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‘God commanded’ family planning, says this Muslim leader in flood-ravaged Malawi

Environment

Into the 1990s, Malawi banned not only birth control, but sex education and even miniskirts. Now, attitudes toward contraception are changing under the pressure of climate change and rapid population growth.

Malawians evacuated after devastating floods in late January wait out another deluge at a makeshift shelter. As many as 200,000 people have been displaced and crops were destroyed by what the country's president says is the worst flooding in its history.

The flood of the half-century — and you probably haven’t heard about it

Environment

Tracking Charity: Experts worry effectiveness of bed nets is waning

Health & Medicine