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When mines move in
Malawi should keep its promises to rural residents by providing access to information which protects livelihoods when mines move…
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Farmers coping with climate change
In February, while snow still settled on Canadian streets, Debora Kantor was experiencing heat and downpours in Malawi’s rural…
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When a nation ignores mothers
For Griffin Banda, a clinical officer at Ngabu Rural Hospital, the first three months of the year were horrendous to…
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Climate extremes, policy confuse farmers
Elias Kanyangale is ecstatic about his maize harvest. Balancing on a homemade ladder, the farmer retrieves cobs from a full…
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Because every breath counts
For Edna Paundi, 35, a new maternity wing at Mwanga Health Centre in Phalombe does not only boost prospects for…
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Malawi pushes biometric voter registration amid uncertainties
Malawi has always relied on paper registration for voters, but electoral authorities say that has not worked so well.…
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Revamping ailing cotton sector
For over two decades, cotton farming has been the main source of income for Dymex Funsani’s family in Maitoni…
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From CSW 62 with a ‘call to action’
The Sixty Second Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 62) might have ended on March 23 2018, but…
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Making technical education disability friendly
For a student with physical challenges, the difficult question is choosing between learning in a class of disabled students…
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Malawian villages cope with an extended cholera season
Malawi is currently facing a cholera outbreak and Lilongwe. This is the latest in series of cholera outbreaks across the…
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Free to bleed: The struggle of being too poor to afford pads
In the summer of 2009, Ntombi Dlamini got her period for the first time. Dlamini, who was 13 years old…
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Cashing in on the dead
The mortuary is one scaring part of the hospital. It brings death closer to the living. It is usually…
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Saving children in Malawi’s birthplace of cholera
Malawi is currently facing a cholera outbreak. This is the latest in a series of cholera outbreaks across the country,…
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Nailing child labour in tobacco estates
In Kasungu East Constituency, the definition of child labour has divided opinions and kept many children away from school. To…
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Girls saving schoolgirls
Their experiences are similar. They are all teen mothers. They dropped out of school after falling pregnant, got married and…
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Fish farming gets a boost
Fish business in the country will experience a boom if subsistent pond owners become commercial farmers, experts say. The industry…
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Malawi’s village health heroes
In remote villages hours away from Malawi’s cities, community health workers are saving the lives of small children in…
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Neglected HIV traps: Minors living dangerously
At the age of 12, a minor we will identify as Julie for ethical reasons is HIV-positive. She was born…
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Harnessing the power of radio
Stop at Chambwe Village, about 10 kilometres west of Lilongwe and you will likely meet Davie Katenga Katsabola, a…
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A city stuck in traffic jam
Mzuzu is the country’s fastest-growing city, with an annual growth rate of 4.4 percent. However, it appears the…
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