Development
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Border communities defy colonial divides
In the 1880s, European nations shared Africa like a cake, creating boundaries that disadvantaged Africans with shared territories, names, languages…
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Refugees need urgent food aid
Malawi is seeking donations to feed more than 50 000 refugees facing shortages at the country’s only refugee camp. Government…
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Tackling rising street terror
On August 14 this year, the police in Blantyre yet again filed a report of a university student attacked by…
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My certificate says: ‘Hands off our land’
For Mary Dansa, the land around her house near Chinseu Trading Centre, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlumbe in Zomba, is almost…
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Babies behind barbed wire
It is Tuesday morning and four innocent babies can be seen in the hands of women inmates at Blantyre Prison.…
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Mwandama dreams big
Mwandama in Zomba is engulfed by tobacco and coffee estates owned by city-based barons, but groundnuts and soya are widely…
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Survivors return to disaster zones
Scaling up the slopes of Soche Hill in Blantyre from Chilobwe Market, the once populous settlement looks deserted with scatters…
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Cyclone survivors’ grief as aid wanes
In March, Cyclone Freddy dumped floods across Malawi’s Southern Region, disrupting the livelihoods of nearly 2.2 million people. Marita Chingamuka…
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Malavi tragic crash
Twenty five years ago, a passenger train from Limbe in Blantyre to Makhanga in Nsanje crashed after losing brakes soon…
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Making camps safe for all
At Jombo Primary School in Chikwawa District, a suggestion box welcoming the deepest fears of people displaced by Cyclone Freddy…
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