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Chill
When music gives meaning to life
I lost my mother last week. For those who have traversed the labyrinth of loss, the wrenching ache it leaves in…
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Development
From poverty to productivity
Blessford Msukwa of Mwenemuyombe Village, Senior Chief Mwabulambya in Chitipa District, struggled to support his family. The 58-year-old father of…
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What keeps Dedza’shilltop school green?
The hilltop Mtemwende Primary School in Dedza dwarfs a panoramic view of the undulating terrain below, but learners and teachers…
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Feature
Fighting malnutrition with quality complementary foods
In the serene Khufi Village, nestled under the watchful eye of Traditional Authority Malenga in Nkhotakota District, the journey of…
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Feature
Hope for Mchinji villagers
At the tranquil Tongozala Village, Traditional Authority Mkanda in Mchinji, young learners clamour playfully around a school compound, plastic cups…
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Feature
Water for safe schools
In the heart of Chimkanda Village, nestled away from the hustle and bustle of Blantyre City, lies Chitole Primary School.…
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Education
Sanitation for disrupted schools
Unicef delivers water, sanitation and hygiene supplies as schools reopen after Cyclone Freddy, writes freelance journalist JACK MCBRAMS When Cyclone…
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Development
The elderly feel Covid threat
When news broke that Covid-19 had been detected in Malawi, older people were gripped by fear. The fear was justified…
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Development
Child protection in emergencies
Faced with a crisis that would potentially infringe on the rights of children in evacuation camps, United Nations Children’s Fund…
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Feature of the Week
Child protection in emergencies
Faced with a crisis that would potentially infringe on the rights of children in evacuation camps, United Nations Children’s Fund…
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National News
We’ve no time to waste
Schooling continues at Chumani Primary School in Mulanje District as classes house families displaced by Cyclone Freddy, freelance journalist JACK…
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Feature
Malawians search mud for bodies as cyclone eases
Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday made a grim hunt for buried…
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Feature of the Week
Unicef works to defeat cholera
When severe storms hit Malemia Village in Nchalo, Chikwawa earlier this year, the muddy pit toilets collapsed. Soon after, a…
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Entertainment News
Chalamanda finds TikTok fame at 92
At 92, Giddes Chalamanda has no idea what TikTok is. He doesn’t even own a smartphone. And yet the Malawian…
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Development
Old bike and farm motor light up Mzimba village
Fifteen years ago, when darkness used to fall in Yobe Nkosi, a remote village in Mzimba, children did their school…
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Development
Mobile lessons ease access to health care
In most rural parts of Malawi, sick villagers have to walk several kilometres to the nearest hospital, in the process…
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Development
What’s in world’s first 3D-printed school?
When Malawians in Mcheza Village woke up on November 26 last year, they were in awe of a new structure…
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Feature of the Week
Covid steals tobacco farmers’ big dreams
During his 15 years as a Malawian tobacco farmer, Boniface Namate has had to overcome many difficulties growing the plant…
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Society
Masauko Chipembere: Music leads him home
Masauko Chpembere is Malawian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Los Angeles at a time when his parents were in political…
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Feature
Receding lake exposes cost of climate change
Just four months ago, the fishing harbour at Kachulu on the western shores of Lake Chilwa in Zomba was…
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