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Scaling down hunger
Even with the Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture projecting a 740 000 metric ton surplus in April, President Joyce Banda has…
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Raising five sets of twins with irrigation farming
Anna Phiri is 41 and a mother of five sets of twins. Phiri, who looks younger than her age, says…
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Taking court to prisons
Bartholomew Adamson has been on remand for three years at one of the prisons in the country. He is answering…
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Caregiver’s volunteerism a sacrifice
Even though other villagers ridicule her for doing voluntary work, all that Lorena Chifumbi of Chaima Village, Traditional Authority Pemba…
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Thirsting in vast waters
Despite sitting on vast and perennial water reservoirs, a number of Malawians continue to struggle to access safe water. Why…
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Kaunjika no new challenge
Can a small fish turn the tide? A desolate tailor shuddered to think about the bleak future of local clothing…
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Saving savannahs saves climate—study
A more strategic approach to managing trees across the continent could have a positive impact on the changing climate, researchers…
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Bitter side of Kaunjika
Though cheap, unique and readily available, second-hand clothes are an enemy of poor economies. EPHRAIM NYONDO writes. Mondays are always…
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At risk and long sidelined
Selling tomatoes, onions, cabbages, peppers and other fresh foods might not be a big deal like cross-border businesses, but it…
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Mapeto DWS—10 years on
It has been 10 years since government privatised David Whitehead and Sons, the only State -owned textile and clothing company.…
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Dressed by foreigners
How did Malawi turn from a nation that could manufacture its own clothing to one that is fully dependent on…
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Disability issues on Ilala
The return of Ilala has stimulated a new wave of optimism across Likoma and Chizumulu islands. However, there is need…
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Involving sexual minority groups in HIV/Aids fight
When Maria (not real name) arrived at the HIV awareness campaign meeting venue, people murmured and scorned her. The 24-year-old…
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Curbing early pregnancies in Malawi
Rose Mwale, 18, got pregnant last year while in Form Two at Mitundu Secondary School in the capital, Lilongwe. She…
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‘My womb, my choice’
Sex is widely believed to be mainly for procreation; to produce offspring. Only a few species of animals, such as…
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Behind the rosy figures
Statistics on access to clean and safe water in Malawi are quite impressive. But do these figures reflect the reality…
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Girl rescues herself from pre-arranged early marriage
Her uncle would beat her up and with the help of her mother, hide the little girl’s clothes and put…
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Washing away a silent crisis
Why did T/A Kaduya residents sing and dance as Water Wells for Africa drilled boreholes in their midst? JAMES CHAVULA…
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Saving environment with cow dung
Eunice Luhanga, a cook, lit a faint blue flame over one of two gas stoves in a kitchen at…
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Leaving school to support siblings
Meyer Gondwe, 20, from Mung’ombwa Village, Traditional Authority Wasambo in Karonga did what her situation dictated. When she was in…
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