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 ...

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 ...

Four years ago, a U.K.-based charity, SolarAid, set out to provide solar-powered electricity to every home in Kasakula, a village around 90 kilometers, or 56 miles, from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is hoped 100% solar home system installation–with householders able to buy, or lease on a PAYG basis–will offer a template for installation in remote communities across Africa. It is hoped that ...

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, ...

A total of 44,000 people are in a hunger crisis in the district following bad weather conditions, including floods and tropical cyclones, according to Chikwawa District Disaster Risk Management ...