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Researchers at war with blue gum pests
Tucked in a colonial building at the foot of Zomba Mountain, State-sponsored scientists are edging closer to a novel breakthrough…
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Villagers at war with stinking foe
Lusitiya Banda was displaying pieces of boiled cassava on a makeshift stand when we met her at Chulu Trading…
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Agonies of a city of mosquitoes
Forget the days Blantyre prided itself as one of the cleanest cities in the world. Now it is a…
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Girls stand up for their rights
The morning light shining through the window seems dull compared with the spark I see in this young woman.…
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Giving prisoners hope after jail
Dembe Mahala walks free next month, ending a nine-year jail term at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre. To him, the sentence…
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Media has power and huge role in development
Whenever we talk about community or national development, media becomes a hub. Yes, media is the light. It enlightens and…
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Farmer field schools approach bearing fruits in Phalombe
For John Malunga, farming is a matter of life or death. For years, the 45-year-old’s remote setting in Traditional…
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Youth group cleans Cape Maclear
It’s 7:30am on the southern shores of Lake Malawi in Mangochi. Mondays are supposed to be slow days in Monkey…
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Trained to kill, skilled to heal
He has fought in Mozambique. He has been to the volatile jungles of war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).…
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Option B+a step towards eradicating HIV and Aids
Doreen Mwale is expecting her second child. The pregnant woman makes her first antenatal visit to Mulanje District Hospital.…
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Floods water silent border spat
Malawians in Makhanga, Osiyana and surrounding communities face deepening frustration and uncertainties as floods that ripped the northern part…
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Drought threatens wildlife sanctuaries
Forget poachers. Animals south of the Sahara Desert face a new foe called El Nino. At Majete Wildlife Reserve,…
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Inside sick prisons, inmates go hungry
As a food crisis unfolds in the country, prisons lack money to purchase even simple food stuffs such as…
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Right to food suffers in jail
When it comes to the right to food in the country’s overcrowded prisons, most Malawians, especially decision makers, do…
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Cracking prisons food puzzle
The country’s prisons have the capacity to feed themselves, but the road to self-sufficiency appears long, constricted and elusive.…
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Mothers hit the ground saving girls
Child marriages mark Machinga’s way of life. “Girls sometimes marry as young as 11,” says Loveness Kaseda, 30. The…
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Droughts continue as El Nino subsides
Although the devastating El Niño of 2015 to 2016 has now subsided, in many parts of Africa, Central America…
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Animal magic: A safari holiday to Liwonde
Liwonde National Park has hogged international headlines following the start of a process of moving elephants to Nkhotakota Game…
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Where local tourists count
In Nkhata Bay, every weekend is a carnival on the golden beach of Lake Malawi. By Friday afternoon, there…
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Where local tourists count
In Nkhata Bay, every weekend is a carnival on the golden beach of Lake Malawi. By Friday afternoon, there…
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