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Brothers without borders
When Zambians and Malawians meet, they call each other achimwene or baneba—brothers split by a colonial divide. This is not…
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Kidney crisis deepens
Recently, Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe shuttled a busload of its kidney disease patients to Mwaiwathu Private Hospital in…
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Where are trees planted in 2025?
The rainy season is almost at a peak and so is the annual national tree planting spree. As usual, the…
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Zalewa thirsts for safe water
Until last year, Elizabeth Masamba, 38, from Jussa Village near Zalewa Trading Centre in Neno District, was financially independent. The…
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‘Money vanished, but sickle cell persisted’
Mary Thomson and her husband, Kanjala, have lost their income amid changing witchdoctors, but their firstborn’s suffering has not changed.…
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Communities reap 24 years of change
Mtisunge Matika’s future looked uncertain when she completed secondary education aged 17 in 2018. “I didn’t think much about the…
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Group cash transfers for disaster preparedness
Florida Kunyambo, a widowed mother in Nsusa Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kapeni in Blantyre, shares a fragile hillside home with…
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Red Cross entrenches anticipatory action’
The destruction caused by Cyclone Freddy cuts deep into Mandawala and Mandota villages, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kaduya, in Phalombe District.…
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Women paint valley green
When rain failed last year, women in Banana Village, Traditional Authority Jalavikuwa in Mzimba District, refused to surrender. Armed with…
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Gold mining poisons villages
Liviri River in Kasungu District does not begin as a harbinger of death. Its journey starts with clean flow from…
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