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Is Malawi the Next Zimbabwe?

Rampant fuel and foreign currency shortages in the country has been compared to that of Zimbabwe.
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Malawians protest against economic challenges (file photo).

  • Malawi:   Malawi Duplicates Zimbabwe Crisis

    Zimbabwe Independent, 22 December 2011

    LONG winding queues snake around every service station in Malawi as motorists hunt for the scarce commodity. The scenes are reminiscent of Zimbabwe before the formation of the… Read more »

  • Malawi:   Urban Poor Hit By Slew of Price Increases

    UNIRIN, 19 December 2011

    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 »

  • Malawi:   More Pain for Malawi's Poor

    OSISA, 28 November 2011

    For the first time since independence, Malawi has implemented something called a Zero Deficit Budget (ZDB). In a nutshell, ZDB means that instead of receiving the usual 40 percent… Read more »

  • Malawi:   Water Promises Light for Isolated Community

    IPS, 15 November 2011

    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 »

  • Malawi:   Nation Teeters on Brink of Financial Collapse

    SAR, 29 September 2011

    Almost unnoticed outside its borders, Malawi is spinning politically out of control and teetering on the brink of financial collapse, as its access even to the IMF's agreed… Read more »

  • Malawi:   A Very Reverend Dialogue Begins

    SAR, 3 September 2011

    The start of a UN-brokered dialogue last week between President Bingu wa Mutharika and his extra-parliamentary opposition has done little to ease the difficulties facing the… Read more »

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