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Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere rest on the ground as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus

Polish border police push back migrants at Belarus border

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Polish riot police push back hundreds of migrants at the border with Belarus. Also, rich and poor nations try to resolve differences at the COP 26 climate conference in Glasgow. And, Malawi elects its first MP with albinism.

A man in Malawi wearing a blue shirt explains a document to an elderly woman wearing a white head wrap outside

Malawians vote for president (again) amid pandemic 

Elections

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Fainess Lipenga was trafficked by her boss, a former diplomat in the US from Malawi. Now, Lipenga is an advocate for victims of human trafficking.

This woman says she was trafficked by a diplomat. And it happens all the time.

Justice
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‘God commanded’ family planning, says this Muslim leader in flood-ravaged Malawi

Environment
Malawians evacuated after devastating floods in late January wait out another deluge at a makeshift shelter. As many as 200,000 people have been displaced and crops were destroyed by what the country's president says is the worst flooding in its history.

The flood of the half-century — and you probably haven’t heard about it

Environment

The flooding has displaced nearly 200,000 people in Malawi, destroyed crops and brought fears of disease. In a region already prone to flooding, the future may hold even worse.

Dr. Terrie Taylor examines a child in the malaria ward of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

An American doctor may have solved a deadly mystery about malaria

Health & Medicine

Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.Despite decades of research on malaria, there’s something that medical experts have never known: How exactly does the disease kill? Now, a researcher thinks she has found the answer.

Frank and Miriam Kuseni are gospel artists based in Lilongwe, Malawi. They were forced to stop selling their CDs on the street.

Malawi’s campaign against music piracy is trapping its own musicians

Arts, Culture & Media

Efforts are underway in Malawi to crack down on music piracy. But for some homegrown musicians there, the crackdown might be worse than the actual piracy of their music.Efforts are underway in Malawi to crack down on music piracy. But for some homegrown musicians there, the crackdown might be worse than the actual piracy of their music.

Notebook

Scarred by childbirth, mothers are finding help to heal and start over

Health & Medicine

Hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a complication that leaves them incontinent and often shamed after childbirth. But there’s help for women to heal both physically and emotionally — and it’s working for one mother in Malawi.Hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a complication that leaves them incontinent and often shamed after childbirth. But there’s help for women to heal both physically and emotionally — and it’s working for one mother in Malawi.

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How ‘secret mothers’ make childbirth safer

Health & Medicine

In the African nation of Malawi, women often hide their pregnancies, a practice that can endanger their health. One village chief aims to end this culture of silence.