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Healing pilgrimage: How Malawian women cross borders to beat cervical cancer
Punch
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August 15, 2025
On a warm October morning in Nairobi, Chimwemwe Chiduleni stepped off a bus clutching a plastic bag filled with documents, a change of clothes, and a quiet determination to survive. Two years after being diagnosed with cervical cancer in Malawi, a...
ANALYSIS | In Malawi, Politics is Personal: We Vote With Our Hearts, Not Our Heads
Nyasa Times
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August 15, 2025
In this article, seasonal journalist and history scholar EPHRAIM NYONDO warns politicians on the campaign trail to forget manifestos and flashy promises because in Malawi, elections are not won on policy alone. He argues that we vote for the...
COSOMA Pushes Malawi’s Talent to the World Stage with K190 Million Boost
Nyasa Times
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August 15, 2025
The Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA) has set the stage for Malawian artists to shine internationally, disbursing a game-changing K190 million in grants at a colourful ceremony at Lilongwe Hotel. COSOMA Board Chairperson Robert Kapyepye said...
How USAID cuts could undermine battle against fistula in Malawi
Context
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What’s the context? In Malawi, USAID cuts put pressure on maternal health services, including treatment for women with fistula. USAID cuts hit health services in aid-dependent Malawi Progress on maternal health, including fistula, threatened...
Malawi's restless youth challenged to vote in September polls
Times-Georgian
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At a rally of pounding drums and ululating women, star Malawian rapper Fredokiss urged young people to vote in next month's elections despite their disenchantment with the government and the choice of main presidential candidates, all aged over...
Malawian LGBTQI woman stranded in Ireland after fleeing from forced marriage
The Maravi Post
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August 14, 2025
LILONGWE (MaraviPost)-A Malawian woman is stuck in Ireland after running away from Malawi because she was outed as a lesbian. She went there to find safety and freedom, but now faces many challenges. The woman, who we’ll call Mary to protect her...
Human Trafficking “a deep concern” for the Church in Africa: Talitha Kum Zimbabwe
ACI Africa
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August 14, 2025
The Zimbabwean-born official of the Talitha Kum Network, which supports victims of trafficking as well as refugees and migrants in the Southern African nation, noted that the human trafficking challenge is of great concern to the Church in Africa...
Malawian youths shine at Zambia arts festival
The Nation Malawi
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August 14, 2025
A group of 39 young performers from Malawi excited audiences at the 2025 Jacaranda International Children and Youth Arts Festival in Lusaka, Zambia, from 7 to 9 August. The festival, organised by Assitej Zambia, brought together 19 local and...
University of Malawi defies court order over student Humble Bondo’s exams release, Cries foul
The Maravi Post
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August 14, 2025
ZOMBA—(MaraviPost)- In a case that strikes at the very heart of Malawi’s judicial authority, the University of Malawi has been accused of openly defying a binding High Court order to release the examination results of former prominent student...
Ukraine Battlefield, New Immigrant Detention Center, Kennedy Center Honors
The Maravi Post
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August 14, 2025
Military escalations have taken place in Ukraine in recent days, even as President Trump prepares to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. A new El Paso immigration detention center billed as the country’s largest will start...
Maritime Security Gets a Boost as Immigration Set to Receive Patrol Vessel
Nyasa Times
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August 14, 2025
What began as a mere dream—to establish a Marine Section within Malawi’s Immigration Department to police lakeside ports of entry—has now sailed into reality. The Japanese Government is set to hand over a state-of-the-art Immigration Patrol Vessel...
Pemphero Mphande to Build Water System in Malawian Village To Prove That Malawians Can Do It Themselves
Nyasa Times
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August 14, 2025
In a bold move to promote self-reliance among Malawians, entrepreneur and humanitarian Pemphero Mphande has announced plans to build a water system in a rural village that currently lacks access to safe, clean water. Pemphero Mphande The...
Malawi Mourns Senior Chief Kachindamoto, Defender of Girls’ Rights
Face of Malawi
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August 14, 2025
226 words • approx. 2 min read Malawi is mourning the death of Senior Chief Kachindamoto of Dedza, celebrated nationally and internationally for her decades-long fight against child marriage and her relentless advocacy for girls’ education. Born...
Malawi Department of Immigration to receive first-ever marine patrol vessel from Japan
Maravi Express
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August 13, 2025
* Immigration Patrol Vessel 001 (IPV) is part of the marine project designed to curb irregular migration along Malawi’s lakeshore ports of entry * It will also enhance efforts to combat human trafficking, smuggling, and other transnational crimes...
University of Malawi Defies Court Order, Student Leader Humble Bondo Cries Foul
Nyasa Times
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August 14, 2025
In a case that strikes at the core of Malawi’s justice system, the University of Malawi is being accused of openly defying a binding High Court order to release the examination results of former student leader Humble C.S. Bondo. The order, served...
Limerick's Gateway to Education gives stories a second life
Limerick Leader
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August 14, 2025
LIMERICK’S Gateway to Education has launched its Books For Change campaign, an initiative rooted in sustainability and environmental responsibility. As part of Limerick’s ‘Going for Gold’ environmental scheme, the campaign champions the principles...
Church merger brings growth, unity, focus on global missions
The Pathway - Missouri
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August 13, 2025
OAKVILLE – When two declining south suburban St. Louis churches partnered with a larger church in ministry, the result not only increased attendance for the two but increased kingdom impact locally and globally for all three congregations. Windsor...
Malawi’s Trailblazer: Thom Mpinganjira and FDH Bank Forge Path of Success and Hope
Nyasa Times
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August 13, 2025
In a powerful demonstration of homegrown resilience, Malawian business magnate Dr. Thom Mpinganjira and his financial powerhouse, FDH Bank Plc, are being celebrated for a series of landmark achievements that defy the nation’s economic headwinds....
Synod on Synodality Bearing Fruits in Africa, Catholic Nun on 2025 G20 Interfaith Forum
ACI Africa
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August 15, 2025
“We challenged ourselves to say we are in the days of the Jubilee Year of Hope,” she said, stressing the need for religious leaders to draw inspiration from the on-going Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope and commit to lead by example as...
Malawi’s foreign debt in huge arrears—IMF
The Nation Malawi
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August 13, 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said despite making some progress in reprofiling official bilateral debt, Malawi remains in arrears to its external commercial creditors in excess of $669 million (about K1.2 trillion) by 2024. In its 2025...