Feature of the Week

One Friday evening, Osman Leonard had retired to bed early. The 23-year-old man had just returned from hospital with his...

Estere Wisike, from Namaonya near Thekerani Thekerani Trading Centre inThyolo District never dreamt of owning a dairy cow in her...

Located about 25 kilometres from Mponela in Dowa District, Choma in Traditional Authority Chakhaza is a model village in business...

Government has switched to mobile money platform to ensure vulnerable households recieve monthly social cash transfers with ease. The cash...

A three-week absence from school was enough for Halima Molesi, 12, to fail end of term examinations. The Standard Five...

Many Malawians mistake boreholes for safe drinking water. Policymakers, politicians and watchdogs say the same thing—drill, drill, drill—when providing water...

Although Marita Vula was in pain, she tried as much as possible to ignore it. The 28-year-old woman was experiencing...

Recently, the Ministry of Health announced the first case of polio in the past 30 years. How is the world...

Kenyan critical care doctor and UK-Med member Serah Kaara tells us of her experiences setting up a life-saving intensive care...

day in Chikwawa, a 50-year-old woman limped in agony, her battered body precariously leaning on her husband’s shoulder. The story...

Sunday evening, Monica Dimiwe, 36, and her family gathered around a small battery-powered radio to listen to the evening news....

Malawi’s trees are disappearing faster than they are being replanted. The fast-growing population’s appetite for firewood, charcoal, farmlands and housing...

 At 54, Peter Davide backs the global push for life-long learning. The farmer, from Kamtengo Village in Mchinji, dropped out...

Ambitious road projects have been strewn in all the country’s three regions. These are important roads that would not only...

 In Kasungu, producing tobacco for the world market leaves some growers with little time to mind their children’s health. This...

Laika Jackson, 34, is a farmer to emulate in Chawina Village near Namwera, almost 30 kilometres east of Mangochi Town....

Kings and Florence Mwambene are rice farmers to watch in Fundi Village in Karonga District, where rice yields keep falling...

Goodbye 2021! The year was  turbulent for many Malawians. It got underway on a sad note with Covid-19 claiming the...

“As academics, our role in society is teaching, research and outreach,” declares Dr John Phuka, taking a seat at Kamuzu...

Lunjika residents in Mzimba District are grappling to get safe water said to be accessible to nine in 10 Malawians....