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Keeping teachers in rural schools
Alberto Gwande and almost 800 pupils at Khuzi Primary School in Lilongwe need more teachers. The school is severely…
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Overfishing torments fishers
Shoreline communities in Malawi face an uncertain future as commercial fishers wipe out fish from shallow waters. As they…
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Pigs become big business
The country’s agriculture has long been heavily dependent on maize and tobacco cultivation. In a push to diversify, pig…
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Tales of charcoal traders
Malawi is grappling with charcoal trade as demand for the product has hit all-time high due to current power outages. …
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Joys of a selfless teacher
Hard work pays. This is the story of Mark Kamphira, 35, a volunteer teacher who has transformed Chiguma Primary School…
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Sorrows of artisanal fishers
It is windy and showering in Malindi, a fishing hotspot in Mangochi District on the southern tip of Lake…
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Inside Ngara fishing village
A row of rundown, grass-thatched pit latrines on the roadside at Ngara fishing village in Karonga is the first thing…
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A fishing village in trouble
A Christmas dish turned out a nightmare for Charity Nkhoma when four family members started vomiting and opening bowels profusely.…
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Charcoal business: Chiefs, police are key players
At the peak of electricity crisis, charcoal demand almost doubled in the country. Producers dashed to Mwanza, Neno and Ntcheu…
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The gospel according to Kazako
The talented broadcaster reveals his ‘secrets’ to our Lilongwe Bureau Chief SAMUEL CHUNGA. The radio commercials he produces are top-notch…
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Rural skills centres renew hope
Once, Emile Siwamba, from Chitipa, was happily married. Then in November 2016, her marriage broke up following a quarrel…
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Towards universal health coverage
Saturday, September 16 2017, was supposed to be a joyous day for Maria Grasiano, but she rues the day,…
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Making young refugees tick
Freddy Farini, 24, fled war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2013 and took refuge at Dzaleka Refugee Camp…
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Scramble for toilets in cities
As the raging cholera outbreak enters urban settings, Malawians in populous parts of cities and towns could be sitting…
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‘Malawi sitting on gold deposits’
Communities in Ntcheu, Neno and Balaka have turned to gold panning in a bid to survive the country’s deteriorating economy…
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Stressed by open defaecation
At 14, Mercy knows what the remote lakeside population appears not to worry about. “Even adults defaecate in the open,”…
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Villagers turn to gold mining for survival
In this second part of our series on small-scale gold mining, our reporter BOBBY KABANGO highlights the health and environmental…
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Gains in mother to child HIV transmission
In 1999, Malawi was at a peak in the mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. This coincided with the…
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Small-scale gold mining: tales from the field
Hunger and poverty are driving people in Ntcheu, Balaka and Neno to illegal mining activities. Our reporter BOBBY KABANGO recently…
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Welding shattered futures
When we met recently at Nasawa Technical College in Zomba, Kumbukani Kamwendo sounded optimistic to make up for the lost…
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