Feature of the Week
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Climate change may push 2m more into poverty in Malawi
As CoP27, the UN climate change conference kicks off in Egypt today, the World Bank’s Country report warns that extreme…
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7 days confinement for reaching puberty
Lucia from Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwankhunikira in Rumphi is missing at school. Her teachers and classmates are worried. They wonder…
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ICT for improved farm yields
We are living in a digital age where information travels at the speed of light. In recent years, most sectors…
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Suspects are humans too
Bauleni, a wholesaler, was fast asleep when a deafening bang on his two-bedroom house jolted him up. Irate community members…
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Sad tales of boat rides
At 39, Andrew Chimwayo is widowed after losing his wife and three children in a boat accident in July. For…
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2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the Year of the Mountain, under which stakeholders pledged protection of mountains for sustainable development. As KONDWANI KAMIYALA finds out on the remnant mountain with foliage in Blantyre, Michiru Mountain, the fight against deforestation is just paying lip service. He writes: Desecrating Michiru Mountain
The smell of freshly burnt grass is in the air. Patches of that burnt savannah grassland become clearer as you…
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Kasungu polio survivor regrets vaccine ignorance
P recious Nkhanizimatha Chunga, 44, was born in Chilowamatambe Village, Kasungu. His life changed completely in 1982 when he contracted…
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Biogas for common good
C lement Kandodo,29, spent many happy days in the fields with his farmer parents whom he holds up as role…
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New technologies in times of vaccination campaigns
M takisha River is a source of misery for most residents of Pusi in Karonga North. The river dissects Kalongelera…
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Tale of woes for abused women
The High Court in the United Kingdom awarded 36 female tea-estate workers K2.3 billion as compensation for the sexual abuse…
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Picking up broken pieces
Dina Mussa, 22, from Traditional Authority Kalembo in Balaka District got pregnant at 15 when she had her first sexual…
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Women advocate for children’s immunisation
Every end of the month, Prisca Mafuta travels 12 kilometres from Chiwawo Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Msakambewa in Dowa District…
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Food security, improved livelihoods with manure
Being a predominantly rain shadow area, Amini Village in Traditional Authority Mbera in Balaka District has proved tough for Idana…
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Unicef works to defeat cholera
When severe storms hit Malemia Village in Nchalo, Chikwawa earlier this year, the muddy pit toilets collapsed. Soon after, a…
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Recognised after 15 Years of volunteering
In 2007, Billy Kasinika from Mchekeni Village, Traditional Authority Njewa in Lilongwe District decided to establish a community-based childcare centre…
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For a Prosperous Future, Look to the Women
On a visit to Senegal and Rwanda in June—my first trip to Africa since the pandemic began—I encountered example after…
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Briquettes for clean energy
Amind boggling 2 083 hectares of forests are lost to wood energy every year in the country. This alarming rate…
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‘we are people too, we deserve love’
In this special interview, Our Rewrites Editor MCDONALD BAMUSI catches up with a 23-year-old Malawian transgender to discuss life of…
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Eliminating hunger with solar-powered irrigation
As Songani River in Zomba dried up in 2015, Kenneth Sanudi’s hope of a harvest faded. The 59-year-old had failed…
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Trapped in eternal poverty?
Today, millions of Malawians remain trapped in poverty; but had the aspirations of Malawians outlined in Vision 2020 in March…
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