Development
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First-time voters’ doubts
On a Sunday afternoon in Bwapi Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwankhunikira in Rumphi District, Maria Mzembe irons her old school…
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Children get safe corners to discuss human rights
It is never easy for a girl in Mangochi to make it to secondary school. In 2023, Anne Funiwelo, 17,…
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Displaced community weeps for lost dignity
It is just about 4.30 pm when a truckload of maize arrives at Kasasile Church of Central African Presbyterian where…
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How prisons raised a fearless rights activist
Imagine growing up in confinement with suppressed murmurs of forgotten men and women—an unsanitary place where freedom of movement and…
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Making kabaza safe for all
The second week of 2025 was tragic for Godfrey Thindwa of Chiputula Township in Mzuzu. Two weeks into the year,…
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Caged souls of Malawi’s odd international village
Forget about rough guides that beckon tourists to postcard destinations for a breakaway from the ordinary. It is not every…
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Love, duty-driven immunisation
Thirty-five-year-old Fanny Miliyasi stands as a beacon of hope and determination in the hard-to-reach village of Kaloga, Group Village Head…
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How Mzimba woman got a maize mill with K48 000
One Tuesday morning, a women-dominated group gathered around a diesel-fuelled grinder in Samuel Chakwira Village, Traditional Authority Kampingo Sibande in…
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Nice for community-driven accountability
Malawi is not short of scandals when it comes to public financial mismanagement. From negligence to corruption, indignities of all…
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Irrigation restores hope among rain-starved farmers
For a majority of farmers in Malawi, the month of May marks the ending of the harvesting season—the beginning of…
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