In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help bolster disaster risk reduction and community resilience in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros.

Malawi need only draw but Namibia must win when the two countries meet today (Thursday) in their final Cosafa Senior Challenge Group B clash in Secunda.

Namibia faces a mammoth task of overcoming Malawi in their final Group B match in the new look Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Senior Challenge Cup at the Lilian Ngoyi Stadium in Secunda, this afternoon (kick-off 14h00).

A MALAWI HIGH COURT JUDGE is making waves for unusual reasons. In a corruption-prone continent, Mr Justice Edward Twea has caught the nation's imagination after rejecting a cash "gift" from former President Bakili Muluzi.

Namibia's Brave Warriors will have to beat Malawi when the two nations meet in the final Group B match of the new look Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup tomorrow.

With a population of 13 million and blessed with political stability and the largest part of the fresh-water resource Lake Malawi (the largest part of the lake is in Malawi) and an above-average rainfall coupled with hardworking people, Malawi has transformed itself from a basket case to a breadbasket.

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Sunday expressed satisfaction at the increased capacity of operators in Milange district, in the central province of Zambezia, to process and market locally produced maize.

Malawi, riding high on recent cereal surpluses, is hedging its bets against inclement weather disrupting its good fortune by using a financial derivative to offset agricultural risk.

Malawi's Minister of Economic Planning and Development, Ken Lipenga, has said that Africa is a net food importer importing approximately USD 20 billion worth of food annually so it is the hardest hit by rising oil and food prices.

The Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), a blueprint for African accelerated development since its existence seven years ago, has been under constant criticism with some critics labelling it a "pressure application policy and an elite programme for few nations".

On 10 July 2008 immigration authorities raided Joy Radio premises, searching for foreigners allegedly employed by the station. The incident happened barely a day after State House Press Officer Chikumbutso Mtumodzi warned the station against what he termed "embarking on a disinformation crusade, airing libellous and slanderous programmes and playing derogatory songs" against President ...

Dr. Cathy Wilfert, senior technical advisor to the CEO for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, said today that a newly published study holds great promise for further reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission through breast milk. Research conducted in Malawi by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and published in the July 10 issue of the New England Journal of ...