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Born female, living a male
Twenty-five year old Prince, whose surname is withheld for family reasons, is a transgender. At birth, he was assigned…
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Battling to save bananas in Nkhata Bay
Bananas are one of the traditional crops in Nkhata Bay. However, facing extinction due to Banana Bunchy Top Virus, communities…
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Long walk to school
Madaliso Mwatitha, 13, dreams of becoming a nurse. She wants to serve her community, which faces a huge shortage…
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Building resilience through fish farming
Fisheries and aquaculture are a vital sources of nutritious food, says the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Yet…
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Innovating to leave no pupil behind
At the end of a class session at Nthulo Primary School in Thyolo, Standard Seven teacher George Mphanje announces…
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Adapt or perish: Innovative solutions to changing climate
As countries transition toward climate-resilient sustainable development, the Department of Environmental Affairs in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and…
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Giving teen mothers a second hope
For Enipher Finiyasi of Chumbu Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kambwiri in Salima, her 26 years on earth have been…
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Cornered by meat ban
In Neno, precisely at Lisungwi Trading Centre about seven kilometres from Zalewa Roadblock, butchery business has ground to a…
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Taming foot and mouth in Neno
On June 9, smallholder farmers in Group Village Head (GVH) Symon in Neno assembled 359 head of cattle under…
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No meat, no milk, no money
Our journalist AYAMI MKWANDA tracks the footprint of the raging foot and mouth disease in Neno. When cattle started…
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Imported charcoal burns forests
Red, blue, yellow, green…but blackish. Such is an array of colours of charcoal bags travellers see on descent from Blantyre…
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Our youths: 54 years after independence (done)
Malawi won her independence in the so- called “decade of independence”, from 1960 to 1970. During that period, African…
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‘We need jobs, not alms’
Perching in a wheelchair, Pauline Gondwe struggles to find a job. The 28-year-old finds the job market unfriendly to people…
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A woman behind an excavator
Sights of women behind wheels are now common, even in Saudi Arabia. But it is rare and fascinating to see…
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Ending fistula among teens
At 18, Bertha Limbuli gave birth through an operation that left a hole in her pelvis. That was in…
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A city trembling to diesel gensets
When power flickers off, a din of generators brings to light Malawi’s noisy race for unsustainable energy, writes our features…
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‘Pair prayers with medicine’
Call her Steria Chifundo to conceal her real identity because she lives with HIV. Had a community action group not…
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Equality: One political dream
When Mickness Hara showed interest to become a ward councillor in Mzimba four years ago, fellow women were the…
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When home is not home
A young survivor of attacks on people with albinism dances to shake off the trauma after his twin brother’s head…
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Neglecting prisoners in TB prevention
Kingston Namviluwa rues the evening he entered Chikwawa Prison. The 32-year-old from Traditional Authority (T/A) Mchilamwera in Thyolo, grew up…
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