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Heavy rain and flooding has caused serious damage to roads and other vital infrastructure in Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Deadly cyclone sees Malawi pay high price for our fossil fuel habit

Mourners arrive for a mass funeral procession for mudslide victims at Chilobwe townships Naotcha Primary school camp in Blantyre, Malawi earlier this week.

Fears of cholera outbreak as Malawi cyclone death toll rises

A group of cyclists are aiming to raise £25,000 for education projects in Malawi by riding from London to Glasgow for the UCI World Championships.

Cyclists plan 500-mile ride to raise funds for education projects in Malawi

Malawi is experiencing one of its worst-ever outbreaks of cholera. Picture: Kieran Dodds

Urgent call for funding as Malawi suffers worst-ever cholera outbreak

Dame Ann Gloag has strongly disputed the 'malicious' allegations against her. PIC: WPA Pool.

Dame Ann Gloag charged with alleged human trafficking offences

The likes of Jamie Oliver's contribution to good eating appear to have gone largely unnoticed in a new so-called survey of the world's best cuisine, writes Stephen Jardine.

The results of the world's best cuisine survey should go in the bin - at best

People gather in solidarity with those protesting in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was arrested for not wearing her hijab correctly (Picture: Alex McBride/Getty Images)

From Iran to Malawi to Scotland, women are getting angrier – Susan Dalgety

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the pop-up Scotland Malawi Partnership exhibition at the Scottish Parliament

Collective effort for a better global future is more important than ever - David...

Dunoon Grammar School has been named a top three finalist for World's Best School Prize for Community Collaboration. Picture: Dunoon Grammar School/PA Wire

Scottish school named among world’s best for helping out in community

The Queen with Hastings Kamuzu Banda, the first President of Malawi, in 1979.

Mourning a champion of the Commonwealth - David Hope-Jones

The Queen meets her Australian fans at the Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane, Australia in 2002. The Commonwealth stands as Elizabeth II’s global legacy (Picture: Darren England/Getty Images)

King Charles now has the chance to shape world history - Susan Dalgety

The signs of a changing climate are clear on the shores of Malawi's Lake Chilwa (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Here's why UK must reverse its aid cuts to poor but stable countries like Malawi

The Malawi Pride march.

Standing together in solidarity with Malawi LGBT+ community - David Hope-Jones

Neil McLean, chief executive at Social Enterprise Academy: 'Social Enterprise Schools gives young people the opportunity to make real change to issues that matter to them.' Picture: Mike Wilkinson

Scottish Social Enterprise Schools programme powers up south of Border

Participants in the Malawi Young Climate Leaders project get their message across

Don’t abandon Malawi's Young Climate Leaders - Jade Stein

Schoolchildren in Malawi are learning computer skills thanks to the Edinburgh-based charity.

Edinburgh charity hailed for work teaching computer skills to kids in Malawi

Scotland needs better leaders than Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson to deal with growing cost-of-living crisis (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sturgeon and Johnson are leading us towards certain disaster – Susan Dalgety

It has been reported that over a third of Malawi’s 28 districts have run out of many drugs.

We must wake up to human impact of aid cuts - David Hope-Jones

John Irvine, a 50-year-old NHS Lothian bank nurse, at an Isolation Centre. The former soldier was expecting to spend the festive period in a quarantine hotel for two weeks after helping with Malawi’s Covid response.

Nurse returning from Malawi to celebrate Christmas with family

Malawian farmer Joseph Kamanga walks through a maize field destroyed by dry spells at Lunzu in Blantyre, southern Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Why climate funding for poor countries is not a handout – Susan Dalgety

Timothy Chiwaula: Fundraiser launched to support family of student who died in Glasgow.

Fundraiser launched to support family of student, Timothy Chiwaula

The team at GSK has been working on this vaccine for 30 years. Photo: Avater_023 / Getty Images / Canva Pro. frank600 / Getty Images / Canva Pro. jarun011 / Getty Images / Canva Pro.

Mosquirix vaccine: Who created the malaria vaccine and how does it work?

The devastation caused by Cyclone Idai, seen in the Praia Nova neighbourhood of Beira, Mozambique, was widespread, also affecting Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Malawi. More than 1,300 people were killed (Picture: Guillem Sartorio/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the developed world must fix climate change – Frances Guy

Medical staff dressed in personal protective equipment prepare to go to work in the main Covid-19 treatment centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Rich nations hand out booster jabs before poorest get first dose – Susan Dalgety

President Lazarus Chakwera is a leader and global statesman who will play a crucial role in the coming months and years

Lazy assumptions about leaders from developing world are all too revealing - Dav...

Eoghan Mackie of The Challenges Group (left) and Jack Allan of Today have joined forces to work on projects in Africa. Picture: contributed.

