Feature of the Week
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Industrial rise of cassava
Cassava is rising to the top of Malawi’s food chain. The unlikely tale may bizarrely be attributed to border lockdowns…
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Balaka’s smoky guardian zone
Thick smoke billowing from open fires at Balaka District Hospital’s guardian shelter tells a familiar story of neglect in Malawi’s…
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Motorcycle eases reopening of clinic
As senior health surveillance assistant at Malembo Health Centre in Mangochi, Sanderson Munyonga’s work was sometimes frustrating. Mobility was challenging…
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Volunteers fight malnutrition
Tumizani Malizani’s wide grin says it all—the two-year-old baby playing on her lap is healthy, giving her more time to…
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Youths fight abortion law
When the police in Nkhotakota detained a 19-year-old girl for abortion in March, some young women in Balaka farmed out…
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Water pump theft worry midwives
Mary Khobiri, a nurse-cum-midwife at Mangamba Health Centre in Machinga, harbours the joy of hearing a baby crying in a…
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Covid vaccine sparks hope, hesitancy
The most stressful day for physiotherapist Duncan Banda was when a Covid-19 field hospital in Lilongwe ran out of oxygen…
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When leaders are called to serve
Having watched how people struggle to make ends meet in the area of Senior Chief Mwakaboko in Karonga district, coupled…
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Tobacco smoked out, potatoes inch in
For ages, tobacco has been touted as Malawi’s main foreign exchange earner, but speaking when he opened this year’s tobacco…
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Irrigation for sustainable development
Eton Misiti, a farmer in Thyolo, happily tends to an irrigated plot where he grows maize, beans, Irish potatoes, tomatoes…
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Auto services banish dobadobas
Long queues, a buzzing band of brokers running errands for illicit fees and unexplained low revenue have become familiar headaches…
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Sanitising Zomba with contest
Walking around villages such as Mbembecha, Lambulira and Malunga in Senior Chief Chikowi’s area in Zomba, you find mocking words.…
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Throwing the ultra poor into cruel darkness
Jester Mwale, from Kansonga Trading Centre in Ntchisi District has never lived in an electrified house. He only has that…
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Pads for menstrual equality
A 20-year-old student disguised as Grace was jeered by her classmates when she menstruated in class at Kaliyeka Secondary School…
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Girl shakes off Covid regret
On March 23 2020 came the sudden closure of schools across Malawi. The standstill caused by Covid-19 left children idling…
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Detention or unskilled hands?
A nationwide ban on traditional birth attendants (TBAs) has not stopped pregnancy-related deaths. Women and girls keep dying as the…
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Guide them while young
Every day, 17-year-old Khadija Selemani walks about 15 kilometres to school—thrice the maximum distance every Malawian child should cover to…
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Producing more food, eating good food
“I used to rely on Ganyu to feed my family, now I am the one employing people” Idrissa Dyless has…
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Elders safeguarding youths
Did you know that nearly half of Malawian girls get married before their 18th birthday and almost a third fall…
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TAAT waters Malawi vines
Malawi’s cuisine is quite dependent on root crops, with meals boasting the likes of potatoes and cassava. So, when varying…
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