Inter Press Service (Johannesburg)
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November 10
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Malawi: Dark Days Loom for Tobacco
The latest proposals by the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control to stop farming of the crop could potentially affect about two million livelihoods in... Read more »
October 18
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Malawi: Govt Debates Europe Trade Deal
Malawi has opened up negotiations on the economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, which have been deadlocked since 2002. Read more »
October 16
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Malawi: Law Fails to Protect Children
Patrick Martin, 14, and his brother Mayeso, 15, are safely home for the moment with their mother and other siblings in Kasonya village, Phalombe District in southern Malawi, after... Read more »
October 15
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Malawi: Heroines of the Floods
For many women in Malawi's disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to survive the cyclical flooding. Read more »
September 16
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Malawi: Saving the Lives of the Nation's Children
Three-month-old Simplicious Gift lives in Mafunga village in Malawi's southern rural district of Chikhwawa, 48 kilometres from the commercial capital, Blantyre. His is a poor... Read more »
August 20
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Malawi: Livelihoods Drying Up on Lake Chilwa
Fisherfolk and farmers living near Malawi's second-largest water body, Lake Chilwa, are relocating en masse and scrambling for space around its shores as the lake has dried to... Read more »
August 6
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Africa: Malawi Checks China's Advance
The move in Malawi to close down Chinese businesses outside of the four major cities has been condemned as xenophobic by rights organisations. A new law enforced Jul. 31 barred... Read more »
May 30
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Malawi: Paprika - Spicing Up Nation's Economy
As she sits down to watch the 8pm news on TV, Mercy Kamphoni from Chamtulo Village in Malawi's Mangochi lake district looks elated. She still cannot believe that she is the new... Read more »
May 18
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Malawi: Hopes to Heal Economy Through Devaluation
As Malawi's poor struggle to afford food and other staple items since the 48 percent devaluation of the local currency against the dollar, economic commentators are optimistic that... Read more »
May 9
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Africa: Continent's Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women
The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve... Read more »
April 15
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Malawi: Banda Gives Nation New Lease On Life
She has been in office for less than a week but Malawi's, and the region's, first female president, Joyce Banda, has given many people in this poor southern African country hope... Read more »
April 13
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Malawi: Social Media Activism Takes Root
As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda's appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new... Read more »
February 9
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Malawi: Cholera Outbreak Hits South
They survived floods and witnessed the horrific scenes of their houses, livestock, household items and gardens being swept away at the end of January. Read more »
February 3
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Malawi: Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market
The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an... Read more »
January 25
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Malawi: Street Vendors Strip Women Naked
A campaign to stop people buying merchandise from street vendors is gaining momentum in Malawi's main cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu after the small-scale traders went on a... Read more »
December 16, 2011
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Malawi: Women's Education the Path to the Presidency
On an elegant veranda adorned with a red carpet, Malawi's Vice President Joyce Banda recalls how her childhood friend Chrissie Mtokoma was always top of their class and how she... Read more »
November 28, 2011
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Malawi: Changing Climate Compounds Environmental Degradation
As Daniel Chakunkha and Mussa Abu talk on the side of a dirt path in Makunje village, Malawi, a steady stream of bicycles loaded with charcoal passes by. The men stand at the... Read more »
November 16, 2011
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Malawi: Painkillers Prescribed for Malaria Amid Drug Shortage
Malawi is experiencing a drug shortage as the country's international donors remain reluctant to release aid meant for the health sector. Read more »
November 15, 2011
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Malawi: Water Promises Light for Isolated Community
In just a few weeks, seven villages that had expected to remain "in the dark forever" will finally have electricity, courtesy of a small hydroelectric power plant on Lichenya... Read more »
November 5, 2011
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Malawi: No Social Safety Nets for the Poor
In Mbedza village, a remote rural community in southern Malawi, Fedson Feston beams an infant's awkward smile and swings his tiny arms up towards the face of his mother. Four... Read more »
September 21, 2011
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Malawi: Markets Torched Ahead of Cancelled Protests
Soot and ash filled the air the day after a fire gutted Malawi's Blantyre Market. Men and women merchants wore solemn expressions as they shovelled piles of debris from the site on... Read more »
September 5, 2011
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Malawi: Government Becomes a One-Man Show
For the last two weeks, Malawi's president has been running the country's 22 ministries on his own after firing his entire cabinet. Read more »
August 19, 2011
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Malawi: Giving Up On Tobacco
Malawi is reducing the production of tobacco following huge losses by smallholder tobacco farmers and commercial estates trading the crop on the country's only official tobacco... Read more »
August 18, 2011
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Malawi: Hospitals Struggle Amid Water Shortage
Two battered plastic chairs bar entry to the toilets at the Bangwe Township Clinic in Blantyre. The toilets are not working because there is no running water - yet again. And if... Read more »
August 15, 2011
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Malawi: Remaining in the Dark
Malawi's attempts to improve trade and investment in the country have taken a huge step backwards following a decision by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United... Read more »
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