Vol 51 No 23 | MALAWI Thank you for smoking 19th November 2010 African producers could be penalised in talks this week on the Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on proposals to ban additives in...
Vol 51 No 20 | MALAWI Tobacco and the forex puzzle 8th October 2010 Better prices alone for the tobacco crop will not address the worsening economic crisis To judge by his speech, delivered in stentorian tones to the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September, President Bingu wa Mutharika is presiding over a new economic...
Vol 51 No 20 | MALAWI Tobacco lobby meets in Swaziland 8th October 2010 The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) summit in Swaziland at the end of August, which President Bingu wa Mutharika attended, pledged to support tobacco growers...
Vol 51 No 16 | MALAWI Dog days in Lilongwe 6th August 2010 When five dogs belonging to a white Zimbabwean couple, Dean and Helen van Schalhwal, savaged their 72-year-old watchman, Samson Chimdima, in Lilongwe last month, the incident escalated into...
Vol 51 No 8 | MALAWIOBITUARY ALEKE KADONAPHANI BANDA 1939–2010 16th April 2010 The death of Aleke Banda was announced on 9 April 2010. Although he was born in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia), was educated in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and died...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | MALAWICHINATAIWANBRIEFING Changing sides with profit 20th July 2010 Malawi has profitably switched its allegiance to China from Taiwan with a price tag of over US$350 million. In the past two years, China has taken over road and building...