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Cargo scanners for smart borders
Long before Joseph Yasini became a driver at one of the travel and cargo clearing companies in Blantyre, his view…
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The road to Fatima
When construction works started on the Thabwa-Fatima Road in 2018, people of the Shire River’s East Bank in Nsanje and…
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Solving many problems with few chickens
The chicken is an important part of the household. A chicken dish is the highest honour a guest gets on…
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Delivering hope in crowded camps
Miriam Demba is expecting her third baby at Mileme Camp in Phalombe. She is among 125 000 Malawians displaced by…
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Surviving on pumpkins
For people hit by floods as Malawi rises from hunger caused by persistent drought, life is getting harder every day.…
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Fighting HIV the oral way
For Fanuel Master, the thought of taking an HIV test was frightening. It scared the hell out of him that…
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Communities at war with stray animals
When teachers at Chitenje and Kaombe primary schools heard that two elephants had strayed out of Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve last…
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Wild lessons from Majete
To conservationists, Majete Wildlife Reserve in Chikwawa offers numerous lessons on how to protect wildlife and tourist attractions . Two…
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Tackling illicit ivory trade
In this series, our Staff Reporter JOHN CHIRWA tracks footprints of poachers in the country’s tourist attractions. Reverend Kanyimbo, 26,…
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When strangers become family
When the waters came in the dead of the night, 52-year-old grandmother Esnath Makumbi hardly had time to react. She…
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Rising from tragedy
Sweltering sunshine had just returned to the Shire Valley when we met Grace Bragiyo in her maize field where floods…
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Floods: What needs to be done?
Severe floods in Malawi have affected about a million people and claimed 56 lives. This is not uncommon in the…
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Small steps to recovery
How are children and families coping with floods which have affected 184 000 and killed about 60 people in the…
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Water for safer schools
It is World Water Day. Our Staff Writer JAMES CHAVULA highlights how water is transforming a school once left behind.…
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Sanitation for health
Did you know that over half of outpatients in the country’s hospitals seek treatment for diseases caused by poor sanitation?…
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Solar power jolts Sitolo
Every day is a busy day in Sitolo Village in Mchinji. When one is approaching the border area in Traditional…
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Mzuzu’s wonder bicycle
Last year, Patrick Noah, 40, cycled over 1 000 kilometres from Mzuzu City to Ngabu in Chikwawa District on probably…
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Fees forcing Mchinji students out of school
Myness Kayange, 35, works as a part time herder at Likasi Livestock Farm. It is a male-dominated field and she…
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Is universal subsidy possible in Malawi?
Over the past 15 years, the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), a programme that was designed to ease access to…
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Electronic village registers on trial
Harold Keliyasi is neither famous nor powerful, but he counts. On February 13, the baby, just a month-old, joined nearly…
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