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What’s in new Lingadzi bridge?
For three years, Maxwell Thomas, 33, has earned a living by charging people crossing Lingadzi River between Area 47 and…
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From barefoot learner to nursing in America
Growing up in Thondwe, Zomba District, Chipiliro Chisao walked to school barefoot, fetched water from streams and wells, and lived…
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Sweet bananas, bitter memories
Three decades ago, bananas were everything to farmers in Molele in Thyolo. For 71-year-old Raphael Kadzitche’s generation, the fruit fed…
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No rights without sign language
On 10 July this year, a 26-year-old teacher disguised as Fiona for her privacy was admitted for four days to…
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Mothers battle child nutrition
Today is Mother’s Day in Malawi and empowered mothers and frontline workers are transforming children’s nutrition—averting not only the stigma…
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El Niño calls for strong extension
My first major assignment in development communication was covering the devastating 2015 floods, which killed hundreds and displaced more than…
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Push to turn traditional crops into export gold
Malawian farmers have grown groundnuts, pigeon peas, sorghum and millets for generations, but turning these traditional crops into dependable sources…
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Sunlight powers Chisi Island
An island too far from Escom power lines that supply a quarter of the country’s population now basks in the…
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Minigrids power rural economies
Community Energy Malawi’s work show how independent, localised electricity systems can transform remote economies where national grid extension is too…
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Survey gauges Malawians’ SRHR perception
Faced with an unintended pregnancy, Lisa (not real name), 17, made a desperate choice to use unconventional methods to terminate…
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