A Few Words About Malawi
Region: Malawi
Danielle Nierenberg is blogging everyday from across Africa for the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog. She is also writing with her partner Bernard Pollack at her personal blog: BorderJumpers. In Malawi, we visited the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre, a project supported by companies like the Body Shop, providing sanctuary space for rescued, confiscated, orphaned and injured wild animals of Mala... more
Views: 1092Gabriel Kondesi, Another Drop-Out Engineering Genius in Malawi
Region: Malawi
As William Kamkwamba was last week winding down his extraordinary, high profile US book tour to promote the publication of his newly released autobiography, co-authored with Bryan Mealer, a story bearing striking semblances to Kamkwamba's genius was heating up in Malawi. Only this time, the story was uncovered because of an arrest and a jail sentence that ended up reflecting rather poorly on Malawi's otherwise well-reg... more
Views: 2199Malawi: Blogger wins BlogHer International Activist Award
Region: MalawiWe first wrote about her in a post that profiled four Malawian female bloggers, on November 4th, 2007. This time we write about her exclusively, and her recent achievement solely to do with her blog. Malawian blogger Pilirani Semu-Banda has won a scholarship award that will take her to the BlogHer ‘09 conference in Chicago, USA. The conference will be held July 24-25. Ms. Semu-Banda is one of 5 winners, with the ... more
Views: 1255Malawi elections: Upending the pundits' predictions
Region: MalawiWith the elections over and the incumbent president Bingu wa Mutharika sworn in for his second and last term, Malawian bloggers (Mabloga) are awed by two developments that went against the predictions of many, especially the punditry. First was the suggestion that the presidential contest would be very close. It wasn't. Second was the perception that Malawians would once again vote on regional and ethnic lines. They di... more
Views: 1010Malawi: Listen to Malawi Election Bloggers
Region: Malawi
Malawians are currently voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections. A group of Malawian bloggers were trained by PenPlusBytes, an International Institute of ICT Journalism in collaboration with New Media Institute to monitor and comment on the elections using blogs, twitter and mobile phones. Let's take a look at their blogs, which are hosted on The African Elections Portal. The African Elections Portal pr... more
Views: 1450Malawi: Twittering Malawi Elections 2009
Region: MalawiSeven candidates are running for president in the fourth presidential elections in Malawi, including the incumbent Bingu wa Mutharika for the Democratic Progressive Party and the main opposition figure John Tembo, standing for the opposition coalition. Voters are also choosing their members of parliament. Anyone interested in the elections can follow updates from Malawian micro-bloggers. MalawiVotes 2009 is a twitter ... more
Views: 1019Madonna Still keen to Adopt a Malawian Child Despite Court's Verdict
Region: Malawi
USA pop superstar Madonna is ready to adopt a Four year girl from Malawi. She had adopted another child from the same country in 2006. According to a local News Paper despite a court's ruling not allowing her to adopt child from Southern African country Madonna keen to adopt Mercy James,a four year girl with promise a family environment,education for her. "I want to provide Mercy with a home, a loving family environ... more
Views: 1222Op-Ed: The Real Motivation Behind the Madonna-Bashing
Region: Malawi
Madonna is back in Malawi to adopt a 4-year old girl called Mercy and daggers are drawn. Her critics accuse her of behaving like a “rich bully” and using her wealth and celebrity to “fast-track” Malawi's adoption process and "manipulate" the country's adoption laws. Some critics are calling Madonna's latest adoption bid “orphan-shopping”. She is even being accused ... more
Views: 1856Malawi Agency Shuts Down Joy Radio, Citing Political Ties
Region: MalawiThe Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has shut down Joy Radio Station with immediate effect after revoking its licence for what it called ‘breaching its licence conditions’. According to communication hand delivered by a senior MACRA official to the offices of the radio, the broadcaster has been breaching Communications Act by transferring ownership of the radio into the hands ... more
Views: 1620Hunger in a Land of Plenty Maize
Region: Malawi
Hunger in a land of plenty maize By Muyanga Ziba Calisto Phiri was on Friday at Zingwangwa Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) market for nine hours. She was told by her neighbour that ADMARC was bringing in five trucks full of maize for sale. After five o’clock in the afternoon, she knew the maize was not coming and decided just to buy from private traders who we... more
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