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Erratic rain makes local varieties cool
Emily Sanjira and her family have been struggling with hunger as hybrid maize varieties keep failing under harsh weather in…
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Youths hit gold in onions
Hours before sunrise, when Lilongwe City is fast asleep, 24-year-old Hopeson Malakichi hits the road walking about 25 kilometres from…
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Retreat sparks girls’ dreams
Long before she became a graduate accountant, Regina Lyton stood at crossroads between poverty and the persistent pull of early…
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Climate change stunts the youngest Malawians
As dawn breaks over Nsalu Health Centre in Lilongwe, mothers arrive with babies strapped to their backs, seeking treatment for…
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Neglected roads stunt Nthalire
Alexander Kapira is marking a pile of exercise books on shaky wooden desk in a rutted classroom at Msongolera Primary…
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Remembering Bingu wa Mutharika: A legacy that endures
On what seemed like an ordinary morning of April 5 in 2012, Malawi woke to a loss that would echo…
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Did authorties doze off?
In a stench that fouls air at Dyeratu Trading Centre in Chikwawa, tongues wag about spills of ethanol waste from…
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Ethanol waste in water
On a sweltering afternoon, two men climb corroded steel rungs to check whether three massive tanks at Dyeratu Primary School…
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Acidic spill ruins little Wati’s smile
Watipatsa Manyozo’s home at Dyeratu in Chikwawa District had many trees to smile about. However, the five-year-old’s smile faded into…
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Press breaks silence on Dyeratu pollution
Trucks hauling molasses to PressCane Limited at Dyeratu in Chikwawa District could be a signal of a looming reopening of…
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