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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
More than 100 villagers in Malawi demanded Thursday more compensation from the government for land on which US pop star Madonna is building a girls academy. Madonna, who has adopted two children from Malawi, led a groundbreaking ceremony last week for the school being built on the outskirts of the administrative capital Lilongwe. The villagers have since vowed to continue protesting until they receive...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
As Susan Muonanji and other vendors scrambled around one of the many transport busses to sell cabbages and tomatoes at a market along one of Malawi's key roads, a national budget session had just started in parliament some 100 kilometres away in the capital city, Lilongwe.
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
28 vehicles procured to strengthen health delivery activities ... By admin The Global Alliance and Vaccine Immunization (GAVI) through the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has procured 28 vehicles worth. Net News Publisher - http://www.netnewspublisher.com/snapps-ferry-packing-recalls-ground-beef-products-due-to-possible-e-coli-o157h7-contamination/ On Climate Change...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The Global Alliance and Vaccine Immunization (GAVI) through the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has procured 28 vehicles worth over $14 million to strengthen health delivery activities across Malawi. Speaking in the Malawian capital Lilongwe on Wednesday, UNICEF Resident Representative Currie Aurie said the vehicles will go a long way in boosting Malawi’s...
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Malawi -Health-Vehicles Malawi receives vehicles from GAVI to strengthen health ... African Press Agency (subscription) APA-Lilongwe ( Malawi ) The Global Alliance and Vaccine Immunization (GAVI) through the United Nations International Children's Education Fund ( UNICEF) has ... See all stories on this topic Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Lilongwe — Malawi's president, Bingu wa Mutharika, has come under severe pressure from civil society groups who are demanding he scrap a newly-passed bill allowing 16 year olds to marry with the consent of their parents. Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to which the country is a party defines a child as "every human being below the age of 18"....
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
The Malawi government, in conjunction with the European Union (EU), has awarded Netherlands-based firm Vitens-Evides International a five-year contract for the implementation of a periurban water and sanitation project in Lilongwe and Blantyre. The EU has provided a total of €31-million in the form of a loan and a grant for the project, aimed at rehabilitating the ageing water supply infrastructure...
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
In Malawi, pressure is mounting from economists who are pushing the government to devalue the currency, the kwacha. Some say it's an appropriate response to the devaluation of major currencies such as the US dollar and the British Pound sterling. But President Mutharika refuses. The kwacha recently traded at MK140 against the US dollar. It's been steady at that rate for the past three years, and local...
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Safe water provision is one of Malawi Government's priorities; however, it is struggling to provide this essential commodity. Women fetching dirty water According to a report by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development 20 percent of Malawi’s 13 million people live in urban areas with the urban population expected to double between 2010 and 2030 and safe water provision...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
The United States African Development Foundation has signed four grants that will support grassroots groups in Malawi. The grants will benefit Lilongwe South Smallholder Farmers Association (LLSSFA), Nkhatabay Coffee Cooperative (NBCGC), Misuku Coffee Growers Co-operative Society (MCGCS), and Coffee Growers Co-Operative Society (PCGCS).
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
LONDON - Less than one-tenth of Malawi's urban population live in homes connected to sewers, according to a report by a research group that blamed "misleading" official statistics for hiding the scale of the problem. The London-based International Institute for Environment and Development said 20 percent of Malawi's 13 million people live in urban areas with the urban population expected...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
The company owned by the Tobacco Association of Malawi (TAMA), which owns 49% in shares, and Premium Tobacco Holdings Ltd, which holds 51%, has since created 200 jobs and has increased Malawi's tobacco processing capacity to 200 million kilogrammes from 140 million kilogrammes.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
LILONGWE, Malawi -- Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.
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Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
SILVER SPRING, Md. — With the number of hungry people reaching record levels in parts of southern Africa, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has been working in central Malawi to improve food access among some 600 farming households in a region of the country characterized by chronic food insecurity. The Kalumba Food Security Project, launched in 2006 with funding from ADRA Canada,...
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
by Hai Mingwei LILONGWE, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese ...
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