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The visa hurdle: Why conference applicants from the global south can't always clear it

Global health meetings are often held in the West — and that's an obstacle for scientists, doctors and advocates from lower resource countries. Which means their voices aren't being heard.

WEKU

Independence day is time to reflect on Scotland's colonial legacy in Malawi

ON July 6, 1964 the Protectorate of Nyasaland became independent, renaming itself Malawi.

The National (Scotland)

Axios Finish Line: Ordinary people do extraordinary things

A lesson in leadership and entrepreneurship from Malawi.

Axios

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Women behind the lens: a life or death moment on Malawi’s Covid wards

In January 2021, Malawi had its biggest surge in cases. I risked my life to capture the urgency of that time, when people were dying due to the oxygen shortage

The Guardian - UK

Malawi: Protestors take to streets over racist video ridiculing children

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe this week after a video surfaced with what appears to be the exploitation of children by a Chinese national.

Radio France Internationale

Samuel Bhima obituary

Other lives: The first obstetrician and gynaecologist in Malawi

The Guardian - UK

The Malawian hit song, Moyo wa Mtawoni, meaning ‘the town life’, was released some 20 years ago by musician Ben Michael Mankhamba. It addressed the challenges of living in urban areas and praised the laissez-faire lifestyle of villages.

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Perthshire medical pioneer Barry awarded with MBE in Queen's Honours List

The 62-year-old of Wester Ballindean has been recognised by the Crown for establishing systems and procedures which have “helped to save thousands” of lives

Daily Record

Running wild: the children driven to a life of crime on the streets of Malawi

With 15,000 living rough and stealing to get by, rising poverty and hunger in the country is driving more boys and girls from their homes

The Guardian - UK

Enforcing competition would ease food price hikes in east and southern Africa

Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in east and southern Africa are getting a raw deal. To succeed they need fair and integrated regional markets. Research by the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development has highlighted the need for better integration of regional economies as a step towards food…

The Conversation

Tired and Sad, Mane and Salah Head to Africa for AFCON Qualifying

Premier League stars Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah head to Africa for 2023 Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers weary and disappointed after a 70-match season that ended with Liverpool's Champions League final loss. Mane-inspired defending champions Senegal host Benin and visit Rwanda in Group L and should secure maximum points…

Asharq Al-Awsat

S2,EP 19: Kenya's disappearing donkeys, Bamenda recycling in wartime & Malawi's modern chief

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Kenya, donkeys disappearing off the streets in the rural areas are causing havoc for residents; some in Bamenda, Cameroon, are trying to improve waste disposal and recycling amidst the Anglophone…

Radio France Internationale

Pfizer To Sell 23 Patented Drugs, Vaccines At Lower Prices To Poorer Countries

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) will sell over 20 patent-protected drugs and vaccines at not-for-profit prices to 45 of the world's poorest countries. Under the program, Pfizer will begin shipping the medicines first to Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, and Uganda before the end of this year, Chief Executive Albert Bourla said in an interview. This will…

Benzinga

Malawi investigating former diplomats for allegedly selling state properties

The Malawi government is investigating some of its former diplomats who served the country’s embassies in Namibia, South Africa and the United Kingdom for allegedly selling state assets ,including houses, and failing to account for the proceeds of the sales.

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Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years

Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials say

Zenger

VIDEO: Mum-Believable: Incredible Mum, 23, Who Runs Three Schools And Fosters Over 30 Children

Meet the incredible 23-year-old woman who runs three schools, an orphanage and fosters over 30 Children.

The Independent UK

Mozambique declares polio outbreak linked to Pakistan

Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease

The Conversation

Debt distress in Africa: biggest problems, and ways forward

The COVID pandemic has had a profoundly negative impact on Africa’s sovereign debt situation. Currently, 22 countries are either in debt distress or at high risk of debt distress. This means that African governments are struggling to pay the debts that they incurred on behalf of their states. For example,…

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‘Second chance’: In Malawi, a teacher’s salary runs an orphanage

Two-thirds of Malawian children do not complete their primary education, one of the highest rates on the continent.

Al Jazeera

Samson’s sacrifice: Malawian chief saves his community from floods

In Malawi, floods have become more frequent and intense in recent years and the damage has been more devastating.

Al Jazeera

South Africa floods: Malawian migrants decry gov’t neglect

Migrants say they are stranded with little support from the authorities in their home country or their adopted one.

Radio France Internationale

Malawi: How scientists mapped mosquito breeding grounds using drones

Using an innovative, 21st-century way to destroy a centuries-old problem, scientists at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust use drones to map out where mosquitoes breed in an effort to identify and destroy malaria-causing mosquitoes.

The Guardian - UK

‘My children cry with hunger’: refugees denied UN aid rations at Malawi camp

Hundreds at Dzaleka camp told they are no longer eligible for food supplies from the World Food Programme

The Guardian - UK

The face of modern slavery in Malawi: Håvard Bjelland’s best photograph

‘I stayed in a tent nearby, waking up at 4am to begin the hour-long walk towards the pits. By the time we arrived, the miners had already been working for hours’

Radio France Internationale

Malawi farmers face an uphill battle to diversify crops

Faced with the rising cost of fertiliser and effects of climate change, farmers in Malawi are being encouraged to diversify their crops to become less dependent on maize, the country's staple food. Those working the land are also struggling to bounce back from time lost due to Covid lockdowns.

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