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Raphael Mweninguwe

raphael.mweninguwe@hotmail.com

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in spring of 2023 as a freelance journalist based in Malawi.

All articles of Raphael Mweninguwe

Malawi

Overwhelming health challenges

In Malawi, hospitals and health facilities are overburdened and on the verge of collapse, the government is powerless due to financial restraints

Discrimination

The fate of mothers with disabled children

In families with disabled children in Malawi, women bear the main burden – moreover, they are often abandoned by their husbands and communities

Hygiene

No water in hospitals

Hospital patients suffer from lack of water in Malawi

Child labour

No more children in the tea estates

In Malawi child labour is very common, but there are initiatives to change matters

Personal experiences

Covid-19 impacts worldwide

D+C/E+Z contributors from very different countries share their personal experiences on the Corona pandemic

Malawi

Corruption endemic in all sectors

Several embezzlement scandals have rocked Malawi with government officials accused of misusing funds

Traditions

Poverty and cultural norms push youngsters to get married

Local leaders in Malawi launched a campaign to end child marriages

Food security

“A food crisis is looming”

Floods and drought threaten maize yields in Malawi

Rule of law

Prison sentence for business tycoon in Malawi

In terms of its constitutional role, Malawi’s judiciary is becoming increasingly assertive

Child brides

The scourge of early marriage

Poverty and cultural traditions push young girls into marriage in Malawi

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