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Dehumanising Malawi hospitals fail mothers with impairments

More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse

Malawian Police have warned against “trial by public opinion” in the case.

Who will police the police in Malawi?

A security guard’s claims that he was tortured by cops have shone a spotlight on the country’s dysfunctional police oversight agency

The tobacco industry brings in 60% of Malawi’s foreign earnings and employs half a million people. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images)

Smokes and mirrors: How Big Tobacco may have avoided Malawi’s taxman

Alliance One may have moved $4.2-million in taxable profits out of the country

People line a muddy road in this image tweeted by Malawi Red Cross Society on March 13. Photo: Supplied

Cyclone Freddy leaves trail of destruction in Malawi

The people of that country paid the price of climate changed fuelled by, among others, the petro-chemical industry that has declared record profits

President Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Archive

Can Malawian president Chakwera’s career rise from the dead?

The leader has fallen from grace, disappointing the electorate and donors with his failure to deal with corruption

The kwacha has once again been devalued

Faced with a shortage of forex and an economic slump for which it needs an International Monetary Fund loan, Malawi has deliberately weakened its own currency

Women queue outside of a Malawian health facility for healthcare for their children. Moving rape crisis centres out of central hospitals in Malawi and into clinics closer to communities might increase the number of people who use them, experts say.

One stop to justice: Inside this country’s answer to the Thuthuzela Care Centres

Chikwanekwanes are trying to make it easier for rape survivors to get care, counselling and legal help under one roof but it’s easier said than done.

In East and Southern Africa

Meeting men halfway: Clinics are going mobile to reach the toughest patients

For decades, we’ve struggled to solve the riddle: How do you get reluctant men to test for HIV. Could we finally have an answer?

Loud and clear: A billboard in Lilongwe

Malawi to halt prosecutions against LGBTI community

Malawi says it will no longer enforce anti-homosexuality laws but dangerous homophobia persists on the country’s streets – and in its clinics.

Malawi’s women suffer in silence as the country continues to outlaw abortions but change may be on the horizon.

Will rape survivors finally be able to have legal abortions?

Unsafe terminations in Malawi may be curbed after a new law is enacted, but it’s just the first step

Sister Anna’s work relies on donations from well-wishers and her Franciscan community back home

Nursing the hungry: How one Catholic nun has taken Malawi’s prisoners under her wing

As humanitarian organisations sound the alarm over high malnutrition rates among Malawi’s prisoners, one woman is trying to help keep inmates alive.

Water-fed gardens in Malawi ward off starvation – for now

The government’s focus on small-scale irrigation has given hope and sustenance to some districts.

Ellena Baziliyo and her daughters.

Malawi drought: “I’m pregnant, but I’ve got nothing to eat.”

Some rain has fallen yet crop yields are still expected to be poor, but aid programmes have opened the door to a more sustainable future.

Antiretrovirals

Malawi ARVs traded on Jozi’s streets

Health workers steal drugs that are bought by smugglers and sold to fearful "illegal" foreigners.

Malawi ARVs traded on Jozi’s streets

Health workers steal drugs that are bought by smugglers and sold to fearful "illegal" foreigners.

Malawi tobacco going up in smoke

The Sadc country’s farmers feel trapped in a contract system they blame for low prices and growing debt in its tobacco industry.

Malawi tobacco going up in smoke

The Sadc country’s farmers feel trapped in a contract system they blame for low prices and growing debt in its tobacco industry.

Maternal mortality in Uganda continues to be a development challenge.

Maternity in Malawi is a DIY gamble

We’ll deliver your baby but sepsis control is your problem, say the country’s rural clinics.

Maternal mortality in Uganda continues to be a development challenge.

Maternity in Malawi is a DIY gamble

We’ll deliver your baby but sepsis control is your problem, say the country’s rural clinics.