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Abandoned brides turn to sex work
When Memory Chitsulo was still in school, she married a man 10 years her senior. But he soon left for…
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Rains start as familiar pest prowl
In January this year, Brighton Zimba, a farmer from Chipala Extension Planning Area (EPA) in Kasungu, noticed some pests chewing…
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Education changes lives
In September 2003, almost 50 students enrolled for media studies at the Malawi Polytechnic in Blantyre. In what was the…
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Horror of road carnage
tatistics from the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) paint a grim picture: From July to September…
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Smoky kitchens: Malawi’s cooking crisis
Simple energy technologies can save lives and trees when made accessible, JAMES CHAVULA writes. Going up Kuchawe Peak on Zomba…
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Osiyana 2 years after floods
The way locals pause and shake their heads when recounting the horrors of 2015 floods says it all. Most of…
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Cries of Makhanga ‘islanders’
Makhanga, a food basket in Nsanje, remains cut off two years after floods destroyed roads and railway infrastructure in…
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Urine tests for faster TB diagnosis
Diagnosis of TB among people living with HIV is not easy. In this article, our News Analyst MERCY MALIKWA…
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Begging to educate children
The streets of Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu offer travellers numerous encounters with people with disabilities begging. However, the…
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Tearing cities brick by brick
What will it take to make our cities resilient to frequent urban disasters? Certainly, the answer does not lie…
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Malawi imports charcoal from Mozambique
Machinjiri was in darkness when we arrived in the largest township in southern Malawi. It was almost 18 hours…
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Facing Chanco’s dearest slum
Chikanda, like any other slum, symbolises the laxity of town planners universities keep churning out. Our staff writer JAMES CHAVULA…
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Trading centres or future slums?
At 4.4 percent, Mzuzu is the fastest growing city in the country. In fact, its boundaries have been extended to…
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Slums prone to disasters
Disasters are no longer a rural phenomenon. Frequent floods, landslides and hailstorms in cities confirm urban localities are not…
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Slums grow as councils snore
Risky slums are expanding contrary to time-honoured by-laws and policies, our reporters AYAMI MKWANDA and JOHN CHIRWA write. In…
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Slow march to reduce unsafe abortion
Living in a grass-thatched hut near Mponela in Dowa, Magret Kawala knows why rural women will keep dying of backstreet…
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Safe space for key population
Time was when all the talk about HIV and Aids in Malawi had to do with men having sex with…
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‘We are in this together’
When Mavuto Changwa was born, her mother dumped her in a toilet to die—but people rescued her. At 19, her…
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Teen mother dreams bigger
Long distance to school continues to be an obstacle for girls in Malawi, writes UNFPA communications officer HENRY CHIMBALI At…
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Pregnant at 14, rues polygamy
Alinate is back to school, but everyday challenges persist, UNFPA communications manager Henry Chimbali writes. At 14, Alinate…
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