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Rags in her pelvis
Female inmates are tucking dirty blankets in a degrading search for menstrual health props, our contributor TITUS LINZE writes. Prison…
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Overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi
On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedar-wood boat carrying…
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Feeding learners, saving mothers
From Monday to Friday, Catherine Banda, 35, wakes up early to cook porridge for children at Mwachentche Primary School in…
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Rural mini-grid powering development
Electricity access is essential for people’s lives and livelihoods: from using fridges to storing food and medicine; charging mobile phones…
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Tears of a dropout
For Grace Robert, 2019 was a year to forget. The 15-year-old, from Kalonga Village located almost 40 kilometres north west…
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Capital Hill’s dirty secret
Just five years ago, President Peter Mutharika was among world leaders who resolved to end poverty and environmental ruin by…
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Malawi’s $3bn question
Did you know that four in every 100 Malawians still burn firewood, straw and crop residues for lighting? This shines…
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Lights on rural darkside
Every day, thousands of vehicles in Malawi hit the road “burning fuel”. Every litre you buy pumps about K42 into…
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Plight of children with cerebral palsy, poor women
One morning in 2013—a few months after the birth of her first child—Alice Khangiwa of Kachingwe Village, Traditional Authority Nkalo,…
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Counting fragile gains over HIV
Travellers in Malawi are seeing dramatic declines in Aids-related deaths everywhere they go. Why is such the case? JAMES CHAVULA…
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Districts try energy officers
Energy experts are talking about decentralised solutions for unreached populations, but nearly all 28 districts have no energy officers to…
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960-year wait for power
Frank Ligomeka sells drinks in his Nampula shop at Dzenje Trading Centre in Phalombe. However, the rural business hotspot dotted…
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Bridging gender gap in agriculture
For many years, Lufina Deodata, 44, was a frequent beggar in her village. Not anymore. Thanks to new farming methods…
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Slow prep for zero HIV in women
HIV in Malawi has a woman’s face because she remains exposed to the virus, with girls aged 15-25 demonstrating almost…
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Safeguarding Malawian child
Chasowa Kambala walks long distances to help children faced with various abuses. The 35-year-old volunteer, from Traditional Authority Malenga in…
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Keeping girls in school
Three years ago, it was not easy for girls in villages dotting Phalombe North-East to learn and achieve their potential.…
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Mozambique rues Malawi-bound charcoal
A Mozambican forester with business cards printed on the flipside of used calendars and posters to save trees has lamented…
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Inside polygamy
For many women, life in a polygamous marriage is never easy as first wives and newcomers treat each other as…
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Taking HIV response beyond 90-90-90
Its 2020, the turning point in the global push to end the Aids pandemic. Although the country has surpassed 90-90-90…
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Towards a new vision
National Planning Commission (NPC) chief Thomas Chataghalala Munthali is already talking about Vision 2063 after Vision 2020 promised a lot…
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