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National News
Eight death traps identified on Mzuzu-Mzimba Road
The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) has said over 1 000 people die on the country’s…
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Business News
Karonga new water system rolls into action today
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) has installed a K500 million ($836 120) water treatment system in Karonga to…
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National News
Minister praises Zolozolo clinic project
Minister of Information, Tourism and Civic Education Jappie Mhango has commended the Gaming Board for bankrolling construction of a…
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Business News
NRWB bottling plant destined for Mzuzu
Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) is exploring the potential of establishing a bottling plant in Mzuzu, sidestepping Karonga’s ultramodern…
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National News
Viphya Forest suffers 350 fires
Viphya Forest will be wiped out by 2017 unless Malawians take drastic steps to stop the menace, Raiply chief…
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Musings on Chileka music
Good people, the Black Missionaries survived a road accident during their recent tour of the North. Reports show the…
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Front Page
2 000 march for patients’ food in Rumphi
Rumphi was a hive of activity on Tuesday when about 2 000 concerned citizens marched and petitioned government to…
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Front Page
CSOs march for patients’ food in Rumphi
It’s black Tuesday in Rumphi as hundreds of people invade the streets to demonstrate against the starvation of patients in…
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National News
RBM urges saving culture despite high inflation
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Charles Chuka has urged Malawians to tighten their belts, live within their means…
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Editors Pick
CSOs plan demos against starving patients
Activists in Rumphi want President Peter Mutharika to stop doing ‘business as usual’ and lift the lid over the…
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Liberate Skeffa from Dru Hill show
Good people, Busy Signal came, impressed and left many waxing lyrical about his offerings at this year’s Sunbird Sand Festival.…
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National News
Bishop Mtumbuka urges against lust for money
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese has warned youths against unsustainable thirst for money saying this is the root cause…
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Education
Fishing teen girls out of school
Likoma offers vivid lessons why girls under 18 constitute nearly 30 in 100 pregnant women who die while giving birth.…
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Environment
Putting out fishy bulbs
Ending the ills of fishing bulbs on the waters of Lake Malawi calls for decisive collective effort. JAMES CHAVULA…
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Development
Likoma’s endangered school of fishing
Fading allure of fishing reinforces calls for alternative pathways to combat youth unemployment amid rapid population growth. JAMES CHAVULA writes.…
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Development
Bulbs cast shadows over Likoma
Controversial fishing bulbs have left fishers’ future grim. JAMES CHAVULA writes. Back in 2002, nothing could go wrong for 26-year-old…
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Feature of the Week
Creating accountable schools
Closing existing gaps in primary schools could create graver gaps in the absence of checks and balances. JAMES CHAVULA writes.…
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Busy Signal? See you at Sand Fest
Good people, busy signal is no longer what you loathe when local mobile phone networks waste your money…
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Development
Hope in a valley of hunger
A farmer, aged 70 and counting, exemplifies why conservation agriculture could be a game changer amid chronic cries of hunger.…
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Feature
Likoma’s explosive sex web
A flood of sex workers and gaps in local responses makes 16.5 million Malawians vulnerable to HIV and Aids.…
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