Edinburgh-based media agency launching African offices on back of new tie-up

Former Australian premier Julia Gillard with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Boris Johnson during a London-based summit to raise funds for the Global Partnership for Education. It fell short of the amount sought (Picture: Tolga Akmen/PA Wire)

Ensuring girls education will create 'most fantastic benefits' – Susan Dalgety

Brewgooder's new deal with the Co-op will see its Tropical Pale Ale sold in more than 350 stores across the UK. Picture: contributed.

Brewgooder set to double sales growth after inking distribution deal

The 500 miles prosthetic and orthotic clinic. Picture:: @paulopatrunophotography

Taking a step back to go forward - David Hope-Jones OBE

The late president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, at the official launch of his party's campaign for the October 2020 general election before his death, officially from heart disease, but rumoured to have been Covid-related (Picture: Ericky Boniphace/AFP via Getty Images)

How Covid is changing politics in Africa – Jean-Benoit Falisse

From the outset, charity 500 Miles wanted to help establish a professional prosthetic and orthotic service in Malawi that would become part of the country's national health service (Picture: Paolo Patruno Photography)

Prosthetic charity work in Malawi had to be sustainable – Olivia Giles

The Scotland Malawi Partnership in action at at Beath High School

Scotland’s 160-year-long friendship with Malawi is more important than ever - Da...

David Hope-Jones OBE, Chief Executive, Scotland Malawi Partnership

Youth Festival sees young people address challenging issues of our time - David ...

The new partnership marks the next step in Brewgooder's mission, expanding its focus from solely Malawi to 21 countries in total where reliable nationwide access to clean water continues to be a challenge.

Brewgooder pledges one billion pints of clean water for developing world

Gavin's Mill, Milngavie

Where to shop in Scotland this Fairtrade Fortnight

The Open O2 team at work in Zomba

Volunteer engineers tackling Malawi’s Covid oxygen crisis need your help - Davi...

President of Malawi Hastings Banda with Margaret Thatcher in 1979.

Readers' Letters: Is Sturgeon taking tips from Malawi leader?

Susan Dalgety PIC: Govati Nyirenda

Book review: The Spirit of Malawi, by Susan Dalgety

Scots brewer works on key projects to halt spread of Covid in Malawi

David Hope-Jones OBE, Chief Executive, Scotland Malawi Partnership

We are watching and learning from Malawi - David Hope-Jones

David Hope-Jones OBE, Chief Executive, Scotland Malawi Partnership

Malawi’s new president sets three challenges for Scotland - David Hope-Jones

A displaced woman gets her ration of maize at a camp for people displaced by flash floods in Bangula, southern Malawi, in 2019 (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland will not cast aside its values and cut international aid –Jenny Gilruth

Alan Turing was a leading mathematician who took a leading role in breaking Nazi ciphers during WWII

Family of Alan Turing ensures their famous relative’s legacy lives on

A lady crosses land flooded by the rain waters caused by Cyclone Idai, which washed away part of the road, near a village in Phalombe district, southern Malawi. Picture Philip Hatcher-Moore/Oxfam

A message to Scotland from Malawi ahead of COP26

Global lessons on health can be close to home in Scotland - Emily Broadis

Bill Gates has been forced to deny he's involved in a bizarre plot to implant tracking devices in every human being on the planet (Picture: Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)

One of the wonders of the modern world could destroy us – Susan Dalgety

Malawi Scotland Partnership staff in Lilongwe installing Covid-19 handwashing stations

Health and welfare can no longer be understood through the lens of the nation st...

A woman casts her vote at the Malembo polling station in Lilongwe on Tuesday in a re-run of last year’s presidential election (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

How one of world’s poorest countries can teach US a vital lesson – Susan Dalgety

People wash their hands as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus on the last day of full gatherings at Saint Don Bosco Catholic Parish Church in Lilongwe, Malawi, in March (Picture: Amos Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images)

Humanity will win war against Covid-19, but will it win peace? – Susan Dalgety

Looking after a baby girl at the Open Arms Blantyre Infant Home in Malawi

There’s a welcome with Open Arms for school groups ready to help – Grace O’Donov...

The HydroTrailer in Malawi

Scots firm Proterra Energy's pioneering generator is bringing power and clean wa...

Why Donald Trump’s advice is popular in a small village in Malawi – Susan Dalget...

‘Vampires’ targeted in mob attacks leads to 140 arrests in Malawi

Keith Bohannon: Africa’s hidden gem is full of surprises

Livingstone project launch for Malawi journalists

UK sends £37m to fight Malawi’s HIV

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A computer generated image issued by Transport Scotland of the proposed debris flow shelter

£470m road shelter planned to shield A83 Rest and Be Thankful from landslides

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

Criticism of the Scottish Government’s stewardship of NHS Scotland, or indeed any area of devolution, is often met with whataboutery from ministers who assure the Scottish public things are just as bad south of the border.

Analysis: Scottish Government can no longer indulge in whataboutery on NHS