Charles Pensulo
@charles_pensulo
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Freelance Journalist|Fixer|AAAS Kavli| AEJ🥈 winner |@IWMF fellow |@Semafor @guardian @ContextNewsroom @SciDevNet @el_pais @RFI_En 📧[email protected]
Malawi
Joined October 2012
In #Malawi, campaigners are finding that belief in Napolo, a legendary multi-headed monster, is no barrier to environmental understanding and action. Via @africaarguments
https://t.co/PG7e3W1oBS
africanarguments.org
Sensitive campaigners are finding that belief in Napolo, a legendary multi-headed monster, is no barrier to environmental understanding.
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Mozambique revs up rotavirus vaccination in rural Zambezia province https://t.co/2Dg08NlT5L via @gavi #VaccineWorks
gavi.org
Rotavirus vaccine coverage took a hit during the pandemic in populous Zambezia province, Mozambique. Now authorities are racing to catch up.
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Aliarse con el sol para combatir sus estragos: cómo la familia Makaika salvó sus cosechas en Malaui gracias al riego con energía solar. "Ahora, cultivamos dos veces [al año] y he ganado suficiente dinero para comprar ganado y una bicicleta" https://t.co/pEIxkxzjrq
elpais.com
Comunidades rurales de uno de los países más pobres del mundo se adaptan a los impactos de El Niño y a fenómenos meteorológicos cada vez más extremos con energía solar y técnicas agrícolas sostenib...
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The Nigerian government is scrapping a controversial policy that required the use of indigenous languages for teaching in the early years of schooling instead of English. https://t.co/PxpzJphQ1r
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Aliarse con el sol para combatir sus estragos: cómo la familia Makaika salvó sus cosechas en Malaui gracias al riego con energía solar. "Ahora, cultivamos dos veces [al año] y he ganado suficiente dinero para comprar ganado y una bicicleta" https://t.co/pEIxkxyLBS
elpais.com
Comunidades rurales de uno de los países más pobres del mundo se adaptan a los impactos de El Niño y a fenómenos meteorológicos cada vez más extremos con energía solar y técnicas agrícolas sostenib...
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Zambia is set to become the 24th African country to introduce malaria vaccines. This launch will mark a turning point in the fight against a disease that affects ~3.6 million people and claims thousands of lives every year:
gavi.org
Zambia sees an estimated 3.6 million cases of malaria each year, and thousands of deaths. Health workers and parents hope the vaccine can curtail that toll.
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“Contar las muertes sirve para salvar vidas”: África reclama el control de sus datos de salud tras el cierre de USAID https://t.co/J0cZUJTBs4 via @el_pais
elpais.com
Millones de certificados de defunciones y registros clínicos desaparecieron en el continente tras la reducción de fondos de la mayor agencia de cooperación estadounidense. Una nueva alianza con la...
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Congratulations to Bangladesh for launching the largest ever typhoid conjugate vaccine campaign, which aims to protect 50 million children! This historic step will provide lifelong protection against deadly typhoid fever: https://t.co/tNiOv5yvlD
@UNICEFBD @WHO_BD
gavi.org
The immunisation drive aims to reach every child aged 9 months to under 15 years across Bangladesh.
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"In Malawi, we are experiencing silent deaths. Many women are dying because of undiagnosed cancer" - Lucy Msukwa, founder of maternity private clinic on drive to vaccinate girls in her area". via @gavi #Vaccineworks
https://t.co/AOOluDoxoX
gavi.org
The Malawian nurse-midwife has vaccines, determination and one small, very unreliable vehicle on her side.
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Congratulations to Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika on his inauguration as President of Malawi. His Majesty The King has extended his personal congratulations, emphasising the strong bonds of friendship between the UK and Malawi. #MalawiInauguration #Commonwealth 🇬🇧🇲🇼
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In this interview, recorded earlier, I joined Julian Morrow on ABC Radio National's Sunday Extra to discuss the #malawielections2025's political situation as the country awaits to announce results of elections. Take a listen 🎧 https://t.co/zMFEKctdHA
abc.net.au
Malawi, the fourth poorest country in the world, went to the polls on the 16th September for their general election. The two main Presidential Candidates have both served as President of Malawi...
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Today, I circled back to an interview which a friend & fellow freelancer @DominicKirui_ did with @IJNet . I like the take and what he said is apt and still resonates today in freelancing and Africa's media landscape. https://t.co/zdsQamOTxF
ijnet.org
At the age of 10, Kenyan freelance journalist Dominic Kirui began to imitate news anchors and radio hosts. He doesn’t recall why he started doing it, but he knew that he wanted to be like them. ...
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#Malawi has had several peaceful transfers of power since the first multiparty #elections in 1994. This is positive, especially since it’s not a given in the region. But #democracy without accountability can feel hollow; just look how scandal-hit candidates keep returning 👇🏻
#Malawi's eighth #election since the start of multiparty #democracy in the early 1990s takes place tomorrow, but it feels less like democratic milestone and more like déjà vu 🧵🇲🇼
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