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Ripping out life from little girls
her mother sent her to buy candles at a hawker within their village. On her way back, she stopped over…
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Street vending nightmare
At one time, Mzuzu was one of the cleanest cities in the country. Not anymore today. The city has almost…
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Power of adult literacy
To some, the saying if you think education is expensive try ignorance is just one of those sayings, but through…
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Protecting children from chops of violence
Although every child deserves parents or guardians to look after him or her, not every couple ought to have…
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Should Malawi look to wind for energy solution?
Energy supply has become a growing concern in Malawi and an important factor towards achieving growth and development. Future economic…
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‘We were second-class citizens’
This article was first published as part of ‘Chitipa’s $70m Lifeline’ in Nation on Sunday (Malawi) on July 23, 2017. At first,…
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Rusty remains of Malawi-Taiwan ties
This work was first published as part of ‘Chitipa’s $70m Lifeline’ in Nation on Sunday (Malawi) of July 23, 2017.…
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‘We were second-class citizens’
At first, the image looked somewhat familiar: Almost five people were standing in the dark, keeping their bags, baskets…
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A miracle in danger
Almost 120 potholes on the four-year road bring the Chinese-built infrastructure into question, JAMES CHAVULA writes. Travelling to Chitipa, we…
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‘A good road saves lives’
Sickbeds at Chitipa District Hospital were mostly deathbeds when Fraction Sinyiza was born in 1975. “The hills and valleys…
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Rusting memories of Taiwan
Save for a whitewashed garage, it looks like a scrap yard. Silence is resounding. The earth-shaking machines in sight…
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Challenging corroboration rule
As 33-year-old Esnath Frank walked home from work one night, she met a couple of young men who raped…
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Road to a new future
The Chinese-built Bingu Highway, which connects Karonga and Chitipa, is reshaping business prospects of coffee farmers long left behind. JAMES…
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Delight in drones
Noah Chipeta is a health surveillance assistant (HSA) at Chathunthu in the area of Sub Traditional Authority (STA) Chitanthamapiri…
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Chitipa’s $70m lifeline
Unlocking Malawi’s Guantanamo Bay For five decades, Chitipa District was the Guantanamo Bay of Malawi. Civil servants in…
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Neglected horn of Malawi
No water. No female teacher. No regular visits by inspectors. Just pupils learning in a natural forest surrounding two ancient,…
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Reclaiming rights from the jaws of HIV
There is no denying that there is a cat-mouse relationship between HIV and Aids and human rights. Whenever HIV…
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Ending early marriages in Mulanje
Fifteen-year-old Bonisa Seyani, a Standard 5 learner at Monjole Primary School in group village head (GVH) Nsikita, Traditional Authority (T/A)…
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Men who have sex with men, women
When driving his taxi, you would not think Deidrick Geoffrey, a name he said we should identify him with,…
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The green Guangzhou
Tunnels, skyscrapers, meandering 6-tier roads that’s typical of China. But there’s a different kind of this heavily industrialised nation that…
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