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  A month after the president of the Malawi Local Government Association (MALGA) and Mayor of Blantyre City, Isaac Jomo Osman stood amid piles of rotting waste at Mzuzu market and ordered its immediate removal, traders say nothing has changed and their health continues to be at risk. In an interview vendors painted out that their health is not considered as traders despite the taxes that the pay to authorities at the market.  Agnes Phiri aged 34, who sells tomatoes and leafy vegetables, said she inhele this bad air every day and suffers from nausea due to the smell when ever she is at the market. "Despite these problems I can't stop coming here because I don't have any option, I feed my children with the same business", she said. Peter Mhone a 41 years second-hand clothes vendor, said cases of diarrhoea are sometimes caused by the same. “Almost every week someone is complaining of stomach problems,” he said. “We are working in a place that can easily bring cholera. We...

  Photo credit (Radio Pacis) Catholics around the world today marked Ash Wednesday, the solemn day that ushers in the 40-day Lenten season, a period dedicated to prayer, fasting and acts of charity in preparation for Easter. Across parishes, clergy and the faithful gathered for special liturgies emphasizing humility, repentance and renewal. Ash Wednesday holds profound spiritual significance within the Catholic Church. It marks the beginning of Lent, a season that invites believers to examine their lives, turn away from sin and renew their commitment to the Gospel through spiritual discipline. Clergy urged the faithful to live out the core pillars of Lent prayer, fasting and charity not only as religious obligations but as practical expressions of love, mercy and service to others. Church leaders also reminded congregants that Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence, underscoring its penitential character. The mood of the celebrations is reflective and reverent, settin...