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Perils of secluded community
Makumbo, a remote area in Nkhata Bay, is a mountainous neighbourhood secluded by sharp hills and valleys on the…
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Breastfeeding woes for working mothers
By 7am Jane Mangulenje, a Blantyre-based insurance company employee, is physically ready for work. However, she is bothered to…
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Tobacco: A deadly business
Children in poor families work the fields in Malawi, impacting schooling, amid signs of a growing international crisis. The Guardians…
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Five-minute cut for lifetime
It is 10am at Population Service International (PSI) Limbe Clinic in Blantyre. On this Thursday sunup, the weather is chilly,…
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Youth for a transforming continent
With 10 million young graduates entering the workforce each year, Africa’s labour force will surpass both India’s and China’s…
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The relief that is cattle farming
Conventional wisdom has it that when the bush is on fire, a chameleon learns how to run fast. The saying…
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Why Jane smiles back to class
Life has not been easy for Jane Lupale. Before she got a scholarship, she used to sometimes miss school…
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Challenge of low enrolments in higher education system—Part II
In the previous entry, contributor STEVE SHARRA discussed the history that has created a mindset that holds back higher education…
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Rising from devastation
Four years ago, Evelyn Pondamali and her neighbours looked in disbelief as their nearest health centre in Mulanje West went…
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Kandeu’s ray of hope
Almost 35 kilometres from Chikwawa District Hospital, Kandeu Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kasisi is a remote rural locality in…
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Crop fields buried in sand
Since flush floods buried her two-hectare maize field in sand and rocks in 2014, Vick Chiyagwaza has been surviving on…
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Plastics ban: has government surrendered?
One interesting thing about world order is that when security is mentioned, then it has to be physical. It…
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A neglected urban community
It is seven degrees Celsius in Mzuzu City. On this Thursday night, the atmosphere is cold and cloudy with…
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The challenge of low enrolments in higher education system
As June ended, academics and leaders from Malawi’s higher education institutions met in Mangochi for a conference on higher education.…
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Fire: Malawi’s children’s game?
One thing that is difficult to understand is the politics of fire. Just like funerals in the advent of…
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Fighting malaria with tech solutions
In the middle of a muddy field next to a reservoir in Kasungu District, a team of scientists is hard…
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Construction works: quality gone to the dogs?
The advent of multiparty democracy in 1994 did not only change the conduct of the country’s politics, but also the…
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Harnessing the enemy
As crops dry, farmers in Malawi turn to solar irrigation. Reuters correspondent CHARLES MKOKA highlights how water pumping and storage…
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Taking draft abortion law to rural women
The numbers are staggering. Over 141 000 women and girls in Malawi induce abortions unsafely and nearly half of them…
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Breaking barriers in family planning
Four years ago, Chiradzulu district had the lowest number of women accessing modern family planning methods at only 30…
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