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Offering contraceptives when disaster strikes
We met Belita Tukulani Likhomo in a small village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Ngwelero, Zomba. The 23-year-old is among 975…
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Korean agency helps Habitat build houses in Chikwawa
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) has given Habitat for Humanity Malawi $57.42 (about K45 million) for the construction of…
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Thoko’s rocky road to school
Monday to Friday, Thokozani Mbisa spends two hours walking up and down Mchokera Hills to get to Mitsidi Secondary School…
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Justice for rape victims with mental conditions
On New Year’s Eve, Cynthia, from Chileka in Blantyre, was defiled by a 21-year-old man who was aware of her…
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Bridging extension gap with videos
For close to a decade, Phemiya Mpombwe has been farming rice in Chiumbuzo Village in T/A Kaduya’s area in Phalombe.…
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Kamuzu Stadium MFR aerobics on tomorrow
Fitness instructors to take charge of Saturday’s aerobics at Kamuzu Stadium have vowed to give patrons the best experience in…
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Tackling infertility problems
Mary Mdawa from Chikunkhu Village in Thyolo dreams of having a baby someday. The 35-year-old has been in a childless…
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Forestry initiative benefit youths
Charles Jekete hails from Malingunde in Traditional Authority Masambankhunda on the edge of the deforested Dzalanyama Reserve, the sole source…
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Fighting tricky banana disease
Low volumes of quality bananas reaching trading centres in Malawi reflect the damage caused by superbugs that have forced farmers…
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Malawi on course to end Aids, but…
For the man we have disguised as Amon Maliseni to conceal his family’s identity, the virus is not the end…
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Tribute to Dzalanyama martyr
Death of a community forest defender in Dzalanyama Reserve has sent ripples of fear in communities around the endangered forest,…
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Solid start to child learning
Friday Kambanje is one of few men taking caregiving roles in community-based childcare centres (CBCCs) credited with giving every child…
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Urban poor’s sanitation crisis
Two months ago, torrents that led to floods battered homes and latrines to the ground in Salisbury Township in Mzuzu.…
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High-yielding rice for dry times
Rice yields in Malawi keep dwindling as rainy months get fewer. For farmers surrounding the wetlands, the shrinking rainy season,…
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Reaping benefits of floods
Descending into the Shire Valley on the southern tip of Malawi, travellers encounter astonishing fields of green maize on the…
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Stopping Aids before it kills
It is 11.20am when we venture into the snaky corridors of Nsanje District Hospital, formerly a refugee camp for Mozambicans…
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Overfishing, climate change sap L. Malawi
On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedarwood boat carrying…
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Fishers want new cutbacks
Fish in Malawi is an important natural resource supporting livelihoods of over 1.2 million across its value chain. However, the…
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Mental illness is no barrier
Blessings Chipeta wants you to know that it is exhausting to fight a war inside your head every day, but…
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Mental health matters
In 2015, President Peter Mutharika and other world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),…
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