Month: November 2019 Posts

DoDMA rolls out relief food distribution as hunger situation worsens in Malawi

Nov 27, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) is implementing a once-off relief food distribution exercise in all 28 districts of Malawi due to the worsening food situation in the country. Secretary to the Vice President… ...

Over one million Malawians face hunger

Oct 03, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

More than one million Malawians are at risk of starvation this year, government says. In a statement today, Cliff Chiunda, Secretary to Treasury in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development said the affected… ...

3.3 million facing hunger in Malawi

Oct 03, 2018 Malumbo Harrison Kumwenda 0 &

Over 3.3 million people are struggling to get food in Malawi, government says. According to a press statement by the Secretary to Treasury Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Ben Botolo, government requires MK20.77… ...

Norway committed to support agriculture sector

Mar 08, 2018 Bright Malenga 2 &

Norwegian Government has said it is committed to continue supporting Malawi in agriculture sector so that the country should end hunger. The assurance was made by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Hanne Blafjelldal… ...

Malawi mobilises US$12.3m for hunger fight

Jan 11, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

Government says the country through its development partners has managed to mobilise US$12.3 million to be used for fighting hunger. Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs Clement Chinthu Phiri revealed this at a press briefing in… ...

Hunger bites Malawians: Govt told to open Admarc depots

Oct 19, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 21 &

A Mzuzu based social commentator has advised the Malawi government to open all Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) depots in the country. According to the commentator Peter Mumba, it is very annoying that up… ...

Man arrested for duping Malawi hunger victims

Aug 21, 2016 Luke Bisani 14 &

Police in Zomba have arrested a man for demanding money from hunger stricken people after claiming that he will give them maize through his non-governmental organisation. The man, Clement Nazombe, told hunger victims at Khoza… ...

Fertiliser Subsidy beneficiaries reduced: 600 000 Malawians taken out

Aug 09, 2016 Luke Bisani 70 &

The Malawi government has slashed the number of beneficiaries for the Farm Input Subsidy (Fisp) from 1.5 million to 900,000 in the 2016/17 agricultural season. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture Hamilton Chimala said the… ...

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… ...