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Politics | Society
Malawia MPs boycott session

afrol News, 28 April - Majority of Malawi's opposition parliamentarians boycotted the official opening of parliament by President Bingu wa Mutharika in the capital Lilongwe. Only seven deputies from the oppositin bench attended the session on Monday.

Politics | Human rights | Society | Gender - Women
Madonna's case set for ruling

afrol News, 14 April - A Malawian court is expected to deliver a ruling on the adoption case involving the American pop star between 22 and 25 April, 2008.

Politics | Economy - Development | Society
Lawyers task Malawi leader

afrol News, 27 February - Malawian President has been told that it is "unconstitutional and undemocratic" to run the government without the parliament.

Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition
Malawi guarantees food security

afrol News, 5 September - Malawia has so far recorded the best agricultural season in 2006/7, with maize production estimated at 3.44 million metric tonnes, 33.7% higher than the previous harvest season.

Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Health
Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers

afrol News, 22 August - Scientists at the WorldFish Center discovered that an innovative project to encourage fish farming among families affected by HIV/AIDS in Malawi has doubled the income for 1,200 households and greatly increased fish and vegetable consumption among the country’s rural communities.

Economy - Development | Politics
Malawian judge’s house raided by police

afrol News, 7 August - In what is seen as an anger to a ruling he had delivered in favour of the opposition lawmakers in the ensuing crisis over budget, a Malawian High Court Judge, Joseph Mwanyungwe, has had his home raided by anti-graft police.

Society
Malawi: Target route for small arms trafficking

afrol News, 27 July - The geographical location of Malawi has threatened the country’s peace and stability as evidenced by the proliferation of small firearms from its troubled neighbouring countries. And according to Malawian deputy Home Affairs of Malawi, Symon Vuwa Kaunda, this is the reason why the country has become a target route for small firearms trafficking and small firearms related crimes.

Agriculture - Nutrition
Malawi: Food insecurity rings bell

afrol News, 25 July - Despite recording harvest boom during the past two seasons, food monitors still believe that an estimated 500,000 Malawians might go hungry because some part of the country experience food insecurity due to chronic problems.

Labour | Health | Science - Education
Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi

afrol News / The Chronicle, 16 July - Highly skilled professionals continue to emigrate from Malawi and the rest of Southern Africa. The impacts of this 'brain drain' are complex and it is clear that many African countries and Malawi in particular, have been left with serious specific gaps in many areas especially in the health sector.

Health | Society
Malawi mourns 1st Lady

afrol News, 29 May - The death of Ethel Mutharika, the wife to President Bingu wa Mutharika has thrown Malawi into a state of mourning. The First Lady responded to the call of God at the newly-built state house in the capital Lilongwe on Monday.

Agriculture - Nutrition | Environment - Nature
Malawi to roll out 'fertiliser trees' project

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 23 March - Malawi will this year implement a 'fertiliser trees' project to reduce the amount of fertiliser needed by smallholder farmers. Fertiliser trees are varieties of shrubs that capture nitrogen from the air and transfer it to the soil, a process known as nitrogen-fixing.

Politics | Society
Malawi ex-leader announces comeback

afrol News, 12 March - Malawi's controversial ex-President Bakili Muluzi at a rally this weekend in Blantyre declared his intention of standing as a presidential candidate in the 2009 polls, hoping the former ruling party United Democratic Front (UDF) would accept him as their official candidate. Mr Muluzi is remembered for his attempt to amend Malawi's constitution to allow him a third presidential term.

Society
Malawi father wants news from Madonna

afrol News, 2 January - Since his son left Malawi for adoption by the American pop star Madonna in October last year, Yohane Banda is yet to know anything about his one-year-old son, David Banda, prompting him to ask Madonna how he is faring with live.

Politics
Earlier mismanagement haunts Malawi President

afrol News / The Chronicle, 8 December - The Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member countries have said they are anxiously waiting to see how Malawi as a nation is going to cope with the inefficiencies associated with State President Bingu wa Mutharika's style of leadership as was exemplified when he was COMESA Secretary-General in the mid-1990s. Mr Mutharika was fired from COMESA for mismanagement.

Economy - Development
Creditors continue to write off Malawi's debts

afrol News, 10 November - Malawi is enjoying a great deal of benevolence from its creditors that continue to cancel the country's huge debts. First, it was the Paris Club that announced that it would write off Malawi's stock of debts on 19 October.

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