Development
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Can LDCs get a fair carbon deal?
In Chikwawa District, farmer Maxwell Msona has spent the past eight years protecting three hectares of indigenous and exotic trees.…
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Sex workers think business
At 11am every day, Mariam abandons everything she is doing and leaves her room to join a gathering of peers…
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Cultivating volunteerism
In June 2018, Malawians woke up to the news that there were at least 17.5 million people in the country,…
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Harvesting rain to save lives
In the lush hills of Thyolo District, Thekerani Rural Hospital has become a symbol of hope for pregnant women from…
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Preparing for life after social cash transfers
When her husband died in 2014, Stella Maulana, 39, suddenly became the breadwinner of her four children. For years, the…
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My bananas were seized’
Traders are counting their losses after Tanzania loosened a clampdown on goods from Malawi in what looked like an escalating…
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Farmers reclaim gullied fields
Hunger and poverty deepened as crop yields kept dwindling in Fred Usiwa’s farmland, where racing water scraped off fertile soils…
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A year in Mubas innovation pod
At the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences (Mubas) in Blantyre, the University Innovation Pod (UniPod) is redefining science…
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From tree shades to iron roofed shelters
Not long ago, health surveillance assistants (HSAs) in Mdeka, Traditional Authority Chigaru in Blantyre, faced a daunting challenge of delivering…
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Haste to harvest could poison you
Maize shortage in Malawi has sparked severe hunger, with over 5.7 million people requiring food aid until next month when…
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