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Malawi:
Small-Scale Miners Think Big
UNIRIN, 1 July 2013
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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Malawi:
Malawi to Conduct Survey to Explore Mining Potential in the Country
Malawi News Agency, 25 June 2013
The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Mining will conduct an Airborne Geophysical Survey with the aim of highlighting the mineral potential that several areas in the… Read more »
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Malawi:
Water Pollution Worries LWB
Malawi News Agency, 15 June 2013
Lilongwe Water Board is alarmed by increasing levels of water pollution in the district's rivers every year, a situation which has justified the installation of a compulsory raw… Read more »
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Malawi:
Karonga Business Community Wants Mining Companies to Directly Support Council's Budget
Malawi News Agency, 11 June 2013
The Karonga Business Community has asked the district council to lobby for direct budgetary support from mining companies operating in the mineral rich district instead of relying… Read more »
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Africa:
Africa's Borders - Porous, Unprotected and Blocking Trade and Economic Development
African Arguments, 12 February 2013
Africa inherited its borders - they were not created by those who live within them, are divided by them or who cannot easily trade across them. The many straight lines on the map… Read more »
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Malawi:
Banda Brings Malawi Back From the Brink
African Arguments, 22 May 2012
When Joyce Banda was sworn in as president on 7th April, following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, she was faced with an uphill struggle. Read more »
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Malawi:
How to Save a Fish ... a Lake and a People
IPS, 20 May 2013
Lloyd Phiri, a fisherman from Senga Bay on Lake Malawi's shores in Malawi's central region, knows that the lake's water levels are dropping. He can see it in his catch, which has… Read more »
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Malawi:
Govt Loses U.S $7 Billion Annually to Unsustainable Natural Resources Use
Malawi News Agency, 29 June 2013
Experts say Malawi loses over US$7 billion of its annual earnings every year due to unsustainable use of its natural resources. This was said by UNDP Assistant Resident… Read more »
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Malawi:
Lake Malawi Dispute Instils Fear in Fisherfolk
IPS, 27 February 2013
Since he was nine years old, Martin Mhango from Karonga village in northern Malawi has known no other livelihood than fishing. And for the last 33 years he has been fishing freely… Read more »
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Malawi:
Two Million People Hold Their Breath Over Lake Malawi Mediation
IPS, 3 March 2013
Over two million families who solely depend on Lake Malawi for their livelihoods are anxiously putting their hopes into an upcoming mediation between Malawi and Tanzania intended… Read more »
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Malawi:
Will Oil Resources Be a Blessing or a Curse?
ThinkAfricaPress, 19 October 2012
With its natural resources, Malawi has the opportunity to take the road less travelled: that of transparency, accountability and shared prosperity. Read more »
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East Africa:
Who Owns Lake Nyasa?
ThinkAfricaPress, 21 August 2012
Oil exploration in Lake Nyasa has rekindled disputes between Malawi and Tanzania over who owns the lake. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Lake Nyasa Border Dispute - Time for Sober Thinking
Daily News, 15 September 2012
THE border dispute between Tanzania and Malawi on Lake Nyasa in Tanzania or Lake Malawi in Malawi, perhaps more than anything else amplifies Africa's geographic, ethnic and… Read more »