Weekend Investigate
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Irrigation restores hope among rain-starved farmers
For a majority of farmers in Malawi, the month of May marks the ending of the harvesting season—the beginning of…
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Gesd enhances healthcare in Kasungu
On a verandah of an old cracked structure that leaks and creaks under the weight of time in Traditional Authority…
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Adoption crisis; flaws in Malawi’s international adoption process
In 2006, United States pop-star Madonna adopted David Banda from Home of Hope Orphanage in Mchinji District. This was the…
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Preparing prisoners with skills
The rain drizzle had just seized in Balaka on Monday. The town is at the crossroads of the cities of…
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Alleviating poverty through social cash transfers
When asked about her age, Funny Mpinda only responds by telling her year of birth, which is 1980. The blind…
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Magowelo, ‘gangsters’ hamper education
Prisca Lazalo, a Form Two student at Khombwe Secondary School in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kuntaja in Blantyre is keen on…
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Hardknock life for sex workers
Despite operating in a country where prostitution is not a crime, Malawian sex workers continue to face rampant abuse and…
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Data for rapid response to disasters
Ideally Malawi has become a disaster-prone country. Nearly all districts are facing similar challenges due to climate change—delayed rains, dry…
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Reducing deforestation through electricity generation
Statistics show that Malawi has one of the lowest electricity access rates in the world with several inequalities between the…
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Advancing health through research, innovation
Since delinking from the University of Malawi (Unima) three years ago, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (Kuhes) has embarked on…
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