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Chance visit to Norfolk City
A bad beginning makes a good ending. Such is the US trip of Ambassador Edward Sawerengera and Blantyre mayor…
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Facing a neglected crisis
In Malawi, people with mental disorders are not uncommon. They come in different conditions, but the sad reality is…
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Old, neglected and depressed
Elderly citizens in Malawi remain an endangered generation as they are haunted by more than just accusation of witchcraft.…
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Communicating dangerously
It is getting crazy! Fuming onlookers scream expletives as a saloon almost rams into a woman crossing pedestrian stripes on…
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Gunning for peace in DRC
Purring gunshots. A barrage of bullets. Wounded troops. Prisoners of war. A never-to-be-repeated crossfire is underway in a concrete…
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Tackling chronic floods
Little Robert Mwakyera faced a slow painful death on a rainy night in Karonga North two weeks ago. The four-year-old…
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My expectations on the “MGDS III”
In this special feature, TAMANI NKHONO-MVULA, Civil Society Agriculture Network (CisaNet) national director argues that as the country plans to…
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Let’s Talk: About Depression, about Nutrition
Today is World Health Day and the theme is Depression, a condition, which according to the World Health Organisation, affects…
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Bitter wait for sweetie
At Zubayumo Village in Mzimba, jobless men trekking to South Africa are its hope. They flee from poverty, leaving their…
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Water for rural populations
There was joy when a drilling team arrived in Chokani Village, Chikwawa, on Friday. Women and girls will not have…
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Katili’s forsaken thousands
Anna Mtambo has never delivered with the assistance of skilled birth attendants. Twice she gave birth on the way to…
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Widowed by unsafe abortion
Time heals, so they say. But Humphrey Zembeni, 46, is still hurt almost four years since his wife died of…
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‘Save us from child marriages’
In this third and final part, our reporter BOBBY KABANGO highlights efforts government and non-governmental organisations are making to end…
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Perils of self-boarding
In three years, over 119 girls at Sopa Community Day Secondary School in Mchinji dropped out due to teen pregnancies.…
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Silent wars for water
It guarantees them access to free trickles, but the loss is immense and it denies the rest of their communities…
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Making club foot history
Painful moments of humiliation and ridicule still linger in her mind. Chisomo Sagawa, a resident of Chitawira in Blantyre,…
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Rewards save women, babies
When Balaka District emerged the first prize winner in the 12th cycle of Results-Based Financing for Maternal and Neo-natal…
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Too scared to sleep
Femia Tchulani survived an attempted kidnapping by people wanting to kill her for her body parts. She told the…
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Taming renewed albino attacks
Attacks on people with albinism are resurging in the country after a six-month lull last year, when the government…
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Qmam champions sexual health
A man carrying a reed mat leads the way as grief-stricken villagers take the remains of a young woman…
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