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A chief who didn’t stop learning
It is not every day that you see a chief giving PowerPoint presentations on global issues often left to technocrats,…
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CDF loans: Empowerment or debt-trap?
For thousands of youth and women seeking to escape the pangs of unemployment and build sustainable livelihoods; the Reformed K5…
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Shire Valley programme reignites farmers’ hope
Concrete canals constructed to channel water from the Shire River to fertile crop fields across a vast valley at the…
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Jungle justice costs lives
They call it mob justice, but it is one of the tolerated injustices in a world where even the worst…
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United by sign language
Many people learn a new language for school, work or travel, but some do it out of love. Shamim Nakutho…
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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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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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