trash piles
Abreakdown in waste management affects the environment and human health in cities and towns. Nearly all the urban centres in…
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Study exposes Ndirande toxic air
Researchers studying fuel use for cooking in Malawi and Kenya have found residents in informal settlements such as Ndirande, Blantyre…
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Energy poverty slows progress
Patricia Mussa of Kambalame Village in Machinga District endures long walks in search of firewood. She climbs Chikala Hills with…
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Another side of rising waters
In March, Cyclone Freddy dumped six months’ worth of Malawi’s rainfall amount in six days. The longest-lasting cyclone left streams…
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Cyclone survivors get clean cooking
Persons displaced by Cyclone Freddy, now taking shelter at Mzongoza Evacuation Camp in Chikwawa, have waved bye to smoky fireplaces,…
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Sacco greens Mudi Dam catchment
Mudi Savings and Credit Cooperative (Sacco) Limitedon Saturday planted 300 trees around Mudi Dam in Blantyre. The cooperative has been…
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Zaluso Arts takes on gambling
A local creative platform, Zaluso Arts, is on a mission to curb effects of gambling among youths through music, poetry, photography…
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Put a stop to Dzalanyama plunder
It is becoming increasingly difficult for most Lilongwe residents to find water running through their taps despite prepaying for it…
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Wesm revives Blantyre wildlife clubs
Blantyre Urban District Education Office and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (Wesm) have embarked on reviving primary schools’…
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Malawi wins new climate funds
Malawi is among nine countries in the frame to benefit from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) worth about K350 billion…
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William Falls, neglected tourism gold
The sight of splashing cold water catches the eye, bringing the amazing feeling to watch time and time again. William…
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Campaigners want more green jobs, climate finance
Environmental campaigners have asked the Commonwealth to champion youth green jobs ahead of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference…
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Climate, Energy and Food high at AfDB indaba
Accra the Ghanaian capital is 2022 host to African Development Bank (AfDB) Group annual meetings an important continental event, attracting…
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Farmers stir clean cooking
Women and children in Malawi keep dying from smoky fumes of an everyday chore as over nine in every 10…
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