Protesters also demand the end of power outages and attacks on albino refugees
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Visiting Malawi this month, one of the pioneers of that research, the American scientist Jay Levy, said Malawi could be among the countries in Africa on track to eradicate the virus, though he said the battle is still far from over. For VOA, Lameck Masina has the story from Blantyre.
More than 20 years after its last execution, Malawi's president seeks national dialogue on implementing death penalty
Authorities condemn communities for not seeking medical help
Government authorities condemn the attacks as primitive
Authorities condemn attacks, work to dispel accusations
Several African countries are dealing with cholera outbreaks, including Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Malawi, cholera has killed at least four people since November and sickened some 200 more. The U.N. Children’s Fund is trying out a new high-tech approach to better target response efforts, making use of a humanitarian drone corridor established in Malawi last year. Lameck Masina reports for VOA from Lilongwe.
Malawi is once again grappling with an invasion of fall armyworms, which ravaged crops across parts of Africa in 2016 and 2017 and aggravated food insecurity. Amid a shortage of pesticides in Malawi, some farmers are turning to homemade concoctions. Lameck Masina reports for VOA from one of the hardest hit areas, the Mulanje district in southern Malawi.
Artist facing public backlash over his latest song whose graphic lyrics threaten a woman with sexual assault
The outbreak is believed to have been triggered by poor hygiene
Proposal to create quotas for women in parliament was rejected, but activists are trying to have it reinstated
Pests have destroyed crops for 140,000 families
Microsoft and the U.N. Refugee Agency have partnered to teach about two dozen young refugees from around East Africa how to code and develop software. For VOA, Lameck Masina has the story from the Dzaleka refugee camp in central Malawi.
'The Town Monger,' 82-minute movie was filmed using borrowed camera and borrowed iPad and the set was the streets they know well
Malawi may not be what comes to mind when you think of kung fu movies. But four young acrobats in its capital, Lilongwe, are out to change that. The trailer for their first locally produced action flick, The Town Monger, has been generating buzz online and drawn interest from regional cable distributors. The film will premiere in Malawi this week. Lameck Masina has the story from Lilongwe.
Nine people killed amid stories of 'blood suckers'
Drone operators would need authorization from Department of Civil Aviation to fly their gadgets
Women's rights activists in Lilongwe brave hot weather to protest recent spate of domestic violence
Lessons in developing mobile phone apps are among those being taught at a Women in Science camp made possible by the UN Girl Up program, Intel Corp. and the US State Department
A hundred teenage girls from seven countries are gathered in Malawi for a ‘Women in Science’ camp. Lameck Masina has the story from the Malawi University of Science and Technology in the Thyolo district of southern Malawi.
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