by nlex
October 30, 2011
As I walked to work, the headlines of Malawi’s daily papers caught my eye: “Poly Student Commits Suicide.” I stopped mid-step, shocked and stared wide-eyed at the gruesome photograph of the young man’s dead body splashed across the front page. In Canada, it’s an unwritten rule that journalists aren’t supposed to report on suicides: “News [...]
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by nlex
October 28, 2011
The topic of immunization is often controversial – but in Malawi, it can be deadly as parents refuse their children access to vaccines. Two months ago, the online publication, Malawi Voice, reported that 131 children from Nsanje, Malawi’s most southern district were vaccinated at gunpoint. These families had originally fled to Mozambique to “protect” their [...]
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