An initiative to improve the health, wealth and environment ofMalawians is being driven by a proposal to trade in carbon credits. Theconcept is to...
Malawi Receives US$25 Million Additional Financing For Water and Sanitation
The Government of Malawi and the International Development Association (IDA) today signed a US$25 million grant to improve water supply and...
MALAWI: Enough food for everyone?
Despite a bumper harvest last season, there are signs of maize shortages in some parts of Malawi, but deputy minister of agriculture Bintony Kutsaira...
MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat
Despite two years of bumper harvests, malnutrition, partly a consequence of Malawi's famine in 2005, still lingers. "The scale of the malnutrition...
MALAWI: Civil society attacks decision to close parliament
President Bingu wa Mutharika has earned the ire of civil society for not keeping his end of the bargain to discuss floor crossing, a tactic that has...
MALAWI: Budget passed at last
Malawi's opposition party, the United Democratic Front (UDF), has succumbed to civil society pressure to pass the national budget after a four-month...
MALAWI: Torn between the lure and danger of uranium
A project to mine uranium in northern Malawi next year promises to spur economic development in the area, but fears of serious health hazards...
MALAWI: Helping small-scale farmers go commercial
A joint project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Malawian government is helping small-scale farmers to expand into...
ZIMBABWE: Malawi provides maize lifeline
Malawi has started selling much-needed maize to Zimbabwe under an export agreement which includes a US$10 million line of credit. "We have already...