Malawi, in southeastern Africa, is often confused with Mali, or even the Maldives in the Indian Ocean — but it is working hard right now to change that. On my one visit there about 20 years ago I ...

While the southeastern African nation is considered to be one of the safest countries to visit on the continent, Malawi is ...

LILONGWE, December 13, 2023 – Malawi’s per capita economic growth has been insufficient to reduce high and stubborn rates of poverty, according to the latest World Bank Country Economic Memorandum ...

Malawi, a largely agricultural country, is making efforts to overcome decades of underdevelopment. For the first 30 years of independence Malawi was run by an authoritarian and quixotic President ...

The Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) gives its insight on the apparent puzzle of Malawi’s relative lack of development. But, even though the country has fallen behind, the good news is that Malawi ...

Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis later this year. Drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern has affected the harvest of maize, the staple food grown by nine out of 10 farming ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi holds elections Tuesday to choose a president, lawmakers and local government councillors, the first national vote since a 2019 presidential election was nullified and redone ...

Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi has declared the end of the country's worst cholera outbreak, which began in March 2022 and killed nearly 2,000 people. In a statement Monday, the Ministry of Health said the ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Malawi has passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum age to 18 in a country where half of girls end up as child brides. Women rights campaigners ...

With an average GDP of $255 per year, Malawi is the poorest country in the world. Even for pop stars, life can be a struggle to make ends meet. Joseph Nekwanka is the percussionist in the Malawi Mouse ...