Month: August 2016 Posts

Japan pumps in K1.3bn to fight hunger in Malawi

Aug 14, 2016 Bright Malenga 99 &

The Japanese government has given Malawi through the World Food Programme (WFP) K1.3 billion to fight hunger in the country. Speaking after announcing the donation in Lilongwe, Japanese Ambassador to Malawi Shuichiro Nishioka said that… ...

Mutharika updates Malawi’s donors on hunger response

Aug 12, 2016 Bright Malenga 17 &

As up to eight million Malawians are facing hunger due to drought and floods which hit the country during the last growing season, President Peter Mutharika on Thursday met donors at Kamuzu Palace where they… ...

Musadye zitete: Malawians warned to keep away from ‘locusts’

Aug 11, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 178 &

Following a spate of attacks by a swarm of locusts in the Lower Shire Valley, Malawians have been warned to keep away from the insects that are being sold as a delicacy in some parts… ...

Zitete zavuta: Lower Shire under a locust attack, life of Malawians in danger

Aug 10, 2016 Richard Jimu 263 &

They had gained prominence on social media as food that the President recommended for Malawians and now they are finally on the ground, only that they cannot be appreciated as food in the way that… ...

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… ...

Nsanje Chiefs demand bribes from hunger victims

Jul 26, 2016 Luke Bisani 29 &

Chiefs in Malawi's Lower Shire district of Nsanje have been reported to have demanded money from hunger victims in order to allow them to receive humanitarian aid. Speaking to the local press on condition of… ...

WFP launches food relief operation in Malawi

Jul 22, 2016 Bright Malenga 22 &

The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched an emergency food relief operation that has been described as the largest operation the United Nations (UN) agency has ever undertaken in Malawi. Announcing this at the end… ...