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Child dead, 23 people missing after hippopotamus capsizes canoe

A long canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River on their way from Malawi to neighbouring Mozambique when it was hit by the hippo.

  • Gregory Gondwe

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People cross a raging river in Blantyre, Malawi.

Cyclone Freddy kills more than 100 on return to Mozambique, Malawi

Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere and could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone.

  • Frank Phiri and Manuel Mucari
The Shire River.

Malawi travel guide: A transformation from slave trade to tourist sensation

Like many other unfamiliar safari destinations, Malawi is no less beguiling than its big game, big-name counterparts.

  • Catherine Marshall
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

The rich made $6.5 trillion in the pandemic. The UN chief wants them to give some back

The pandemic has caused 3 million deaths, the worst global recession in 90 years, some 120 million people falling back into extreme poverty, and the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs lost.

  • Edith Lederer
Malawi Congress Party supporters celebrate after party leader Lazarus Chakwera was announced the winner of Tuesday's election rerun.

Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi's presidential vote

Lazarus Chakwera's victory late on Saturday was a result of months of determined street protests in the southern African nation.

Kamuzu International Airport, Malawi.

Airport review: Kamuzu International Airport, Lilongwe, Malawi

An airport without the "shopping centre vibe" but the potential for long queues when busy.

  • Catherine Marshall
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Prince Harry at the memorial site for guardsman Mathew Talbot at the Liwonde National Park. Mr Talbot lost his life on an anti-poaching patrol in May.

'Must overcome greed, apathy and selfishness': Prince Harry's conservation appeal

The Duke of Sussex has urged for more global action to protect the environment even if it sounds "hippy to some".

British soldier Mathew Talbot was killed in Malawi on May 5.

British soldier killed 'by elephant' in counter poaching operation

Guardsman Mathew Talbot was on his first operational deployment, taking part in counter poaching operations in Malawi.

  • Michael Holden
An aerial photo shows the devastation left by Tropical Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique.

Cyclone Idai toll rises as authorities race to beat malaria, cholera

As flood waters recede and more bodies are discovered, the final death toll in Mozambique alone could rise to above the early estimate of 1000.

Personnel carry a body from a military helicopter in Chimanimani, about 600 kilometres south east of Harare, Zimbabwe, on Wednesday.

Cyclone Idai toll rises as rescue teams fight to reach victims in inland sea

Witnesses told of corpses floating down swollen rivers and aerial footage showed families perched on rooftops and in the upper branches of submerged trees days after Cyclone Idai tore through southern Africa.

  • Peta Thornycroft and Adrian Blomfield

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