It's 10 a.m, and fog has covered part of Zomba Mountain, one of Malawi’s highest mountains. Hiking the mountain, it is a common sight to see women carrying piles of firewood on their heads and men loading wood on their bicycles.
12-years-old Kenneth and his family used to live upland at Kachulu in Zomba district. It was almost a myth to them that flooding waters could reach them.
The Cotton Council of Malawi has launched the 2026 cotton marketing season with optimism, projecting earnings of about K27 billion from the sale of an estimated 22,000 metric tons of cotton.