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/ 12 October 2005

Humanitarian crisis looms in Malawi

Martha Nakaramba’s two teenage children are taking turns travelling to nearby Mozambique to bring food home to this drought-stricken area of southern Malawi and care for their 35-year-old mother who is sick with HIV/Aids. Sitting outside her small mud-brick hut, Nakaramba musters enough strength to explain in a barely audible voice that that is how they are coping with the severe food shortages hitting Malawi.