UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Website: http://www.irinnews.org/


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July 01

  • Malawi: Small-Scale Miners Think Big

    Near the northern Malawian town of Mzimba there is a vast crater hewn by hand with rudimentary tools, where miners earn US$1.50 a day "cropping" rose quartz from dawn until dusk.... Read more »



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December 17, 2012



October 16, 2012

  • Malawi: No More Fertilizers but Trees

    To keep its mostly maize-growing small farms productive through cycles of drought, Malawi spends 60 percent of its agricultural budget subsidizing fertilizers. But the findings of... Read more »



September 19, 2012



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September 07, 2012

  • Southern Africa: Locals Target Chinese Traders

    In the last decade, Asian migrants have fanned out through southern Africa, opening shops in small towns and rural backwaters. While consumers in countries facing increasing... Read more »



August 30, 2012



May 18, 2012

  • Malawi: Bumpy Road to Economic Recovery

    A sizeable devaluation of Malawi's currency, aimed at reinvigorating the economy and wooing back international donors, has triggered steep increases in the price of basic goods and... Read more »



May 10, 2012

  • Malawi: Dream Fades for Inland Port Project [analysis]

    Visitors arriving in Nsanje, the sleepy capital of Malawi's southernmost district, are greeted by a large yellowing billboard announcing: "The dream becomes reality. Nsanje Port... Read more »



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January 06, 2012

  • Southern Africa: Floods Leave Returnees Stranded

    Several thousand Angolan returnees from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are stranded by floods in northeastern Angola. They are among the first casualties of... Read more »



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