Weekend Investigate
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Sailing Chitipa youths beyond secondary education
Milliam Kaonga has been raised in a poor household by her single mother in the remote area of Namabi Village,…
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Taking HIV fight to adolescents
Mary Nkhoma from Nkwanzi area in Mchinji knows how tricky it is to access youth friendly health services (YFHS)—and even…
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IPS revolutionarising Malawi’s tobacco farming
Change, world over, hardly finds its roots in a society the easy way. It is hardly accepted on account that…
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Fisd leads in climate change smart irrigation
In this last part of the irrigation series, CHARLES ZIBA outlines how the Foundation of Irrigation and Sustainable Development (Fisd)…
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Developing irrigation: What does it take?
In this fourth part of irrigation series, EPHRAIM NYONDO shares thoughts of various experts on what Malawi needs to develop…
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How government is killing irrigation agriculture
In this second of the four part series on irrigation law, our news analyst EPHRAIM NYONDO looks at how government…
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15 years on, Irrigation Act still gathering dust
It was a law put in place to provide institutional management of irrigation in Malawi. But 15 years since former…
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Malawi’s dreams on about international bus terminals
KONDWANI MAGOMBO of Malawi News Agency explores what Malawi is missing by not having an international bus terminal, especially in…
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The draft mining bill: What’s in it?
In this third part of the mining series, EPHRAIM NYONDO looks at the draft Mines and Mineral Bill and sees…
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There is a mining war going on
From Karonga through Mzimba and Ntcheu to Phalombe, there is hardly peace in all mining spots in the country. Communities…
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Healthcare spending not adding up
Healing financial management systems is part of the new deal if the country really wants to stop leakages of limited…
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Vision 2020: The good, the fall and the hope
Our previous three articles have revealed that Malawi, as envisioned by the Vision 2020 in 2000, will not be a middle-income…
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Still, not yet middle-income economy
By today, at least, Malawi should have been economically self-reliant on its journey to achieve the middle-income status by 2020.…
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Bust of Vision 2020 (part I)
When Vision 2020 was being hatched between 1998 and 2000, it was envisioned that by 2020 Malawi would be a…
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Ending exclusion in inclusive education
In this last part of the inclusive education series, EPHRAIM NYONDO deepens the debate on what Malawi should do to…
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Getting inclusive education right
What are experts, activists and people with disabilities saying should be done to ensure that Malawi gets its right on…
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The trouble with Malawi’s inclusive education
Between learning together with your friends and learning just with a specialised teacher, what would you prefer? Eleven-year-old Kenneth Shadreck—an…
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Inclusive education on trial
The 2013 Education Act provides for compulsory education for every child in Malawi, including those with disabilities. To ensure that…
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Shortages of healthcare workers defeats Aids initiative
Correspondent OWEN NYAKA explores the challenges standing in the way of achieving zero-Aids deaths in Malawi. Malawi’s health sector is…
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The downfall of ‘A Cow, A Family’
Political short-termism killed a national livestock initiative at a time sustained malnutrition, stunting and poverty is disadvantaging Malawians. JAMES CHAVULA…
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