From Chifundo Malidadi in LILONGWE
MALAWI will export several tonnes of maize to Zimbabwe, part of its 80 000 tonne surplus of the grain. Some of that will be exported to Kenya, ravaged by a drought this year. Agriculture ministry officials did not give the breakdown of the expected exports.
The move is likely going to trigger a fresh wave of protests among Malawians who feel the embattled leader Robert Mugabe should not benefit from the tiny southern African country’s sound economic policies.
In some ways, it would outshine a cure for the common cold. After all, even if the cold and its stealth wingman,pneumonia, kill more people, they don’t do it quite so grimly. Read the full article in the new york times.
Deep Roots Malawi, directed by filmmaker Kenny Gilmore, hopes to record the country's musical past and present.LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi said on Monday it would use voter registration cards to identify beneficiaries for fertiliser subsidies to help fight fraud, a move human rights activists said could leave thousands out.
This year 1.6 million people are earmarked to benefit from the seed and fertiliser subsidy programme compared with 1.2 million people last year.
Malawians have hailed President Bingu wa Mutharika for refusing to sign the Constinutional amendment bill into law that allows Malawian girls to marry at the age of 16 with consent from their parents. The Family Planning Association of Malawi argues that young girls are at a higher risk of death because of pregnancy-related complications and that the marriage of 16-year olds is akin to child abuse because, as a minor, they cannot give valid consent. Read More....
