Sunday, September 27, 2009

Excess food will be distributed to Zimbabwe

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.

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