CARA ANNA and LAURAN NEERGAARD /The Associated PressJan 16, 2020
Spread by mosquito bites, malaria kills more than 400,000 people every year, two-thirds of them under 5 and most in Africa. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
FARAI MUTSAKA / The Associated PressMar 21, 2019
Hundreds more deaths are likely; officials estimate that 200,000 people will need food aid over the next three months in Zimbabwe alone. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
ANDREW MELDRUM / The Associated PressMar 18, 2019
Cyclone Idai could prove the deadliest storm in generations to hit the impoverished southeast African country of 30 million. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 16, 2013
A luxury plane that initially cost the South African country $22 million and an added $300,000 per year to maintain was auctioned to fend off an impending food shortage. President Joyce Banda is not one to stand idly by as her citizens suffer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 21, 2010
The world may not have been waiting for Madonna's input, but for the record, she vehemently disapproves of a Malawi judge's decision, issued Thursday, to sentence a young gay couple to 14 years of hard labor after they openly celebrated their engagement late last year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 14, 2010
A gay couple in Malawi who made history and controversy when they were wed in a symbolic marriage ceremony in December now face 14 years in prison with hard labor in a country where homosexual acts have been declared illegal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 5, 2010
Two Malawian men could spend the next 14 years in jail after taking part in an unofficial marriage ceremony in the southeast African country. Under the guise of the law, the couple have been subjected to beatings, they say, as well as other indignities, such as the threat of a medical examination to determine whether they've had sex. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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