Development

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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Cookstoves for healthy forests

For years, group village head Pongwe of Zomba has seen people planting trees but the numbers growing remain “far below…

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‘Her future, her choice’

For decades, teen pregnancies week rampant in Balaka District partly due to low access to sexual reproductive and health rights…

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The elderly feel Covid threat

When news broke that Covid-19 had been detected in Malawi, older people were gripped by fear. The fear was justified…

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