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# Malawi

Last year
2022
# storm ana
At least 77 killed in Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa
The storm made landfall on Monday in Madagascar before ploughing into Mozambique and Malawi.
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Jan 28th 2022, 7:40 AM
# Round-Up
Seven-time AFCON champions Egypt book last-16 spot as Cape Verde and Malawi also advance
It’s great news for Dublin-born defender Roberto Lopes who plays for Cape Verde.
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Jan 19th 2022, 9:58 PM
# latest
Morocco win again to advance to knockout stages of AFCON
Malawi also boosted their prospects by coming from behind to get the better of Zimbabwe.
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Jan 14th 2022, 6:26 PM
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# global gag rule
'We are dealing with a hidden population' - the clinic trying to support gay people in a country where homosexuality is illegal
In part two of our series on the impact of the global gag rule signed by President Trump, Charlotte Ryan looks at the impact on gay people living with HIV.
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Jul 14th 2019, 9:00 PM
# global gag rule
'There are times when the whole country runs out of condoms'
Organisations around the world have been badly hit by Donald Trump’s reinstatement of the so-called global gag rule. Here’s what’s happening in Malawi.
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Jul 13th 2019, 8:00 PM
# poaching
British soldier sent to Malawi on anti-poaching mission killed in reported incident with elephant
The British army announced it would deploy soldiers to Malawi to tackle the growing issue of poaching
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May 7th 2019, 3:14 PM
# cyclone idai
'We're running out of time': Aid workers racing to help survivors of deadly cyclone in southern Africa
Aid agencies said they were prepared for the cyclone – but not for the massive floods that followed.
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Mar 21st 2019, 7:20 AM
# Crash
Irish medical students injured after crash in Malawi
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it is aware of the incident.
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Jul 20th 2017, 4:06 PM
# permission granted
Madonna felt "compelled" to adopt twins from Malawi orphanage
Some activists have criticised her for allegedly bending the rules.
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Feb 8th 2017, 12:49 PM
# Marches
Thousands march over Malawi's plans to legalise homosexuality
The peaceful marches were organised by Catholic and evangelical churches.
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Dec 11th 2016, 8:00 AM
# Abuse
Man in Malawi arrested after having sex with 100 young women and children in 'ritual cleansing'
Eric Aniva said he was hired by the females’ families.
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Jul 26th 2016, 6:17 PM
# abductions and murders
Malawi court bans witchdoctors following spate of albino killings
Police have recorded at least 65 attacks, abductions and murders of albinos since the end of 2014.
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Jun 5th 2016, 9:15 AM
# un warning
Malawi albinos face "extinction" if they continue to be murdered for their body parts
There’s a crisis in the country, a UN expert has warned.
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May 2nd 2016, 7:30 PM
# Malawi
Teacher charged with trying to sell albino schoolgirl for €8,900
The primary school teacher was with the girl when he was arrested and charged with abduction with intent to murder.
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Sep 16th 2015, 6:03 AM
# Girls not Brides
The life of a child bride and mother: 'My husband beat me regularly. He eventually left me.'
Many teenagers in Malawi are forced into non-formal marriages, despite new laws.
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Jul 26th 2015, 10:15 AM
# Child brides
'My sister got her period at 11, taught how to please men and forced to have sex'
Memory didn’t want that happen to her.
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Jul 19th 2015, 11:15 AM
# Under the Same Sun
How do you fix a country where a 6-year-old has his hand chopped off for good luck?
The president has described a spate of killings and maimings as an embarrassment.
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Mar 15th 2015, 8:30 PM
# Witchcraft
Albino people 'killed for their body parts' in spate of Malawi murders
Malawian albino people are “living in fear of being attacked or killed”.
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Mar 12th 2015, 5:01 PM
# Malawi
Rough justice: In prison in one of the poorest places on earth
As part of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, Clare Herbert travels to visit Malawi’s prisons.
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Nov 8th 2014, 5:30 PM
# Ethiopia
"We too experienced the scourges of colonisation and hunger"
President Michael D. Higgins today addressed a delegation in Ethiopia as part of his tour of Africa.
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Nov 5th 2014, 2:45 PM
# sightsavers
World’s first live cataract surgery to be streamed from rural Malawi
Winesi will undergo a life-changing operation restoring his sight today.
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Oct 8th 2014, 8:30 AM
# on the frontline
Irish researcher wins major acclaim for 'lifesaving' medical app
It’s designed to help doctors on the ground in remote parts of Africa.
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Jul 22nd 2014, 7:30 AM
# Malawi
Court fines man for calling president 'stupid'
The man called President Joyce Banda “stupid and a failure”.
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Jul 23rd 2013, 6:11 PM
# Irish Aid
Here's how Ireland distributed €159m among nine countries last year
The amount was 12 per cent less than the nearly €180 million given to countries including Ethiopia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Timor Leste and Vietnam in 2011.
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Jan 19th 2013, 3:56 PM
# HIV
UN hails sharp decline in HIV infections in children
Around half of all reductions in new HIV infections in the past two years had been among children.
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Nov 20th 2012, 7:30 PM
# school dinners
Nine-year-old raises almost £70,000 after council banned her blog
Martha Payne was told by a local council to stop uploading pictures of her school meals to her blog.
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Jun 17th 2012, 7:45 AM
# The Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Sunday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
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Apr 8th 2012, 8:03 PM
# Malawi
Malawi swears in southern Africa's first female president
Joyce Banda is sworn in as Malawi’s head of state, ending two days of a power vacuum after Bingu wa Mutharika passed away.
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Apr 8th 2012, 1:28 PM
# Malawi
Malawi confirms its president is dead
The government has declared ten days of mourning following the death of a president accused of human rights abuses in recent years.
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Apr 7th 2012, 10:26 AM
# Rudo Mawere
Junior minister to meet family of murdered student in Malawi
Joe Costello will meet the family of Rudo Mawere, whose body was found in a luggage bag in an alleyway.
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Feb 27th 2012, 10:06 AM
# Murder
Gardaí continue investigation into Malawian woman's death
It is reported that officers investigating the murder are following a definite line of inquiry.
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Jan 31st 2012, 8:28 AM
# Murder
Woman's body found in bag: gardaí seek suitcase carrier
An appeal has been made for sightings of a man carrying a large luggage bag, as gardaí attempt to contact the victim’s family in Malawi.
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Jan 30th 2012, 8:22 PM
# Murder
Murder investigation launched after discovery of woman's body in bag
The woman’s body was found in a suitcase on Blackhorse Avenue yesterday morning.
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Jan 30th 2012, 7:16 AM
# Aid
Cameron threatens to cut aid to 'anti-gay' countries
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he want to see countries which receive aid “adhering to proper human rights”.
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Oct 30th 2011, 4:43 PM