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Trafalgar Square fourth plinth: Statue of Malawi’s John Chilembwe unveiled

A larger-than-life sculpture of an anticolonial hero has been unveiled as the newest artwork on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth.

Evening Standard

Child marriage comes with a heavy cost for young girls in Africa – but there's one clear way out

650 million women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. That’s one of the startling figures contained in a 2021 UNICEF report about child marriage. Africa’s sub-Saharan region is home to nine of the ten countries with the highest rates of child marriage in the world.

The Conversation

World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria

Donor conference on the sidelines of UN meeting raises record $14.25bn although UK and Italy delay pledge announcements.

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World leaders pledge billions to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria on UN sidelines

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria on Wednesday reached $14.25 billion pledged as world leaders seek to fight the killer diseases after progress was knocked off course by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reuters

Three reasons why the US Federal Reserve Bank holds the world in its hands

Inflation is a global problem. At the end of August, it was 8.3% in the US and 9.1% in the Euro area. It is 20.3% in Nigeria, 25% in Malawi, and over 30% in Ethiopia and Ghana.

The Conversation

Petrol pumps run dry across Malawi as fuel import problems deepen

Motorists forced to pay premium for smuggled black market fuel or drive to border with neighbouring Mozambique

The Guardian - UK

Whatever happened to the Malawian anti-plastic activist inspired by goats?

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, after seeing goats dying from eating plastic bags, took on the plastic industry and won the Goldman Environmental Prize. But Malawi's plastic industry still poses challenges.

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Whatever happened to ... the pandemic-delayed wedding dreams of Patrick and Fiona?

They finally came true! He's Malawian. She's Dutch. They fell in love and hoped to wed but the pandemic got in the way. Here's the story of the happy day — and the latest challenge in their lives.

WEKU

Why keeping girls in school is a good strategy to cope with climate change

Education for girls brings numerous benefits when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Oh, and it works for boys, too!

WEKU

India-Africa partnership gets a boost with investment conclave

A number of African leaders was in New Delhi for a key investment meeting this summer that brought together 40 ministers from 17 countries including Burkina Faso, Congo, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon and Malawi among others.

Radio France Internationale

Hundreds of elephants moved to nature reserve previously left empty by poachers

Throughout July, 263 African elephants were transported out of Liwonde National park to their new home in Kasungu National Park, Malawi’s second biggest nature reserve

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth Games star Jade Clarke sends message to Lionesses for Women's Euro 2022 final

England beat Malawi to remain unbeaten at the NEC with Clarke hailing the home support and the Partington netball star also had a message for the Lionesses.

Manchester Evening News

Cardwell in clinical form as England maintain unbeaten start in netball

The defending champions defeated Malawi 66-41 to win their second successive match at the Commonwealth Games

The Guardian - UK

Funding, resources and the illusion of fairness in the world of sport

Much is made about fairness in sport, but as Australia's inevitable dominance of the Commonwealth Games draws near, it's clear that we will never have a true level playing field, writes Tracey Holmes.

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Dozens of Malawians arrested in anti-‘selective justice’ protests

The activists are demonstrating against what they call selective justice by the country’s judiciary in recent months.

Evening Standard

Sculpture of anti-colonial hero to appear on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth

Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu has had his sculpture of John Chilembwe in an act of defiance against colonial rule commissioned

The Guardian - UK

Anticolonial hero statue to occupy Trafalgar Square fourth plinth from September

Antelope by Samson Kambalu depicts John Chilembwe wearing hat in defiance of colonial rule in Nyasaland, now Malawi

The Guardian - UK

Cookbook puts pigeon pea on Malawi’s plates to combat food insecurity

Book aims to change attitudes to nutritious pulse that the country produces in abundance for export but rarely eats at home

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How do you move 250 elephants to their new home? Very carefully

One by one, the elephants are being sedated and moved from Malawi's overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 236 miles away in the country's north.

The Independent UK

Malawi moves elephants from overcrowded park to larger one

One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi’s overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometers (236 miles) away in the country’s north

WEKU

The visa hurdle: Why conference applicants from the global south can't always clear it

Global health meetings are often held in the West — and that's an obstacle for scientists, doctors and advocates from lower resource countries. Which means their voices aren't being heard.

The National (Scotland)

Independence day is time to reflect on Scotland's colonial legacy in Malawi

ON July 6, 1964 the Protectorate of Nyasaland became independent, renaming itself Malawi.

Axios

Axios Finish Line: Ordinary people do extraordinary things

A lesson in leadership and entrepreneurship from Malawi.

The Guardian - UK

Women behind the lens: a life or death moment on Malawi’s Covid wards

In January 2021, Malawi had its biggest surge in cases. I risked my life to capture the urgency of that time, when people were dying due to the oxygen shortage

Radio France Internationale

Malawi: Protestors take to streets over racist video ridiculing children

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe this week after a video surfaced with what appears to be the exploitation of children by a Chinese national.

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