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Malawi
Population: 15.7 mn.
GDP: 5.4 bn.
Debt: 0.6 bn.
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President Bingu wa Mutharika will try to address criticism of his record to secure more aid. As his pro-China stance and agricultural development will not provide sufficient cash, he will have to negotiate credits from the IMF. 

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  • Vol 52 No 25
  •  16th December 2011

Donors challenge Bingu

Aid providers wring some concessions from an increasingly arbitrary president

  • Vol 52 No 22
  •  4th November 2011

Plot device

The repressive climate in Malawi took a bizarre turn when a journalist’s e-mail account was hacked and a forged message sent from it alleging a plot to overthrow the government. The identity of the journalist is known to Africa Confidential but cannot be ...

  • Vol 52 No 21
  •  21st October 2011

Brothers-in-arms

Western governments seem unimpressed by the efforts of Foreign Minister Arthur Peter Mutharika, brother of President Bingu wa Mutharika, to persuade them to restore aid to Malawi. Concern escalated sharply after police shot dead 19 adults and children at ...

  • Vol 52 No 17
  •  26th August 2011

Protests postponed

Protestors plan to take to the streets again next month if their 20-point list of demands to end economic hardship and democratic restrictions are not met. They postponed demonstrations planned for 17 August. ‘Should we get no satisfactory answer by [16 S...

  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

The President lashes out

After killings and detentions by security forces, oppositionists plan another demonstration to press their demands for reform

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Only a miracle

President Bingu wa Mutharika is ploughing ahead with an optimistic ‘zero-deficit’ budget despite the fact that most of the aid that supports 40% of that budget is missing. Western governments have frozen funds over concern about human rights and poor gove...

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Mutharika cracks down

The President has always rejected criticism but his reaction to recent dissent could prompt more unrest and damage national finances

  • Vol 52 No 5
  •  4th March 2011

A port with no ships

The presidential dream of a navigable trade route to the sea will need more than a grand opening ceremony to make it a reality

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

Pre-emptive policing

Police swooped on organisers of the ‘Big Bicycle March on the Chronic Fuel Crisis’ just before it set off in Lilongwe on 14 February. The Human Rights Consultative Committee, Malawi Congress of Trade Unions and Public Affairs Committee organised the prote...

  • Vol 52 No 2
  •  21st January 2011

Subsidising politics

Maize subsidies win votes but the impact on the economy – and on agriculture – is not so healthy

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