Regions / Africa / Malawi
Articles about Malawi, ordered by date. 
Introducing... Lazarus Chakwera
Richard Swift introduces us to Malawi’s president.
Malawi's black gold
The illegal charcoal business is driving deforestation - but also providing a source of income to thousands of Malawians in poverty.
Cookstove millionaire
Producing more efficient cookstoves has proved lucrative business for some, like Ken Chilewe.
The cookstove community
Meeting the people trying to have an impact on Malawi’s health and environmental crisis.
A broken system
Household Air Pollution causes over 13,000 deaths a year in Malawi – but it still can’t get on the country’s health agenda.
A woman's burden
To collect firewood, Malawian women are travelling farther from home by the day as deforestation escalates – and this makes things harder at home, too.
Smoke and Mirrors
Revealing Malawi's untold health and environmental crisis. Ingrid Gercama and Nathalie Bertrams for New Internationalist.
Building resilience to climate change in rural Malawi
Malawian environmental journalist Charles Mkoka reports on how communities are already adapting to the ever-changing climate around them.
Country Profile: Malawi
Richard Carver's insights into a country struggling with poverty, floods and corruption.
Malawi battles for press freedom
In Malawi fear of reprisals silences journalists over press freedom.
Beyond witchcraft
Pilirani Semu-Banda meets a young woman from Malawi who thought her life had been ruined by giving birth – until she heard about a simple operation.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Introducing... Lazarus Chakwera | Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic | September, 2020 |
| Malawi's black gold | Humans vs robots | November, 2017 |
| Cookstove millionaire | Humans vs robots | November, 2017 |
| The cookstove community | Humans vs robots | November, 2017 |
| A broken system | Humans vs robots | November, 2017 |
| A woman's burden | Humans vs robots | November, 2017 |
| Smoke and Mirrors | Humans vs robots | November, 2017 |
| Neutralizing the killer in the kitchen | The Equality Effect | July, 2017 |
| Building resilience to climate change in rural Malawi | Paris Climate Talks - COP21 | December, 2015 |
| The $43m tax dodge | Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution | September, 2015 |
| Country Profile: Malawi | Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? | April, 2015 |
| Country Profile: Malawi | Argentina's challenge | June, 2013 |
| Malawi battles for press freedom | Haiti two years on | January, 2012 |
| Beyond witchcraft | Mothers who die | March, 2009 |
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