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Likoma’s explosive sex web
A flood of sex workers and gaps in local responses makes 16.5 million Malawians vulnerable to HIV and Aids.…
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Still, not yet middle-income economy
By today, at least, Malawi should have been economically self-reliant on its journey to achieve the middle-income status by 2020.…
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Ugly face of self-boarding
When Mercy Phiri (not real name) moved to a rented house located close to her school, little did she know…
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Malawi lobbies for climate financing at COP 21
Non-governmental organisations of climate change have called on world leaders to fulfill their commitment of providing climate financing to…
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Hope in a valley of hunger
A farmer, aged 70 and counting, exemplifies why conservation agriculture could be a game changer amid chronic cries against…
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Dealing with food insecurity the Kawerawera way
Visit the house of Masamba Tembo, 43, of Kaigwazanga Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkanda in Mchinji with a story…
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Bust of Vision 2020 (part I)
When Vision 2020 was being hatched between 1998 and 2000, it was envisioned that by 2020 Malawi would be a…
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From orphanage to media: The story of Sandra
Sandra Ndale, 17, from M’bobo Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nsamala in Balaka, knows what poverty is all about. Since the…
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When ART is delayed
For Margaret Madeya—a 46-year-old mother of five from Group Village Head (GHV) Madeya in Traditional Authority (T/A) Chikumbu in…
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Community colleges giving hope to youths
Last year, Patricia Mkwanda, 22, was living with her parents and had given up on ever finding a job, having…
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Mzuzu’s missionary of hope
The subdued smile said it all. The Irish missionary released a weight of pent-up excitement as he watched young computer…
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Malawi losing billions to poor environment use
Malawi is losing over $190 million (about K106 billion) annually due to unsustainable use of its natural resources. This…
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Villagers’ struggle to access healthcare
Like in most rural areas in Malawi, people of Kapopo Village in Sub-Traditional Authority (ST/A) Kapopo Mhlanga in Mzimba…
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‘Sins’ of growing old
It is Friday morning, she wakes up and sits on the veranda. A tear rolls down her cheek and few…
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Is inclusive education achievable?
Dora Nyirenda was born healthy, but everything changed when her father died in 2009. “She stopped talking and just…
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Defying disability to access technical education
He was born able. Now he is disabled. And at 21, Atusangalwishe Ndovi is a Standard Two dropout taking care…
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The other side of Phwetekere
It is Wednesday night and not yet 7pm at a pub, but Ireen (not her real name) has already serviced…
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‘Violence is crippling university education’
Malawi’s critical tertiary education will be crippled continually—and irreparably, eventually—if students do not embrace non-violent ways of protesting and if…
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Fishing: barrier to malaria fight?
Not too long ago, the people of Mgona Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Tengani in Nsanje used to be…
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Ending exclusion in inclusive education
In this last part of the inclusive education series, EPHRAIM NYONDO deepens the debate on what Malawi should do to…
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