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A testimony too touching to ignore
‘Legson Kayira made me proud’ Reading Jack McBrams article, ‘Remembering Legson Kayira again’ reignited memories of my school days and…
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Much ado about maize
The challenge of malnutrition confirms that Malawians cannot live by maize alone, Mzuzu Bureau Supervisor JAMES CHAVULA writes. Having twins…
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Mercy cycles poverty
She is suffering the consequences of a problem she might, in few years, be part of its cause. What is…
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Enhancing people’s ability to engage leaders
Esnart Chikuni, 33, is distraught. She feels, like a can of a soft drink, which is discarded upon completion of…
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Plight of Mzuni-bound student
Since his secondary school days at Army Secondary School in Blantyre, 22-year-old Justin Jelason has been dreaming of setting his…
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When hunger hampers breastfeeding
For Aisha Raphael (21) of Mwanandi Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kapichi in Thyolo, the pain she endured in the maternal…
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Championing winter cropping
Chrissy Chidikha of Kadzumba Village in traditional authority (T/A) Maseya in Chikwawa has lived a miserable life. She is a…
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Tales of a cervical cancer stage 4 patient
In 2011, she often had pain in her lower belly and bleeding after sex. When she sought medical care…
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International markets affect round wood export ban
Round wood export ban in 2008 was able to control wanton cutting of precious and protected tree species in Malawi,…
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Long walk to justice
Justice delayed is justice denied. However, Mphita villager Matilda Mkandawire wonders: “What is justice when courts are few and far…
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Plastic ban: Why Malawi shouldn’t backtrack
Rwanda’s capital Kigali contrasts well with Lilongwe. Of course, they are both cities under construction. However, Kigali is neat. A…
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Malawi misses sanitation deadline
Malawi is supposed to eliminate open defecation by December 2015 but, as JOHN CHIRWA writes, the deadline has been missed…
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Gates’ three steps toward achieving Malawi’s promise
Melinda Gates and her husband Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, started the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000.…
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BT Cotton release: For how long?
As the debate on GMOs and Malawi’s agriculture continues, EPHRAIM NYONDO looks at the ground covered on BT Cotton confined…
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Building children’s resilience against violence
Fourteen-year-old Fatima Mwale (not real name), a pupil at Likhubula Primary School in Blantyre, used to think it was normal…
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A day in maternal ward at Khonjeni
Although there are interventions to reduce maternal deaths, the story on the ground is different. Little or no change at…
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Maternal health woes continue
April 2015 will remain a painful month to Christina Phiri of Mwanandi Village traditional authority (T/A) Kapichi in Thyolo. It…
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Kangaroo mother care goes beyond mother
Joseph Phiri, 40, a businessperson from Masautso Village in Chief Zulu’s area in Mchinji strapped his twin daughters to his…
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Inside Malawi’s GMO laws and regulations
As we continue debating on GMOs in Malawi, EPHRAIM NYONDO looks critically at some of the provisions that regulate the…
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When electricity goes rural
There is nothing painstaking in the first part of the journey from Mangochi Boma to Katuli, a remote village located…
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