Malawi Diaspora Members
People relocated to the Nakadanga Trust in Machinga District, Malawi, bemoan the lack of opportunities and schooling in the area they were relocated to live in. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS By Charles MpakaBLANTYRE, Jun 30 2023 (IPS) Located between two heavily-deforested mountains, Nakadanga Trust in Machinga District in southern Malawi looks lifeless. It is isolated away…
Malawi’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs shows that 2.2 million people have been affected, with 676 killed and 538 missing after Cyclone Freddy hit Malawi earlier this month. Credit: Red CrossBy Charles MpakaSONJEKE, MALAWI, Mar 30 2023 (IPS) In Sonjeka village in Mulanje district, which lies on the border with Mozambique in southern Malawi, destroyed…
Attacks on the elderly are increasing in Malawi, often under the pretext that witchcraft is at play. Survivor Christian Mphande lived to tell her story, but there is a worrying increase in elder abuse. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPSBy Charles MpakaBLANTYRE, Mar 17 2023 (IPS) In December last year, a video clip went viral of two elderly…
Patients in Africa often cannot access treatment as per the WHO hepatitis B guidelines. Now researchers have found a way to improve the diagnosis and care of people living with hepatitis B. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS By Charles MpakaBLANTYRE, Mar 2 2023 (IPS) Researchers have found that cheaper and more accessible blood testing methods can improve…
Africa, Editors’ Choice, Featured, Headlines, Health, Humanitarian Emergencies, TerraViva United Nations, Water & Sanitation Water & Sanitation Cholera ward in a health centre in Blantyre. Malawi has experienced a massive rise in cholera in the past year. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPSBLANTYRE, Jan 9 2023 (IPS) – On March 3, 2022, Malawi declared a cholera outbreak after…
Africa, Featured, Food and Agriculture, Headlines, TerraViva United Nations Food and Agriculture A factory worker pressing sunflower oil. Credit: Esmie Komwa Eneya/IPSBlantyre, Sep 5 2022 (IPS) – Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their produce to the factory…
