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Teen mother dreams bigger
Long distance to school continues to be an obstacle for girls in Malawi, writes UNFPA communications officer HENRY CHIMBALI At…
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Pregnant at 14, rues polygamy
Alinate is back to school, but everyday challenges persist, UNFPA communications manager Henry Chimbali writes. At 14, Alinate…
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Rise of bursting slums
In Lower BCA in Blantyre, we saw how slums are mushrooming in the country. From the clustered, low-lying settlement…
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Governance of agriculture transformation
In this final instalment, TAMANI NKHONO-MVULA* summarises his views on how Malawi can transform its agriculture. Read on: Over the…
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440 pits on 23km road
Bad roads drive away tourists, our Features Editor JAMES CHAVULA writes. It is the topmost tourist destination in the Central…
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Sorrows of an intersex’s mother
Boy or girl? Future’s mother quickly discovered that having a baby who does not conform to either sex is…
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‘Boosting mothers’ malaria immune response can protect infants’
Vaccinating mothers during pregnancy can be an effective strategy for protecting infants from malaria because young children are at…
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No safe home in slums
Today, Mzuzu hosts the International Day for Disaster Reduction commemorations. Last year’s disaster in the city exposed gaps in ensuring…
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NGOs unite for green energy
Imagine a country where nine in every 10 people have no access to the grid and just a fifth of…
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Slow to stop vampires
For many, ‘east or west, home is best’ is no new saying. However, the killing of seven people in Mulanje,…
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Bloody blow on Mt Mulanje
When a Belgian couple visited Malawi last month, they wanted to experience the marvels of the highest tourist destinations…
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Rumours disrupt blood collection
Fury is pronounced on the faces of Mabuka villagers in Mulanje, the source of rumours that mystic people are…
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Science and technology for agriculture transformation
Innovate or perish. No innovation, no transformation to Malawi agriculture, writes TAMANI NKHONO-MVULA in this second part of this three-part…
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New door for at-risk men
A man hurried across a street in rush-hour traffic, pacing into a fenced office block in Nyambadwe low density residential area…
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Being a lesbian’s mother
Three years ago, she was jovial, calm and eager to assist. But the secretary has been edgy and introverted lately.…
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Preachy, churchy medics
Sexual minorities are suffering in silence as some health workers are turning public health facilities into prayer houses, writes…
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Ndixville doesn’t snore
You name it, Ndirande has it all. If you want it, they will give it to you day or night.…
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Love gone wrong
In September 2010, Malawi was shaken with a story of how Linda Gasa, a pregnant 25-year-old Zimbabwean, student at…
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Agriculture transformation roadmap in Malawi
Is agriculture-led growth in specialised industrial processing and services that will absorb the current agriculture labour force and also contribute…
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Joys of family planning
Miriam Adam was 16 when she had her firstborn in 2001. “I was angry with myself,” the mother-of-two recalls. “It…
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