The court said banning students over their hair was denying them their right to education
Malawi this month opened the first African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA), with support from the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. The academy aims to improve drone technology skills across Africa, beginning with Malawi and its neighboring countries. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
UNICEF-supported initiative expects to train 150 students to construct, operate drones in 2020
Malawi police are accused of sexually assaulting 17 women during election protests
The worms have destroyed crops for a quarter million farming families
Since the start of the rainy season in November, the worms have destroyed crops for a quarter million farming families
Government questions validity of report and police say they are conducting their own inquiry into the alleged rape of eight women, and the sexual assault of others
Authorities hope the devices will protect albinos from attacks by people who believe their body parts have magical powers; critics doubt the alarms will be effective due to their limited range
Malawi is distributing personal security alarms to people with albinism, a condition that causes whitening of the skin from lack of pigmentation. Malawi authorities hope the alarms will prevent deadly attacks on albinos by people who believe their body parts have magical powers. But the alarms have only a limited range, raising doubts about their effectiveness. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
Malawian migrant workers in South Africa are estimated at 100,000 or more, driven there by low incomes at home and the prospect of better jobs abroad
Malawian migrant workers in South Africa are estimated at 100,000 or more
The founder of a Malawian maternity clinic for poor women says it has set a record - delivering more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child. For her efforts improving access to safe childbirth, Charity Salima has become known as "Malawi's Florence Nightingale," the English founder of modern nursing. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
The founder of a Malawian maternity clinic for poor women says it has set a record - delivering more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child. For her efforts to improve access to safe childbirth, Charity Salima has become known as "Malawi's Florence Nightingale," the English founder of modern nursing. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.
Charity Salima, dubbed 'Malawi’s Florence Nightingale,' says her clinic delivered more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child
President Peter Mutharika has offered to negotiate with opposition, but opposition parties say president is illegitimate and should step aside
Rights campaigners say they have evidence of sexual harassment, rape and torture of women during recent post-election demonstrations
Teachers say they were not prepared for the massive rise in student enrollment, leaving schools without adequate infrastructure, teachers, and supplies
Malawi is struggling to provide free primary education it introduced 25 years ago to give all children a basic education. Teachers say they were not prepared for the massive rise in student enrollment, leaving schools without adequate infrastructure, teachers, and supplies. Charities have stepped-in to address the problem, as Lameck Masina reports from Nkhatabay district, in northern Malawi.
Poverty forces Malawi women to exchange sex for fish
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