Dec 21 2009
A strong earthquake destroyed several buildings in Malawi on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring about 200, a government official said. The quake struck the southeast African country at 1:19 a.m., and the victims included students who...
Aug 24 2009
Thousands of children working in Malawi’s tobacco fields are absorbing 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day, a rights organisation has warned. Children near a tobacco storage shed west of capital Lilongwe The kids experienced an array of...
Jun 17 2009
Caroline Mbewe, 14, would prefer to be in school, but instead is a domestic worker for an affluent family in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. “My bosses treat me well but I don’t want to continue working. I want to be like their daughters;...