Features
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Resuscitating education hopes one textbook, handbag at a time
By Isaac Kambwiri: Hazilim Kuchekuche, 12, cannot easily shrug off the painful memories of January this year. The boy, who…
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What are Malawians doing on the internet?
Well, searching for sexual content – would be the answer. Or at least a report prepared by a Kenyan BBC…
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Corruption: Malawi, Africa’s undeclared pandemic
By Tafi Mhaka On June 21, President Lazarus Chakwera fired chief of police, George Kainja, suspended several senior government officials…
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Little sprinkles that are nourishing dry gardens
The dirt road stretching into Amini Village, Traditional Authority Mbela, in Balaka is bordered by arid crop fields draped in…
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Development the community empowerment way
In Zomba and Machinga districts, residents seem to have realised that, if they do nothing about their problems, no one…
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In Zimbabwe, aborted quarry shows need for community consultation
By Deogracias Kalima: At the centre of Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe rises Dangamvura Mountain. Dividing the city centre from its…
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Buying peace through child registration
By Naomi Kalemba, contributor: When Veronica Godfrey gave birth to her son at Wimbe Health Centre in January 2020, she…
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Climate change putting girls, women in Malawi at risk
Climate change exacerbates sexual and gender-based violence in numerous ways, pushing people further into poverty, enflaming conflict over depleting natural…
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The trouble of cleaning up charcoal
The devastation has been immense. Fields which were teeming with verdant crops on the banks of the Shire River are…
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