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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.