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Vital wetlands in danger
Today is World Wetland Day, but every drying marsh and swamp points to familiar hazards and disasters. JAMES CHAVULA…
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Church leader wants Malawians to use condoms
A youthful church leader in Mzuzu is confronting a widespread mentality that if you encourage condoms, you will encourage…
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Taking ART to communities
Effie Chiwale was immediately put on treatment when she was diagnosed with HIV in 2011. The immunity of the…
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Community savings free farmers from loan sharks
Out of desperation, people of a remote community of Mposa in Machinga rose to the challenge. Chigwirizano Savings and…
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LDF plugging infrastructure gap
Outdated, inadequate, poorly maintained and at times lack of infrastructure are some of the factors that have peddled Malawi’s development…
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Saving trees amid food crisis
For over a decade, Harry Dzowa has been selling charcoal along Machinga-Zomba Road. For the 50-year-old and his six…
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Communities lead in sanitation, hygiene
Aisha Rajab, 30, lives next to a shabeen in Said Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Ndindi, Salima. The woman and…
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How the mighty Viphya Plantation has fallen
Regulatory loopholes, official corruption and the complex flows of trade in wood across south-eastern Africa have cost Malawi millions of…
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Insincere debate over abortion bill
The ongoing debate over Termination of Pregnancy Bill has exposed the insincerity of those opposing it. With few exceptions,…
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Chagunda cries for equal treatment
Five presidents. Five decades of self-rule. Twenty-five years of democracy. Nothing much to show for all the change. Frustration has…
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Bill Saidi a journalistic giant among midgets
On Saturday a legend of newspaper journalism in Zambia and Zimbabwe was laid to rest in the city of…
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Six million Malawians in SA?
For some Malawians trying to get to South Africa without travel documents, the journey ends in robbery, sexual assault…
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Stuck on neglected trade route
For Andrew Kaonga and his three brothers, the journey from Chitipa to Mzuzu last week was meant to be…
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Poor policies choking health delivery system
Clinics are supposed to be easily reached sanctuaries of hope for those in pain, but patients and pregnant women…
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Saving communities from mining ills
Uranium and coal deposits in Karonga are said to be more of a curse than a blessing In mining…
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Aniva’s bittersweet media glow
In the Lower Shire valley, Nsanje hogged international headlines for wrong reasons in 2016. The culture of the people…
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Flood victims embrace winter cropping
A round this time last year, the family of six was among hundreds of Malawians displaced by chronic floods…
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One-Day: Uliwa’s dead man walking
In Karonga, young men change names at will—and it is seen as trendy. But it is not for nothing…
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Following in SS Ng’oma’s footsteps
He died 15 years ago, but he is still the most famous person who ever lived at Mzokoto in…
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Being the warm heart of Africa
In 2016, you have heard it all: rampant corruption; attacks on people with albinism; indifferent public protectors; worsening hunger…
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