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Valuing irrigable land
When severe floods hit almost one million people in Malawi 11 months ago, Martha Moyo lost her flourishing rice crop…
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Two decades of sharing skills
Growing up in Mwambali Village in Karonga District, Samola Tembo was just an ordinary young man. Having scored unimpressive grades…
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Dehumanising face of hunger
For six years, President Peter Mutharika has been promising Malawians that “no one will die of hunger.” But Stelia Nyadani…
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‘Hunger kills softly’
Hunger is a silent killer which drastically weakens the body’s defence and opens the way for big killers such as…
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Women harness climate science
Women in Malawi are breaking gender barriers to take on meaningful roles in science and technology. After years of marginalisation,…
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Planning energy investments: Lessons from Malawi
Whole-system energy investment planning shows how countries like Malawi can reach Sustainable Energy for All goals at a lower cost,…
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Campaigners celebrate victory
Civil society activists and opposition supporters are celebrating after the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe on Monday invalidated the May 2019…
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Observers’ shameful role
All five High Court judges sitting as the constitutional court in Lilongwe ordered that fresh elections be held within 150…
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Women own fish factories
In Mangochi town along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, enterprising women are steadily mobilising themselves into fish processing groups…
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Women own fish factories
In Mangochi town along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, enterprising women are steadily mobilising themselves into fish processing groups…
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No better place like home
Before Maliko Patrick’s birth seven years ago, her mother suffered a mental illness which put him at risk. As the…
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Giving teen mothers second chance
On September 16 2019 four teen girls arrived at Masambanjati Primary School in Thyolo South—two years after they dropped out…
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Rags in her pelvis
Female inmates are tucking dirty blankets in a degrading search for menstrual health props, our contributor TITUS LINZE writes. Prison…
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Overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi
On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedar-wood boat carrying…
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Feeding learners, saving mothers
From Monday to Friday, Catherine Banda, 35, wakes up early to cook porridge for children at Mwachentche Primary School in…
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Rural mini-grid powering development
Electricity access is essential for people’s lives and livelihoods: from using fridges to storing food and medicine; charging mobile phones…
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Tears of a dropout
For Grace Robert, 2019 was a year to forget. The 15-year-old, from Kalonga Village located almost 40 kilometres north west…
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Capital Hill’s dirty secret
Just five years ago, President Peter Mutharika was among world leaders who resolved to end poverty and environmental ruin by…
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Malawi’s $3bn question
Did you know that four in every 100 Malawians still burn firewood, straw and crop residues for lighting? This shines…
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Lights on rural darkside
Every day, thousands of vehicles in Malawi hit the road “burning fuel”. Every litre you buy pumps about K42 into…
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