Development
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Question of criminalising marital rape
Is there really something like marital rape? If it is there, is it feasible to criminalise it as a means…
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When relief food brings hope
Hunger is an enemy to progress. It forced James Nagome, a father of six, to take time off the field.…
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Farmers cooperatives vs individual farming
He spent millions of kwacha to fly Malawians to the United States of America in January this year where they…
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Meet Obama’s major fund-raiser in New Hampshirev
Built purely from wood in a suburb is a modest house in Manchester New Hampshire (NH), one of America’s 50…
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Would a policy on disaster preparedness help?
Malawi had no legal and institutional framework for disaster management before the 1991 Phalombe flash floods which killed scores of…
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Malawi prepared for disasters?
How ready and empowered are communities in Malawi to respond when natural disasters befall them? Ephraim Nyondo finds out. The…
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It’s money or poor health on Lake Chilwa
Yamikani Kula of Mwaluka Village, Traditional Authority Kuntumanje in Zomba has known no other means of earning a living other…
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Malawi farmers reap from warehouse receipt system
As a farmer, all George Notisi wants is assurance that his produce will not only find market but also that…
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Defying disability with hard work
Kennedy George is not an ordinary man. His legs are shrivelled and he relies on his hands to move around…
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The gold that is a girl child
In 2011, the United Nations declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child. Being launched under the…
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Africa soils have least fertility
Experts from global agriculture bodies have said the newly launched African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership (Afap) stands to promote agricultural…
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Malawi and its unbroken cycle of hunger
Over the past few years, Malawi Government has invested billions of kwacha in the Farm Input Subsidy (Fisp) in an…
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Tales of hunger
The July 2012 Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Mvac) assessment report indicated that 1.6 million people in rural areas (11 percent…
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When cities cannot accommodate growth
It has been 30 years since Thomas Mwakabango came to town. He came in the hope of securing a better…
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Sustainable energy in Malawi tourism
Low traffic on the ragged dusty roads that links Malawi’s attractions to the main highways could be a hint of…
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Malawian women fight to improve lives
Poverty levels in Malawi are high, with the majority of the population living on less than one dollar per day.…
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Too close but very far
They say water is life, but in Alufandika Village  in the southern Malawi district of Chikhwawa, the terminology has taken…
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Finding alternatives to farm input subsidies
Ruth Msukwa a student at Amalika Teacher Training College in the southern Malawi district of Thyolo has reservations with the…
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Finding solutions to end child labour
It is common knowledge that agriculture forms the backbone of Malawi’s economy. Tobacco; the country’s green gold, contributes about 60…
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Scramble for land as Lake Chilwa dries up
Mposa beach on the shores of Lake Chilwa in the eastern Malawi district of Machinga used to be a haven…
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