Development
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WFP boosts farmers’ resilience
As the rainy season kicks in, Mwayiwao Frank of Nampate Village in Machinga has seven bags of maize, enough to…
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Covid lures 782m internet users
As internet use and cybercrime swell due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some 2.9 billion people—about 37 percent of the global…
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Eat, play, love
Early childhood development (ECD) brings hope for a bright future, writes LULUTANI TEMBO from Unicef Malawi. Chagunda Community-Based Childcare Centre…
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Saving farmers from tricky middle persons
When Irish potatoes are ready for harvesting, intermediaries come with massive bags and “funny prices” to reap where they did…
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Alice’s stitch in time
Alice Zimba, 27, grew up wishing she took three meals a day. Her parents could only afford one per day,…
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Nice fight against GBV
The fires of fury over the disputed presidential polls of 2019 exposed creases in Malawi’s democracy. For policymakers, the burning…
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Old bike and farm motor light up Mzimba village
Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in Mzimba, children did their school…
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The death sentence that is prison diet
As usual, during visiting hours at Maula Prison in Lilongwe, there are inmates loitering inside their open cage. Lucky ones…
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Children’s never-ending struggle for clean water access
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) states that children’s access to safe and potable water is primarily a right and…
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Livelihoods improve with goat keeping
Violet Banda, a goat keeper from Mkwela Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kayembe in Dowa, was struggling to make ends meet…
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