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/ 7 March 2001

BATTERED MALAWI WANTS $6.7M AID

MALAWI, battered by one of the worst floods in living memory, has appealed for $6.7m in emergency relief for some 346_000 affected people and the rebuilding of damaged infrastructure. The appeal was made by Vice President Justin Malewezi at a meeting with donors in the administrative capital Lilongwe. Malewezi said the floods, which have claimed […]

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/ 4 March 2001

Malawi’s tragedy goes forgotten by world

OWN CORRESPONDENT, Blantyre | Sunday FLOODS in Malawi have not made world headlines, and there are no helicopters here flying low to pluck people to safety, as there are in neighbouring Mozambique – but more than 220 000 people have been affected by the raging waters which have devastated the country. Thousands of people have […]

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/ 1 March 2001

TB KILLING 25 MALAWIANS A DAY

TUBERCULOSIS in Malawi has shot up massively from only 5_000 cases in 1995 to almost 30_000 last year. National TB Programme Manager Dr Felix Salaniponi says the lung disease currently kills 25 Malawians each day, and that the deaths were most likely linked to HIV and Aids. The twin epidemic of Aids and TB was […]

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/ 18 February 2001

Malawi staring at HIV/Aids disaster

BRIAN LIGOMEKA, Blantyre | Saturday MALAWIS most important social services, including the country’s army, face collapse within the next four years when an estimated 25% of government officials begin dying of HIV/Aids, says a new international study. The study, by the London-based PANOS Institute, indicates that between 25 and 50% of officials employed in Malawi’s […]

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/ 14 February 2001

MALAWIAN REPORTERS CHARGED FOR ?FALSE NEWS?

MALAWIAN police have filed criminal charges against three journalists from the opposition Daily Times for publishing “false news likely to cause public alarm.” The Daily Times this week carried a story alleging that serial murders had resurfaced in Chiradzulu district, 15km from Blantyre. Eight men have been murdered since January, with their eyes gouged and […]

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/ 6 February 2001

MALAWI COURT CLEARS EX-MINISTER

MALAWIS magistrate court has cleared former public works minister Abdul Pillane of all 10 graft charges against him. Pillane is the second official in two months to be cleared of corruption charges, which have riled President Bakili Muluzi’s administration for two years. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which was prosecuting the case, will appeal the decision, […]

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/ 2 February 2001

MALAWI MP THRASHED BY OWN PARTY

A MALAWIAN legislator has been beaten by young supporters of his own party for his ties to a group that opposes a third term for President Bakili Muluzi. Bamanai Zgambo, a ruling party lawmaker, was beaten by a group of the party’s “young democrats,” said Peter Chupa, a senior official with the National Democratic Alliance […]

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/ 31 January 2001

CRACKDOWN ON MALAWI MARIJUANA FARMERS

MALAWI police have intensified the country’s campaign against small-scale marijuana growers, warning that both growers and smugglers would be charged. Small-scale subsistence growers have traditionally been ignored by Malawi police, who arrested 1 364 traffickers and confiscated roughly 288 tonnes of the narcotic during 2000. Malawi marijuana is reputed to be amongst the best in […]

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/ 25 January 2001

IMF TELLS MALAWI TO CURB SPENDING

THE IMF has urged authorities in Malawi to tighten monetary policy and curb government spending to combat sluggish growth and the prevalence of poverty. But International Monetary Fund executive directors also pledged financial support for a poverty reduction and growth strategy drafted by Malawi authorities. The IMF-backed program calls for growth of three percent this […]

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/ 21 January 2001

LUMPY SKIN DISEASE OUTBREAK IN MALAWI

AN outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) has killed 100 cattle in the past week in Malawi’s central district of Ntcheu, a veterinary official said. Bernett Lurwa said the cows had died of the acute viral disease, which swells knee joints and other parts of the infected beasts. Lurwa said the disease threatens 25_000 other […]