Background: Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional constitution, which came into full effect the following year. Current President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA, elected in May 2004 after the previous president failed to amend the constitution to permit another term, has struggled to assert his authority against his predecessor, who still leads their shared political party. MATHARIKA's anti-corruption efforts have led to several high-level arrests but no convictions. Increasing corruption, population growth, increasing pressure on agricultural lands, and HIV/AIDS pose major problems for the country.
May 15th 2008Africa » Malawi » Central Cocopina, sweet tea, TV bars, specials, smells (the 'different' sweat smell in the hospital, the smell of shake-shake, the smell of roadside food - chips, donuts, fish - the smell of fresh produce - t ... 8 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Africa » Malawi We headed from Tanzania into Malawi and after a brief spell near the highlands in the North where we stayed somewhere with a funky tree shower but, unfortunately weren't able to use the tree bed due t ... [full story]
April 29th 2008Africa » Malawi After nearly a month in Tanzania struggling with Swahili, relying mainly on lessons learnt from the lion king ("akuna matata" etc) we headed into Malawi, where English is the first language... We spen ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe Slight delay on the event as against the observational reporting, and am afraid not such untarnished fun.
Saturday 20th April we went to Lilongwe in Malawi for the day.
Malawi is in some respe ... 7 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi Well I'm out of Zambia, one of the happiest nations, well there are always the few non-smillers.
Lusaka to Chipata is a highly populated continuous collection of small farms run by the locals, each w ... [full story]
March 10th 2008Africa » Malawi Mulanje, Malawi. 10.03.08
halloisen alle sammen!
da har vi jobba oss ned fra nord-Tanzania til Mulanje, som ligger på foten av Mnt.Mulanje som er Malawis høyeste fjell sør i Malawi (nær grensen ti ... 20 photos[full story]
April 9th 2008Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe After Zanzibar, just when we thought we couldn't get enough beach time, we headed off to Lake Malawi - specifically Kande Beach. Again, we didn't do much here other than relax in the hammocks and rac ... 10 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe I have just returned form the workshop with the sex workers and wanted to capture my thoughts before they become diluted by the aftermath of the Malawi football match!
I picked up Sam and Eric (Pat ... [full story]
April 5th 2008Africa » Malawi » Central » Lilongwe I am just having breakfast in Mabuya Camp on Saturday morning. It was nice to have a lie in today as the 6.30am start really is anathema to me. In my previous life they were lucky if I made it into th ... [full story]
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