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Hewe weeps for mothers
A moment of silence! The Mfune family at Hewe in Rumphi is still mourning Agape and her unborn child who died…
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Promised jetty sparks hope
Limbani Liwonde, 28, sells tomatoes on Likoma Island. Every week, she travels to Jenda in Mzimba to order tomatoes which…
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Turning disability into possibilities
In Malawi, negative perceptions of people with disabilities are rampant. The stereotypes often portray them as inferior or second-class…
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No long walk to clinics
Idah Clement is a mother of two. Every time her two-year-old asthmatic son was taken ill, she had to walk…
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Silenced into marriage
We tata! We tata! Musamboke! Such was one girl’s desperate cry for help one night in Chikutu, a hilly setting…
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Acceptance is the first step
Today is the International Albinism Awareness Day. Our News Analyst MERCY MALIKWA catches up with a nurse-cum-midwife who personifies triumph…
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Hot business burning forests
They call it hot business, but illegal trade in charcoal is reducing forests in Malawi to ashes. The worst hit…
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Malawi sitting on gold
Misuku’s Achilles Hill is a case of a neglected tourism hot spot that attracted only 50 tourists in 2016. But…
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Hardship allowance flops
In 2010, government introduced hardship allowance to lure and retain teachers in rural primary schools. But trained teachers still…
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No female teacher in sight
Rhoda Moses, 12, has never been taught by a female teacher. She is in Standard Five at Thundu Primary…
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Menstrual education changes everything
It is Tuesday. Pupils have gathered at Chimwankhunda Primary School to commemorate the World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Discussing sexual issues…
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Trees find love in Ntchisi
Today is World Environmental Day, a celebration of efforts “connecting people to nature”. Malawi News Agency (Mana) journalist DANIEL…
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Finding new methods to reduce malaria in Majete
Estele Kondwani, a young mother of one from Bwalo Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kasisi in Chikwawa District, recalls of days…
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Sneaky ghosts haunt CDF
For Chimwemwe Ndhlovu, quality education is a false promise. The 14-year-old pupil has reached Standard Seven at Mkunguni Primary school…
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Dumped and forgotten
For eight years, a teenager has been missing in Traditional Authority (T/A) Nyambi, Machinga District. The adolescent boy was…
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To Tchalo at owner’s risk
The easter boat tragedy in Rumphi has exposed laxity in the enforcement of marine laws to make sure that…
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An excursion into Muloza water project
Fifty-nine villages in Muloza area, under Traditional Authority (T/A) Njema in Mulanje District, lie scattered like broken china under the…
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Unima’s unbundling fallacies, politics
The University of Malawi (Unima) is standing on the brink of splitting into separate college universities. If this happens, Dr.…
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Tackling water woes
Mwakhiwa Village is tucked deep in the border strip of Muloza, almost 60 kilometres (km) from Mulanje Boma at the…
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Unbundling Malawi-China ties
In December 2007, Malawi ended its 41-year-old relationship with Taiwan and betrothed People’s Republic of China in search of…
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