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Guest Spot
‘Real power is in people’
In this interview, Our Staff Writer James Chavula engages Citizen for Transformation (CFT) movement leader Timothy MTAMBO on his new…
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National News
Oxfam safety equipment to ensure Covid-free workforce
Oxfam in Malawi has offered tea producers coronavirus prevention accessories worth K18 million from the Rainforest Alliance and IDH, a…
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Feature
Two sides of Kamuzu Day
His portrait graces the ceremonial dress of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) he headed until he died on November 25…
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Development
Social cash transfers change lives
A woman who abandoned HIV treatment because “life had become worthless” has astonishingly discovered her immense worth in raising orphans…
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Front Page
Why does Chinsinsi hope again?
Chinsinsi (not real name) was just four years old in 2006 when she was diagnosed with HIV at Queen Elizabeth…
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Front Page
Food prices fly away as trees fall
As Malawi’s forests get thinner, farmers haunted by chronic food shortage could be seeing a worsening crisis closer than policymakers…
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Feature
Goodbye hand-shaking?
Novel foot-shakes. Hi-fives. Elbow bumps. Fist-to-fist Rastafarian greeting. A minister refusing to shake a prime minister’s hand. Lovers swapping hugs…
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Editors Pick
It’s not far away from Malawi
It takes just two hours for a planeload of people from South Africa to touch down in Lilongwe or Blantyre.…
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Development
Scramble for cheap grain
Malawi projected a maize surplus of almost 355 000 tonnes last year, but about two million people require food aid…
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‘Mini-grids could diversify Malawi’s energy options’
Mini-grids have become the new big deal in supplying electricity to rural areas yet to be reached with grid power…
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National News
NGO tackles energy, water gaps
Democracy Works and Freedom House have convened political leaders from different parties to share ideas on how to speed up…
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Editors Pick
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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Towards population- centred development
During the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Kenya last November, Minister of Health Jappi Mhango unveiled an…
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Feature
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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Feature
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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The Big Interview
Stella Gama: Malawi’s only female on climate change negotiations
Women must be at the table when climate change issues come to the table. This is the view of the…
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Front Page
Counting fragile gains over HIV
Travellers in Malawi are seeing dramatic declines in Aids-related deaths everywhere they go. Why is such the case? JAMES CHAVULA…
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Feature
Districts try energy officers
Energy experts are talking about decentralised solutions for unreached populations, but nearly all 28 districts have no energy officers to…
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Front Page
Slow prep for zero HIV in women
HIV in Malawi has a woman’s face because she remains exposed to the virus, with girls aged 15-25 demonstrating almost…
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