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Reformed TBAs key to maternal health
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAS) have moved from banned killers to a lifeline for women and children far from quality health…
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Towards resilient cities
Mzuzu catastrophe exposes gaps in disaster management plans that tend to focus on rural settings only. Tiwonge Ngwira, a charcoal…
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Food aid or cash transfers?
Though Malawi has, since 2006, been achieving food sufficiency at national level, some households still remain food insecure. For instance,…
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Ungweru’s light to needy communities
Rose Mkandawire, 56, has struggled to raise nine children since her husband died in 1988. To cope with her situation,…
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Why is Malawi failing in irrigation farming?
Malawi Government, through its ambitious Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS), projected that between 1990 and 2015, the number of…
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Bringing role models closer to girls
People who have achieved great things in life did so because they admired other people. Even influential scientist Sir Isaac…
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Seed banks cement community resilience
Having seeds at arm’s length reinforces rural development amid devastating effects of climate change. JAMES CHAVULA writes. It is said…
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Deforestation: Threat to women, children
As dawn breaks, Enala Nkhata, from Mposa Village in Zomba, straps her two-year old on her back. With a bundle…
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Mtwalo families on the rise
An elevated house of goats is standing in front of two grass-thatched huts. The small one is a kitchen with…
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United in tackling Malawi’s nutrition needs
Food, one of the basic needs of humankind, seems to be a scarce commodity in many households in Africa. The…
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Dumping fish nets for treadle pumps
Frank Lemani, 22, and his 19-year-old brother, Adam, were introduced into the fishing business before they celebrated their sixth birthdays.…
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Desderio, ABE’s best lecturer
Twenty- six-year-old Desderio Ngutwa has been recognised as a best lecturer of marketing studies by the London’s international examination body,…
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NEPAD to roll out projects worth billions
The New Partnership for Africa’s’ Development (NEPAD) says projectsaligned in the next ten years will not only ensure a dynamic…
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Living with crocodiles
Emily Fologonya 10, lost her mother to a a crocodile attack last year. “Her mother was weeding in a maize…
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Lead links communities to family planning and climate change
The Leadership for Environment and Development (Lead) says there is need for an integrated approach to issues of population, family…
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Saving a market from fire
A walk at Vigwagwa Market in the heart of Mzuzu City takes one through timber stalls where vendors sell their…
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‘Marriage can wait, education cannot’
At 14, some girls dream of becoming highly educated and secure a bright future, while others are tempted by material…
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Climate change negotiators explore consensus in advance of COP20
During a workshop hosted by ACPC for the African Group of Negotiators on the 12-14 May 2014, participants concurred that…
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The chaos that is in markets
Despite paying a K100 market fee for selling bananas at Dyeratu Market every day, Lucy Javelo, 39 of Traditional Authority…
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Bus preachers with a 20-minute challenge
The bus driver revs up the engine and eases into gear one, in a tell-tale indication that – after an…
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