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Multi-Award winning Journalist, Fixer, HIV Prevention Advocate, AVAC fellow 2019, Mother, Wife Josephine Chinele has over 62 followers on Twitter.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.