Hunger Archives

Malawi gets K22.7 billion for fighting hunger

Aug 06, 2016 Luke Bisani 132 &

The British government through Department for International Development (DFID) has committed K22.7 billion to address food shortage in the country. The aid comes at a time when Malawi has been hit with food shortages following… ...

Cash transfers helping Malawi hunger victims survive

May 28, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 9 &

As the country continues to be affected by hunger, cash transfers programmes are helping some victims to get by. Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) is implementing the cash transfer programmes in various rural areas of… ...

Malawi Budget: Largest share goes to Agriculture Ministry

May 27, 2016 Richard Jimu 30 &

The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has gotten the largest share of the 2016/17 proposed budget, Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe has confirmed. Gondwe who is now presenting the budget disclosed that The… ...

Bizarre: court defends thief for stealing due to hunger

May 09, 2016 Lyonike Mughogho 29 &

The justice ensuring body has come in defence of all those who steal under the motivation of an empty stomach, arguing it solves the essential need of nourishment. In making this clearer, the Italian highest… ...

Admarc guard ‘accidentally’ shoots man

Apr 26, 2016 Luke Bisani 95 &

Malawi Police officers in Nsanje district have arrested a guard who works at Mbenje Admarc depot for manslaughter. The guard, Anderson Katefa, 48, was reported to have shot in the air to disperse people who… ...

Malawi food crisis worsens: Mutharika declares state of disaster

Apr 13, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 64 &

President Peter Mutharika yesterday declared Malawi a state of national disaster as most parts of the country continue to experience dry spells and floods which have diminished hopes of a bumper harvest at the end… ...

Malawi to be declared a state of emergency

Apr 12, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 25 &

The Parliamentary Committee on Agricultural says President Peter Mutharika should declare Malawi a state of emergency due to the food crisis that has hit the country. According to the committee’s chairperson, Felix Jumbe, who has… ...