Malawi 

An innovative UNICEF project is increasing vaccine access and confidence in rural Malawi through the use of mobile vaccination vans that deliver vaccines to hard-to-reach communities, particularly among pregnant women

Thembisire Munthali, a 14-year-old girl and the brightest pupil at Ngwenya Primary School in the capital Lilongwe, says she is the person whose family leans on fighting poverty through education

The country's chess team claimed gold and silver at the African Individual Chess Championship (ASICC) in Kenya in the under-13 and under-17 girls categories

The Minister of Health and chairperson of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 revealed that 700.000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine will expire this month; compulsory vaccination will be introduced next year for civil servants, journalists, health workers

Researcher Felistus Patience Chipungu is developing super-hardy, super-nutritious tubers, even more important in a country particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events such as cyclones and droughts

Journalist Elias Mambo has launched The Independent Digest, a new weekly newspaper that features investigative articles across social, political and economic divides; Mambo said an independent newspaper was needed to report the truth

President Lazarus Chakwera has officially launched a plan to revive the national economy and transform the country from one of the poorest in the world to a lower middle-income by 2030

Latest study by the Malawi Human Rights Commission proves that persons with disabilities, mostly relying on relatives and friends, were sidelined in the implementation of the national response to the pandemic

A study estimates that 25% of the population in the Neno district suffers from mental disorders and 30% of patients attending an outpatient clinic meet the criteria for depression; however, only 1200 people are registered in NCD and mental health clinics

Malawi Posts Corporation will lay off about 500 staff members due to overstaffing and implement a turn-around strategy if it is to become a for-profit organisation

The '16 days of activism against gender-based violence' will allow the country to appreciate 30 years of progress on the issue and reflect on next plans

A 22-year-old inmate of Mzuzu Prison, who had been charged with defilement, has been selected to study a degree in medicine and midwifery at Mzuzu University after passing the 2020 Malawi School Certificate of Education