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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 50 No 7
  •  3rd April 2009

Then there were two

The Malawi Electoral Commission’s barring of former President Bakili Muluzi from May’s presidential election has sparked a crisis after the dissolution of Parliament and the start of campaigning (AC Vol 50 No 4). The MEC said it had to bar Muluzi as he ha...

  • Vol 50 No 5
  •  6th March 2009

A new federation

In Malawi, the President seems to be blundering towards a new version of the Central African Federation

  • Vol 50 No 4
  •  20th February 2009

Two horse race

President Bingu wa Mutharika is confident of victory in May's election under his new, blue Democratic Progressive Party banner; John Tembo has a last chance under the Malawi Congress Party's black, red and green, as does Bakili Muluzi, under the United De...

  • Vol 49 No 24
  •  28th November 2008

Diabolical quarrels

The leaking of a private correspondence between the Malawian President and his predecessor has given Malawians a taste of bitter political battles to come. The 19 May 2009 polls will pit them against each other in the presidential and parliamentary electi...

  • Vol 49 No 23
  •  14th November 2008

Bringing in the harvest

An African food-production triumph raises questions about the purpose and value of Western aid

  • Vol 49 No 23
  •  14th November 2008

The aid debate: good, bad or misplaced

Some say that all aid is good aid. British Premier Gordon Brown, as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2005 said: 'Let us double aid to halve poverty.' Irish campaigner Bob Geldof in 2005 (attributed): 'Something must be done; anything must be done, whether i...

  • Vol 49 No 17
  •  22nd August 2008

The rot at the top

As President Mutharika's life-and-death struggle with his opponents continues, things start to fall apart

  • Vol 49 No 12
  •  6th June 2008

Off with their heads

Impatience with democracy, not fear of a coup, seems to lie behind the arrest of opposition leaders

  • Vol 49 No 12
  •  6th June 2008

Locked up

The following have been arrested and charged, or expect to be charged, with treason in connection with an alleged coup plot. All except Bakili Muluzi and Humphrey Mvula were arrested on 12-14 May.

  • Vol 49 No 8
  •  11th April 2008

Treading on the corn

It is universally accepted that a Malawian government's legitimacy is determined by the latest maize harvest. 'Chimango ndi moyo' (Maize is life) is an expression often heard and corn has to be available for purchase at a reasonable price. Most Malawians ...

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