July 03

• Malawi: Working to Save Malawi's Mothers

  Charity Salima, 54, has helped to deliver over 4,000 babies in her maternity clinic in Area 23 - one of Malawi's poorest and most populous townships - and has yet to record a... Read more »

May 20

• Malawi: How to Save a Fish ... a Lake and a People

  Lloyd Phiri, a fisherman from Senga Bay on Lake Malawi's shores in Malawi's central region, knows that the lake's water levels are dropping. He can see it in his catch, which has... Read more »

April 26

• Malawi: Maize Shortage Hits Women

  Each night Esnart Phiri, a widow with five children, sleeps outside the gates of the state-run maize trader or Admarc market, in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, as she waits for days on... Read more »

April 23

• Malawi: Tackling the Doctor Deficit

  In Malawi, where the healthcare system frequently makes headlines for its shortages of drugs and medical workers, a fact that is often overlooked is that two out of four central... Read more »

March 20

• Malawi: Treason Case May Fuel Unrest

  Malawi's first-ever tripartite elections in May 2014 will be a litmus test for President Joyce Banda, who is faced with an opposition majority in parliament, soaring food prices,... Read more »

March 06

• Tanzania: At the Bottom of Lake Nyasa Is 'Rare Earth'

  The local Tanzanian community bordering Lake Nyasa is no nearer to understanding what the conflict between their country and Malawi is about, nor why so much is at stake, as... Read more »

March 03

• Malawi: Two Million People Hold Their Breath Over Lake Malawi Mediation

  Over two million families who solely depend on Lake Malawi for their livelihoods are anxiously putting their hopes into an upcoming mediation between Malawi and Tanzania intended... Read more »

February 27

• Malawi: Lake Malawi Dispute Instils Fear in Fisherfolk

  Since he was nine years old, Martin Mhango from Karonga village in northern Malawi has known no other livelihood than fishing. And for the last 33 years he has been fishing freely... Read more »

January 22

• Malawi: President Faces a Crisis of Confidence

  She has taken a personal pay cut, promised reforms, resumed aid flows from Western donors and put her predecessor's private jet up for sale. Read more »

November 09, 2012

• Malawi: Dark Days Loom for Tobacco

  The latest proposals by the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to stop farming of the crop could potentially affect about two million livelihoods in... Read more »

October 17, 2012

• Malawi: Govt Debates Europe Trade Deal

  Malawi has opened up negotiations on the economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, which have been deadlocked since 2002. Read more »

October 16, 2012

• Malawi: Law Fails to Protect Children

  Patrick Martin, 14, and his brother Mayeso, 15, are safely home for the moment with their mother and other siblings in Kasonya village, Phalombe District in southern Malawi, after... Read more »

October 13, 2012

• Malawi: Heroines of the Floods

  For many women in Malawi's disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to survive the cyclical flooding. Read more »

September 15, 2012

• Malawi: Saving the Lives of the Nation's Children

  Three-month-old Simplicious Gift lives in Mafunga village in Malawi's southern rural district of Chikhwawa, 48 kilometres from the commercial capital, Blantyre. His is a poor... Read more »

August 17, 2012

• Malawi: Livelihoods Drying Up on Lake Chilwa

  Fisherfolk and farmers living near Malawi's second-largest water body, Lake Chilwa, are relocating en masse and scrambling for space around its shores as the lake has dried to... Read more »

August 04, 2012

• Africa: Malawi Checks China's Advance

  The move in Malawi to close down Chinese businesses outside of the four major cities has been condemned as xenophobic by rights organisations. A new law enforced Jul. 31 barred... Read more »

May 29, 2012

• Malawi: Paprika - Spicing Up Nation's Economy

  As she sits down to watch the 8pm news on TV, Mercy Kamphoni from Chamtulo Village in Malawi's Mangochi lake district looks elated. She still cannot believe that she is the new... Read more »

May 17, 2012

• Malawi: Hopes to Heal Economy Through Devaluation

  As Malawi's poor struggle to afford food and other staple items since the 48 percent devaluation of the local currency against the dollar, economic commentators are optimistic that... Read more »

May 09, 2012

• Africa: Continent's Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women

  The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve... Read more »

April 15, 2012

• Malawi: Banda Gives Nation New Lease On Life

  She has been in office for less than a week but Malawi's, and the region's, first female president, Joyce Banda, has given many people in this poor southern African country hope... Read more »

April 13, 2012

• Malawi: Social Media Activism Takes Root

  As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda's appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new... Read more »

February 09, 2012

• Malawi: Cholera Outbreak Hits South

  They survived floods and witnessed the horrific scenes of their houses, livestock, household items and gardens being swept away at the end of January. Read more »

February 03, 2012

• Malawi: Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market

  The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an... Read more »

January 25, 2012

• Malawi: Street Vendors Strip Women Naked

  A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi's main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a... Read more »

December 16, 2011

• Malawi: Women's Education the Path to the Presidency

  On an elegant veranda adorned with a red carpet, Malawi's Vice President Joyce Banda recalls how her childhood friend Chrissie Mtokoma was always top of their class and how she... Read more »