Country Wins Praise Over Food Security
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Rwanda has joined Malawi as the next successful example of a green revolution in Africa.
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Malawi: Should there be a Sex Workers Bill
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Marshal discusses Sex Workers Bill in Malawi: “Recent media reports pointing that the government intends to come up with a Sex Worker’s Bill with an aim of protecting sex workers in the country, shocked quite a few of us.”
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Hard choices over food versus education in Malawi
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Food or education? Public spending choices are never easy. But in Malawi, one of the world's poorest countries, the choices are particularly stark. The government has made "food security" - which means making sure people have enough to eat - the top priority for government spending.
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SADC Aids Fiesta Set for Malawi
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The second edition of Sadc Artists Aids Festival is scheduled for Lilongwe in Malawi starting on November 30 until December 6, 2009.
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Trying to Give Sex Workers Safer Alternatives
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A plan by Malawi to offer prostitutes low-interest loans to start small businesses in return for abandoning sex work is generating controversy in a country where women are disproportionately affected by high rates of poverty and HIV.
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Madonna raises $11 mln for Malawi charity: report
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Madonna has raised 11 million dollars from Brazilian millionaires for her Raising Malawi Foundation, the daily Rio O Dia reported on Monday. The US pop star, who visited Brazil to stroke the country's wealthy into giving, notably won an unspecified pledge from the country's richest man, mining magnate Ike Batista, who has an estimated fortune of 7.5 billion dollars. Madonna, 51, was accompanied during...
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Ambassador to Malawi Stable After Road Accident
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
South Africa's Ambassador to Malawi, Ntombi Mabude, is in a stable condition and recovering from her injuries after a car crash in Isipingo, Durban in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Lucy Chikoti, 'My Husband Wants to Marry Another Woman Because I Have Obstetric Fistula'
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Obstetric fistula is preventable and treatable, but many women in Malawi are unaware of this. The condition is caused by prolonged obstructed labour and is not only one of the most serious complications of childbirth, but also one of the biggest and most disabling health afflictions. The condition can be corrected by a simple surgical procedure.
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Renewable Energy Project Needs Financing
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
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Country Running Out of Foreign Currency
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Fuel shortages in Malawi have occurred because the country is running out of foreign currency, partly because the Malawian government lent Zimbabwe 100 million US dollars which has yet to be repaid, according to a report in Wednesday's issue of the Malawian online paper, the "Nyasa Times".
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Malawi opposition leaders convicted of sedition
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Lawyers say two Malawian opposition leaders have been convicted of sedition and inciting violence while campaigning.
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Malawi opposition leaders convicted of sedition
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Lawyers say two Malawian opposition leaders have been convicted of sedition and inciting violence while campaigning.
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Malawi opposition leaders convicted of sedition
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Lawyers say two Malawian opposition leaders have been convicted of sedition and inciting violence while campaigning.
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African Oil, Gas, Minerals Trade and Finance Conference opens today
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The 13th UNCTAD's African Oil, Gas, Minerals, Trade and Finance Conference, takes off toady in Bamako, Mali with focus on the critical role information can play in the natural-resource sector.
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Drill Prepares Villagers for Flood Disaster
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
A man desperately reaches for a river bank as flood water pushes him to a likely death in the Lingadzi river in Kasache village close to Lake Malawi.
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