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Malawi

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    How a communion wine shortage gave birth to an international brand

    By Charles Pensulo
    June 8, 2022
    Linga wine is a small family business in Malawi that punches well above its weight.  On a Friday afternoon, an elderly Margaret Ngwira emerges ...
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  • UN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka greeting officers of the Malawi Police at in Lilongwe, Malawi. Credit: Maria Thundu
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    No one knows if crime in Malawi is rising or falling, not even the police

    By Tyler Holmes
    May 3, 2022
    Because the police either don’t collect or release reliable crime statistics, citizens are in the dark. In 2020, Malawi was featured in the New ...
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  • Polio vaccinations are administered in Ethiopia following an outbreak. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet.
    MalawiSociety

    We need to get the campaign to eradicate polio back on track

    By Matshidiso Moeti
    March 22, 2022
    A recent case of polio in Malawi has sparked an intensive immunisation campaign in the region. In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just ...
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  • Covid-19MalawiOn Food Security & COVID19Top story

    Malawi: COVID-19 hindered business for farmers. They found solutions.

    By Charles Pensulo
    October 8, 2021
    With access to markets and capital negatively impacted by the pandemic, people have found ways to cushion the damage.  In Blantyre, everyone in the ...
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  • Climate crisisEditor's PicksMalawi

    Malawi’s miracle island, where fish remain plentiful despite climate crisis

    By Charles Pensulo
    April 28, 2021
    While catches have dwindled elsewhere due to the climate crisis and over-fishing, traditional stewardship has helped Mbenje island buck the trend. Hundreds of years ...
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  • Africa Science Focus PodcastCovid-19MalawiZambia

    Podcast: Of rising COVID-19 cases and vaccine doubt

    By SciDevNet
    February 12, 2021
    Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Welcome to the latest episode of the Africa Science Focus podcast distributed in partnership with African Arguments. Africa Science ...
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  • President Chakwera won the re-run presidential election in Malawi with almost 59%. Credit: Lazarus Chakwera.
    MalawiPoliticsTop story

    “Malawi has become an example”: President Chakwera’s big promise

    By Charles Pensulo
    August 24, 2020
    Malawi’s new president vows to listen and says he wants “a chance and trust”. Civil society groups are on the same page, for now. ...
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  • Voters in Malawi queue to cast their ballots in a previous election. Credit: Commonwealth Secretariat.
    MalawiPolitics

    Africa must not fail Malawi again

    By Olusegun Obasanjo
    June 17, 2020
    Nigeria’s former president calls on African leaders to prevent the closing down of the democratic space during the pandemic, starting with Malawi.  We failed ...
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  • Presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera on the campaign trail in Malawi re-run elections. Credit: MCP.
    MalawiPoliticsTop story

    Malawi: New elections, new alliances, new uncertainties

    By Jimmy Kainja
    June 17, 2020
    As polls suggest the opposition alliance will win on 23 June, President Mutharika has been trying to forcibly remove the country’s chief justice. When ...
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    Covid-19MalawiPolitics

    Malawi: Campaigning during COVID-19 doesn’t have to be like this

    By Bester Mulauzi
    June 2, 2020
    Political parties are putting their supporters at risk by holding huge rallies. But there are alternatives. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Next month, Malawians ...
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