Central East Africa (CEAR) Railways company has expressed concern that villagers along its rail line in Balaka and Machinga are attacking trains in order to steal wheat which they use as flour for cooking Nsima. Cear publicist Chisomo Mwamadi said the situation is now getting out of hand, forcing the company to step up security […]
Two children have died in Dedza after eating poisonous cassava as their parents were away searching for food, the first known recorded deaths connected directly to hunger in Malawi. Mtakataka police station officer in charge Goodwin Sambo confirmed the two deaths at Mua, saying another child is battling for his life at Mua mission hospital. […]
Chief Maseya of Chikhwawa has bemoaned that the biting hunger is forcing some of his villagers steal sugarcanes from established large scale plantations mianly by Illovo Malawi. The chief says it is unfortunate that seven of his villagers were arrested for stealing sugar canes from Illovo, Kasinthula and Phata sugar plantations. “These people are not […]
Malawi opposition parties have said they will take government to task in the forthcoming mid-year budget review of parliament, accusing the Peter Mutharika administration to have failed to address the problem. The opposition lamented food and medicine shortages and skyrocketing food prices as the nation grapples with a severe drought. Parliament meets from February 22 […]
Malnutrition is stalking Malawi’s only refugee camp, Dzaleka, after rations were slashed following funding cutbacks by the international donor community. The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)Southern Africa spokesperson, Tina Ghelli, said that a humanitarian disaster is looming among the 24 000 refugees at the camp, which lies about 45km from Lilongwe. “Children less than […]
The Arab Republic of Egypt Tuesday donated a cheque worth MK20 Million to Malawi government as part of its contribution to the food crisis facing the country. Speaking during a cheque presentation ceremony in Lilongwe, Egyptian Ambassador to Malawi, Maher Adel El-Adawy said the food crisis facing the country is worrisome and that support from […]
President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is sleepwalking Malawi into an economic turmoil for having no clue to end the hunger and how to come out of economic crisis, comedian-cum-activist Micheal Usi has claimed. Usi, who is also deputy director of the Adventist church relief arm, the Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) , […]
The country’s consumer and human rights activist, John Kapito has condemned government for being clueless, helpless and inconsiderate in finding solutions to the current food shortage the country is facing. Kapito has since branded the current shortage and higher prices of maize on the market as shame to the nation and called on government to […]
After queuing on an empty stomach to buy maize at Ndirande-Chinseu Admarc, one woman fainted as buyers fought for the scarce grain. Local press reports says the woman whose identity is not verified was pushed by the crowd and fell to the ground but regained conscious after being taken to a local health clinic. Mothers […]
As maize price on the country’s liberalized market has almost tripled compared to government set price, Zambian maize flour has found its way onto the Malawi market and traders are raking in a fortune out of it. The maize flour, a product of Lusaka-based African Milling Company, was selling at MK5,000 per 25kg when it […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza east MP Juliana Lunguzi has said two school going children have died of hunger related diseases in her constituency. Lunguzi said the children, from Lumwira village in traditional authority Kachindamoto’s area in Dedza had gone for days without food because their parents could not access cheap maize from an Admarc market […]
Minister of Information Jappie Mhango has swung swiftly to put down politically damaging reports that a man died of hunger in Mzimba last week. In a statement, Mhango said the reports were untrue because when the man’s body was discovered on January, it was in severe decomposed state therefore medical personnel could not determine the […]
Some Malawians say President Peter Mutharika’s declaration that no Malawian will not die of hunger is mere political rhetoric and have since asked him to walk the talk. A snap survey in central region by Nyasa Times indicate that most Admarc depots are closed for a week now because they had run out of the […]
A presbterian preacher in central region tobacco growing district of Kasungu has called on Malawians to pray ceaseless to God for forgiveness, saying the current dry spell is a result of sin. Reverend Ronald Chimzimu of Kanthera CCAP in Kasungu prayed for rains on Sunday, a day after state sponsored national prayers in Lilongwe called […]
Vocal opposition legislators have given rare applause to government for putting in place a vibrant system that would ensure every Malawian has a plateful food up to March next year, the next harvest season. Chairman of the parliamentary Agriculture and Natural Resources Felix Jumbe said on Friday he was amazed to see well stocked National […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima says there is strong political will from the presidency in Malawi for the southern African country to fight hunger and malnutrition by the year 2025 through Compact 2025, an initiative for the cause by the International Food Production Research Institute (IFPR). Chilima was speaking at a news conference in Washington DC […]
Brazil has pledged to send a total of 407 metric tons of beans to Malawi as a support to vulnerable Malawians who are experiencing hunger this lean season from Oct-March. This is the first Brazilian contribution to the humanitarian response in Malawi since the opening of the Embassy of Brazil in Lilongwe two years ago. […]
World Food Program and Malawi government have launched a national relief food distribution exercise to about 3 million hungry stricken Malawians recently affected by floods and dry spell. This comes after President Peter Mutharika made international aid appeal for the affected Malawians in 25 of the country’s 28 districts. The WFP country director, Coco Ushiyama […]