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For decades, African countries have relied heavily on foreign nations for health and scientific research, a situation that has often limited the continent's scientific independence.

A new study has found that a growing number of people in Malawi are living with more than one chronic disease. A chronic disease is a long term illness that develops slowly and lasts for many months or years, such as diabetes, high blood…

Childbirth is meant to mark the beginning of life. But for some women, the hours or days after delivery quietly turn dangerous not because of complicated surgery or a rare disease, but because of infection.

In Chikwawa, the rainy season now arrives on the back of rising floodwaters. Rivers burst their banks, muddy water pours into homes and fields, and families scramble to higher ground as livelihoods are washed away in a matter of hours.

Prison authorities have dismissed social media reports claiming that suspects paraded by the Malawi Police Service in connection with the murder of Dr Victoria Bobe are inmates serving custodial sentences at Chichiri Prison.

A 15-year-old boy has died after getting attacked by a crocodile in the Linthipe River in Dedza.

A 10-year-old boy has drowned in a dam where he had gone swimming in Balaka District.

Tobacco Commission has urged players in the tobacco industry to invest in school infrastructure and provide teaching and learning materials in tobacco-growing areas to help keep children in school.

Renowned businessman and philanthropist Napoleon Dzombe has advised graduates to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, warning that relying solely on employment is unsustainable in Malawi's current economy.

The Malawi Police Service says the country has marked a 11% decrease in road accidents in the first half of 2025, with 1,894 accidents reported compared to 2,124 in 2024.