Zoologist whose studies of midges showed how the smallest males can achieve disproportionate success in mating swarms
February 2026
Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi
A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disease. But the battle to wipe out the virus is struggling elsewhere, so how can it be eradicated?
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind review – Malawian boy’s amazing famine-beating creation inspires a rousing musical
After a book, a film and a Ted Talk, William Kamkwamba’s heroically inventive response to floods, drought and starvation is now delivered with energetic songs and dancing
Thousands of Malawi businesses close in protest over tax changes
Peaceful demonstrations force a delay in measures aimed at improving revenue collection but which many fear will be fatal for small traders
January 2026
Cremation pyre in Africa thought to be world’s oldest containing adult remains
9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups
October 2025
Africa's children
Africa’s children: 20 years on, what happened to the millennium babies?
In 2005, the Guardian documented the births of 10 babies as a way to tell the story of millions across the continent. We caught up with three of them, finding hardship – and hope
September 2025
Malawi’s 85-year-old ex-leader returns to power in presidential election
Sex work and abuse: the women trapped in Malawi’s growing refugee camp
August 2025
Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
‘Without water nothing can exist’: the Malawians repeatedly displaced by drought
July 2025
‘It’s all about trusting yourself, pushing your limits’: Malawi’s first climbers take their sport to new heights
From a wall in a back garden to their first international contest, a dedicated community of young climbers is attracting new recruits in the southern African country
Letter: June Walker obituary
Stephen Bibby writes: When we left, she gave us a copy of The Malawi Cookbook
Life on landfill: the people who scrape a living from our waste – in pictures
Three leading female photographers – Gulshan Khan, Laura El-Tantawy and Lisl Ponger – explore the complex global entanglements of climate crisis, environmental justice and human survival
May 2025
Other lives
June Walker obituary
Malawi battles mpox as cases of the infectious disease surge in Africa
April 2025
A friend killed, and inquiries shelved: life fighting the stigma of albinism in Malawi
People with albinism are often attacked and even killed for body parts. As elections approach, activist Tonney Mkwapatira fears the situation may get worse
March 2025
The age of extinction
Charity faces legal action after relocated elephants in Malawi allegedly kill 10 people
People living near Kasungu national park say they are living in fear after translocation of 263 elephants by International Fund for Animal Welfare
February 2025
Moving the Goalposts newsletter
From dusty pitches to football stardom: the rise of the Chawinga sisters
This week’s newsletter looks at how Tabitha and Temwa fought preconceptions in Malawi to make it to the top of women’s football
Nearly $500m of food aid at risk of spoilage after Trump USAid cuts
US government auditors find cuts have ‘degraded USAid’s ability to distribute and safeguard humanitarian assistance’
‘Devastating’: Malawi left in dire straits by Trump’s decision to freeze aid
African nation relies on US and other foreign donors to help fund healthcare projects and schools
