ABORTION: MALAWI’S OVERLOOKED CRISIS

ABORTION: MALAWI’S OVERLOOKED CRISIS

Restrictive laws are not deterring women and girls from seeking abortions; instead, they are pushing them towards clandestine procedures and draining public resources.On a cold morning in 2021, Chrissy, a 24-year-old domestic worker in Blantyre City, writhed in...
WHO FUNDS MALAWI’S POLITICS?

WHO FUNDS MALAWI’S POLITICS?

Inside the Hidden Economy of Elections, Vote-Buying, and State CaptureBY TUMPALE NG’AMBI AND ANTHONY MIDWA MANDA On a winter evening in Mzuzu in July 2024, Malawi’s democracy was not debated, defended, or delayed. It was priced.The northern chill cut sharply through...
THE GHOST PLANES

THE GHOST PLANES

A Malawi-registered 7Q-ASU Zebu Air Ilyushin Il-76TD that is operated by Zebu Air captured at Tianjin Binhai Airport in ChinaHow Malawi’s ‘tourism’ planes became part of Africa’s bloodiest wars and why Somalia has now barred them from its skies. By Jack McBramsThe sky...