Malawi

In the hamlet of Kirikhan, 10 kilometres from the Syrian border, mother of seven Um Mohammad sits on a bare mattress in a damp room. Her husband is mi(...)

This month marks 16 years since a temporary measure for housing asylum seekers became the long-term limbo thousands of people have been channelled th(...)

Election candidates are failing to reach out to migrants and address issues of integration in an increasingly diverse state, an umbrella body for migr(...)

Irish engineers have developed an inexpensive stove for use in the developing world that cooks food but also produces enough electricity to power ligh(...)

Nearly one million children need treatment for severe malnutrition in eastern and southern Africa due to drought that is putting millions more at ris(...)

A pitfall of capturing music in any permanent, reproducible medium is that it can arrest the artistic growth and progress of that musical form. The ar(...)

When Mozambican troops hunting opposition fighters attacked his village this week, 10-year-old Wit Messenger ran away, leaving behind parents he may (...)

Lake Malawi’s water levels are at a ten-year low, forcing hydro power stations to operate below capacity, causing power cuts and pumped water shortage(...)

In a village near the town of Mchinji, in Malawi, a mother of six proudly demonstrates her latest household acquisition. A “tippy tap”, made from an o(...)

Laura, a pharmacist from Lucan, Co Dublin, moved to Haiti in 2012 to work with global health organisation Partners in Health. During her time there s(...)