Lameck Masina

UNICEF-supported initiative expects to train 150 students to construct, operate drones in 2020

Malawi police are accused of sexually assaulting 17 women during election protests

The worms have destroyed crops for a quarter million farming families

Since the start of the rainy season in November, the worms have destroyed crops for a quarter million farming families

Government questions validity of report and police say they are conducting their own inquiry into the alleged rape of eight women, and the sexual assault of others

Authorities hope the devices will protect albinos from attacks by people who believe their body parts have magical powers; critics doubt the alarms will be effective due to their limited range

Malawian migrant workers in South Africa are estimated at 100,000 or more, driven there by low incomes at home and the prospect of better jobs abroad

Malawian migrant workers in South Africa are estimated at 100,000 or more

The founder of a Malawian maternity clinic for poor women says it has set a record - delivering more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child. For her efforts improving access to safe childbirth, Charity Salima has become known as "Malawi's Florence Nightingale," the English founder of modern nursing. Lameck Masina reports from Lilongwe.

Charity Salima, dubbed 'Malawi’s Florence Nightingale,' says her clinic delivered more than 8,800 babies with not a single death of mother or child