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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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Malawi youths and rhetorical leadership
As the country celebrates 49 years of independence on July 6, the role of the youth is becoming questionable, especially…
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Bringing hope to the hopeless
For three years since 2009, Didya White, 45, from Group Village Head Kalanga in Traditional Authority Chimwala, Mangochi had been…
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Bokashi manure to help guard climate change—experts
Farmers of Ntchenachena in Rumphi have been advised to use bokashi manure, a type of organic manure, as well as practise irrigation…
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Living on the rough edge of a dollar
Workers in Indian and Chinese shops have, in the past few months, staged a number of strikes, demanding their employers…
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Saved from 25 years of fistula
After giving birth to a stillborn, Edna Siwila of Libalile Village, Traditional Authority Nyambi in Mangochi realised she had wet…
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On parade for alms
Patricia, 11, is some object of pity or sympathy as her mother has designed her to be for the selfish…
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Commercial agriculture: way to go?
Challenges facing rice production are part of the broader story of Malawi’s small-holder driven agriculture failing to take off and…
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Journey to Chitekesa
Government, through the Local Development Fund (LDF), is constructing a rural growth centre in Chitekesa Village, Phalombe. But what is…
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Poor nations can set agenda for sustainable development
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) can play a critical role in ensuring that the new global sustainability goals—which the international…
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Community’s passion for saving Dwambazi water tower
The fight is on to save one of Malawi’s most treasured national resources, the lush Dwambazi Forest Reserve in Nkhotakota,…
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Good prices woo farmers
I read with interest the news item titled ‘Chibambo Chirwa schools Marymount students’ which appeared in The Nation recently. Mr…
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When culture, education marry
When culture and education marry, the results can be phenomenal. BRIGHT KUMWENDA, our special projects editor, writes about how the…
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