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Charles pays tribute to Malawi’s elimination of disease causing blindness

The World Health Organisation announced a few weeks ago that it had validated Malawi’s elimination of trachoma as a public health issue.

The Independent UK

‘Failing to cope’: Malawi faces surge in young people with mental ill health

A lack of services and psychiatrists, plus a fear of being stigmatised, can make it hard to get help

The Guardian - UK

Cannabis Reg. Update: Malawi, Legalization In Costa Rica And Albania. New Zealand On Biden's Pardon

Malawi's Cannabis Policy: Not Fair

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Retired Auchterarder GP raises hundreds of pounds for charity after cycling 365 miles around Perthshire

Roger Paterson (61) completed the EMMS International’s sponsored Malawi Bike Ride which has traditionally taken place in the East African country

Daily Record

Heroin worth more than ₹100 crore seized at Mumbai airport; woman from Ghana among two held

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had laid a trap at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on a tip-off that a passenger travelling from Malawi, an African country, was trying to smuggle narcotic drugs into India

The Hindu

Cholera outbreak in Malawi has killed 110 since March

Cholera has spread to 22 of Malawi's 28 districts, killing 110 people and infecting 3,891 people since March when the first case was reported, the health minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Prince Harry wildlife NGO under fire after elephants kill three in Malawi

African Parks, of which the royal is president, is one of three parties accused of rushing a mass translocation of the mammals

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Malawian Anticolonial hero Chilembwe unveiled on fourth plinth

A larger-than-life sculpture of an anticolonial hero has been unveiled as the newest artwork on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth. Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe, a Baptist preacher who was killed in an uprising in Nyasaland, now Malawi, in 1915, and John Chorley, a European missionary. Chilembwe is wearing…

Evening Standard

Samson Kambalu’s Antelope review – an imperial showdown on the fourth plinth

The Malawian-born artist’s traditional bronze figures might suggest a win for the culture warriors, but they subversively celebrate an anti-colonial hero

The Guardian - UK

Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Statue of Malawi’s John Chilembwe unveiled

A larger-than-life sculpture of an anticolonial hero has been unveiled as the newest artwork on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth.

Evening Standard

Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there's one clear way out

650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That’s one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa’s sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ten countries with the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

The Conversation

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria

Donor conference on the sidelines of UN meeting raises record $14.25bn although UK and Italy delay pledge announcements.

Al Jazeera

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria on UN sidelines

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases after progress was knocked off course by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

Three reasons why the US Federal Reserve Bank holds the world in its hands

Inflation is a global problem. At the end of August, it was 8.3% in the US and 9.1% in the Euro area. It is 20.3% in Nigeria, 25% in Malawi, and over 30% in Ethiopia and Ghana.

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The Guardian - UK

Petrol pumps run dry across Malawi as fuel import problems deepen

Motorists forced to pay premium for smuggled black market fuel or drive to border with neighbouring Mozambique

WEKU

Whatever happened to the Malawian anti-plastic activist inspired by goats?

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, after seeing goats dying from eating plastic bags, took on the plastic industry and won the Goldman Environmental Prize. But Malawi's plastic industry still poses challenges.

WEKU

Whatever happened to ... the pandemic-delayed wedding dreams of Patrick and Fiona?

They finally came true! He's Malawian. She's Dutch. They fell in love and hoped to wed but the pandemic got in the way. Here's the story of the happy day — and the latest challenge in their lives.

WEKU

Why keeping girls in school is a good strategy to cope with climate change

Education for girls brings numerous benefits when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Oh, and it works for boys, too!

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India-Africa partnership gets a boost with investment conclave

A number of African leaders was in New Delhi for a key investment meeting this summer that brought together 40 ministers from 17 countries including Burkina Faso, Congo, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon and Malawi among others.

Daily Mirror

Hundreds of elephants moved to nature reserve previously left empty by poachers

Throughout July, 263 African elephants were transported out of Liwonde National park to their new home in Kasungu National Park, Malawi’s second biggest nature reserve

Manchester Evening News

Commonwealth Games star Jade Clarke sends message to Lionesses for Women's Euro 2022 final

England beat Malawi to remain unbeaten at the NEC with Clarke hailing the home support and the Partington netball star also had a message for the Lionesses.

The Guardian - UK

Cardwell in clinical form as England maintain unbeaten start in netball

The defending champions defeated Malawi 66-41 to win their second successive match at the Commonwealth Games

ABC News

Funding, resources and the illusion of fairness in the world of sport

Much is made about fairness in sport, but as Australia's inevitable dominance of the Commonwealth Games draws near, it's clear that we will never have a true level playing field, writes Tracey Holmes.

Al Jazeera

Dozens of Malawians arrested in anti-‘selective justice’ protests

The activists are demonstrating against what they call selective justice by the country’s judiciary in recent months.

Evening Standard

Sculpture of anti-colonial hero to appear on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth

Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu has had his sculpture of John Chilembwe in an act of defiance against colonial rule commissioned

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