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October 19
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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 20
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Africa: Child Migrants Illegally Imprisoned
By the age of 16, Auguy Bingi* had lost a father and a brother to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), so he did not argue when his mother sent him to join... Read more »
September 18
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Malawi: Shrinking Lake Threatens Livelihoods
Mposa Village, in south-eastern Malawi's Machinga District, used to sit on the shores of Lake Chilwa. Now its residents, who have long relied on the lake to earn a living, have to... Read more »
September 9
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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 31
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Malawi: Need for Food Aid Outpaces Response
Prolonged dry spells followed by poor harvests in Malawi's maize-growing central and southern regions have created widespread food shortages, yet it has taken months to fully... Read more »
May 18
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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
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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 »
April 26
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Malawi: Without Land Reform, Small Farmers Become 'Trespassers'
Dorothy Dyton, her husband and seven children used to make a living farming just over a hectare near the town of Bangula in southern Malawi's Chikhwawa District. Read more »
April 12
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Malawi: 272,000 Need Food Aid Through Lean Season - Survey
Mary Lyford, a widow and subsistence farmer from Mbande village in southern Malawi's Chikhwawa District, has seven mouths to feed, besides her own, and little idea how she will... Read more »
February 9
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Malawi: Rising Prices and Looming Maize Shortages
Malawi's maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months. Read more »
January 6
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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 »
December 19, 2011
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Malawi: Urban Poor Hit By Slew of Price Increases
Devaluation, fuel shortages and economic mismanagement have conspired to push staple food prices to "alarming levels" in urban areas of Malawi, where even catching a bus to work... Read more »
November 3, 2011
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Malawi: Tea Tells the Future of the Climate
Changing weather patterns are undermining the ability of smallholder producers in Malawi's southern region to grow tea, a crop that usually brings in 70 percent of their income,... Read more »
October 14, 2011
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Malawi: Govt Reduces Farm Subsidies After Aid Cuts
More than 200,000 Malawian farmers who depend on government subsidies to grow enough food to feed their families will have to go it alone when the agricultural subsidy programme is... Read more »
July 26, 2011
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Malawi: An Arab Spring in Southern Africa?
Two days of protests in Malawi last week which saw at least 18 people killed were sparked by fears the fledgling democratic state was sliding back into one-party state rule,... Read more »
June 20, 2011
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Africa: Malaria Vaccine Within Reach
The malaria vaccine that has eluded medical science for decades is now within reach, with the final phase of clinical trials underway in seven African countries, including Malawi,... Read more »
June 10, 2011
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Malawi: Aid Cuts by UK Hits Health Care
After several years of fragile gains, Malawi's healthcare sector is running into trouble, with the latest challenge an aid freeze by its largest international donor, the UK's... Read more »
June 3, 2011
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Malawi: UK Aid Cuts Hit Health Care
After several years of fragile gains, Malawi's healthcare sector is facing major setbacks following a decision by its largest international donor, the UK's Department for... Read more »
April 20, 2011
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Malawi: Thousands Hit by Flooding in North
At least 4,600 families in Malawi's northern Karonga district have been affected by flooding since the beginning of April after heavy rain caused a dyke to collapse along the North... Read more »
April 19, 2011
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Malawi: Agricultural Subsidies Are Not the Only Answer [analysis]
It is almost harvest time in Mzimba district, northern Malawi, but Saliet Nyasulu's maize crop looks dry and stunted and it will be hard to feed herself and her three children this... Read more »
April 11, 2011
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Malawi: New Farming Practices Grow Healthier Children
Ten years ago Joyce Mhoni, head of the Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit at Ekwendeni Hospital in the Mzimba district of northern Malawi, would have been caring for to up to 30... Read more »
April 8, 2011
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Malawi: Suspected Witches Jailed
At least 45 people are behind bars in Malawi on charges of witchcraft, although there is nothing in the country's laws to keep them there. Read more »
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