Weekend Investigate
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TB ignores borders, but health systems do
Mozambican patients seeking care in Malawi expose gaps in cross-border data sharing, treatment continuity and resource allocation. Bright Mpokwe Chimsosa…
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When watchdogs become lapdogs (Part 1)
Political infiltration, shrinking donor support and the rise of “mercenary” civil society organisations are eroding Malawi’s civic space, weakening one…
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‘Marep is giving rural majority a raw deal’
It is July 6 2026. A strangely sunny Monday in southern Malawi. The 62nd anniversary of Malawi’s breakaway from Britain…
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District leaders reshape foundational learning
Power to the people has become the mantra of Malawi’s decentralisation policy, as Capital Hill devolves government spending and decision-making…
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SA Xenophobia forces Malawians return home to ‘nothing’
The first sign that something unusual has happened in this quiet lakeshore village is not the sound of fishers pushing…
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Post-abortion care guidelines absence clips nurses’ wings
In the course of duty, nurse Lilian (not her real name) was approached by a 15-year-old girl seeking to procure…
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‘We sleep on empty stomachs’: The refugees abandoned by the global aid freeze
In the drastically overcrowded Dzaleka Refugee Camp, food rations have been cut to zero. As Malawi swings from severe drought…
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Punitive abortion laws dim Malawian girls’ future
During her first-year at one of Malawi’s public universities, Linda (not real name) was raped by her lecturer. She was…
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Mchinji’s “breadbasket” paradox: How communities are fighting malnutrition
Fyness Chakana still remembers the paralysing fear she felt a decade ago when she nearly lost her child to malnutrition.…
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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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