Poverty reduction v well-being: a cash transfer experiment from Malawi
What difference does it make to development interventions if you worry about well-being rather than income poverty? A rather neat […]
MAN WHO HAD SEX WITH A GOAT JAILED, ANOTHER ARRESTED
Robert Wisikoti, a 26-year-old tobacco estate labourer in Malawi’s central district of Dowa who had sex with a goat was […]
I LIVE IN MALAWI
1st trip to Mtsiliza Village (feeding program and widow’s ministry) -car ride: Nelly “Just a Dream” came on the radio. […]
IT IS NOT ABOUT ME!
Phil 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves” While […]
Zambia vendors complain about Malawi shoe traders influx
By Christopher Miti CHIPATA (Post of Zambia) — Vendors in Chipata have complained about the increase in the number of […]
Farmers threaten to dump milk on streets…As diesel shortage hits them hard
WRITTEN BY THOM KHANJE BNLTIMES Some milk farmers from around Blantyre and Lilongwe cities have threatened to throw rotten milk […]
DFID Support Withdraw Could Worsen Health Workers’ Shortage in Malawi
The problem of health workers has reached “a global crisis point”. World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that the world is […]
Mzuni students to withdraw court case
Mzuzu University Students have agreed in principle to withdraw a court injunction they got against the institution if all students […]
Poinsettias, poisons and purpose!
I was wondering, when I arrived at our house in Lilongwe, why a bush had been cut back to a […]
Deborah Nyangulu-Chipofya | Give China a break
This week I found myself listening to Nameless´song, China. For those of you who don’t know China, its a song that talks […]
VISA-FREE Country List
Here is a list of countries that you may not have a problem getting a Visa to stay there. Malawi […]
1st Lady on Dorothy McKune’s Midwife’s blog | State of the World’s Midwifery Report
The 2011 International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) conference was held in Durban, South Africa from June 19-23, 2011. The conference […]
Save the Children CEO defends celebrity endorsement
Following the actor Angelina Jolie’s high-profile visit to a Syrian refugee camp last week, the CEO of Save the Children, […]
Felicia booted out of Big Brother Amplified and Alex becomes the most desired man in Tails House
Sunday night’s Big Brother Amplified eviction show saw Malawi’s Felicia leaving the Heads House and the competition while Millicent moved […]
Educate Malawi, Inc.
I am counting the days now! I leave for Malawi in 5 weeks from today! So, I am really starting […]
President’s very disappointing –civil society
LILONGWE (Malawi Democrat) Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika’s June 24 national address on fuel and forex shortages and the zero-deficit […]
Malawi, not IMF, decided to depend on failing tobacco for forex
ANYONE who thought Grain Malunga, the Minister of Energy and Mining, had embarrassed government by admitting that it has failed […]
The price of fuel is going down in the USA Whereas here in #Malawi we don’t even have enough FOREX to import fuel!
After facing $4 sticker shock at the pump for much of 2011, consumers are now likely to get a break […]
Maternal death stalks Malawi’s rural poor
SALIMA, Malawi – She arrived wrapped in a pink blanket, dead. A Toyota pick-up pulled up to the entrance of […]
Power Interconnection Project Costly but Needed
BLANTYRE, Malawi , Jun 27, 2011 (IPS) – In Malawi’s administrative and commercial capitals, Lilongwe and Blantyre, two things are […]