Thirteen years ago, inspired by an article, readers raised £20,000 to give children living in rural Malawi an education. What happened next? The four young men standing near the library in the centre ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thauzeni Chibweza lives in the village of Kasakula, Malawi, which has been connected to 100 percent solar power. (© SolarAid for ...

Malawi had nearly 7 million malaria cases last year, more than a third of the population, with 2,500 lives lost to the mosquito-borne disease. However, one village has become a model for how to ...

Clevelander Jillian Wolstein felt honored when Malawi villagers gave her a native name, but she was a bit perplexed. The name, "Chifundo," they said, means "messy" in the native language, Chichewa. As ...

In remote villages hours away from Malawi’s cities, community health workers are saving the lives of small children in makeshift outdoor treatment areas. Amidu Malope (37) sits under a tree with a ...

Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two children. Speaking in ...

Blantyre — It will be very difficult for relatives to the Father and Founder of the Malawi Nation, the late Kamuzu Banda, to forget. The day, November 25, 1997, meant a total life transformation, ...

In Malawi, where two out of three people are under 25, the farming sector is offering opportunities for jobs and innovation “I’m 21, and look at me: I’m self-reliant, I buy my own clothes, go to the ...

After a rest at a luxury lodge in the capital Lilongwe, Madonna and her daughter, Lourdes, toured a U.N. Millennium village in Mtanga, Malawi, on Monday. The singer flew to Malawi on a silver jet to ...

In the face of rising poverty, high food prices, and limited access to formal credit, village banks have become the financial lifeline for most Malawians, a new World Bank report has revealed.