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/ 9 February 2004
Malawi’s President Bakili Muluzi will on Tuesday launch the country’s first-ever policy on HIV/Aids amid claims by health officials that the alarming infection rates in the Southern African nation have stabilised over the years. Malawi, where HIV/Aids and sexual topics are taboo, has had no Aids policy for the past 21 years.
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/ 5 February 2004
Malawian President Bakili Muluzi said on Thursday endemic corruption has ”slowed down” economic growth in the poor Southern African nation and repeated a warning that offenders will be punished. Muluzi did not elaborate on how much the economy has sufferred due to graft.
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/ 2 February 2004
Malawi has launched a fishing project that will benefit more than 300 000 people who depend on fishing for their livelihood. The project, which was launched on January 24, is expected to improve fish stocks as well as catches from Lake Malawi. Declining fish stocks has raised alarm that Lake Malawi could be affected.
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/ 23 January 2004
With just under four months remaining before Malawi’s general elections, local activists and international observers have expressed concern at the lacklustre response to voter registration efforts. The registration exercise has also prompted opposition parties to cry foul.
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/ 17 January 2004
Elephants and humans have long found themselves at loggerheads in Africa, and Malawi is no exception to this trend. Now, villagers are also exploring a more innovative way of keeping the elephants at bay: the planting of chilli pepper plants. Once harvested and graded, the chillis are sold to European countries.
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/ 15 January 2004
Malawi on Thursday appealed for international food relief, saying a third of the country’s 11-million people face imminent starvation. ”Over 3,5-million Malawians … have already run out of food and are on the verge of starvation,” Agriculture Minister Chakufwa Chihana said.
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/ 18 December 2003
Malawi has failed to qualify for a share in a -billion package from the United States to fight Aids in Africa and the Caribbean because corruption in the country remains rife, the US envoy has said. ”Putting money where corruption is not controlled is a waste,” said the US ambassador to Malawi.
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/ 28 November 2003
When the Commonwealth heads of government gather in Nigeria next month for their bi-annual meeting, the agenda will probably be dominated by politics. But, if activist Julita Msanjama had her way, the leaders would spend most of their time discussing education.
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/ 31 October 2003
The gambling industry is making inroads on the African continent. If not closely monitored, it could bring with it a host of evils such as prostitution, money laundering and fraud — not to mention gambling addiction. These problems were discussed in Malawi recently at a meeting of industry regulators from around the continent.
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/ 19 January 2003
As millions go hungry, some African leaders have splashed out on jets and fleets of cars. Paul Harris reports from Eritrea and Malawi on a natural disaster compounded by war and corruption.
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/ 12 December 2002
Three Roman Catholic priests were assaulted and taken hostage for a night in southern Malawi by angry villagers who accused them of trying to steal their blood, a priest said on Thursday.
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/ 27 September 2002
Elias Nkawa worked at High Short Farm, 75km north of Harare, for many years. He claims to originate from the southern Malawi district of Machika but cannot recall for how long he lived there. He has nothing to feed his family and lacks shelter since his former employer fled his farm.
THE village of Gumbi is semi-deserted, its people in rags and its larders bare. In the past few months there have been 17 deaths from hunger here. This should be harvest time, with the maize full in the fields, but the crops have either failed or been eaten unripe.
The Western world’s response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Africa caused by Aids and hunger was woefully inadequate, hypocritical and immoral, says a top UN official.
Armed police have besieged Malawi’s university in
Zomba, patrolling the campus after a student protest, as well as main roads and selected points in the sleepy town.
About 50 opposition supporters went into hiding following clashes with militant youths apparently aligned with the ruling party.