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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.

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By bmiller4764
September 24th 2008

the 'bique

Africa » Malawi » Southern » Blantyre

Catedral de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
Praça de Independência, Maputo

Hi all. I have arrived in Blantyre, Malawi as of Sunday. It was a little hard to get information as I was on the road, so I was pleased to hear about the Cubs clinching the division and not as pleased to hear about the banking crisis in the states. Too bad I'm not still at Rush or I could have contributed some meal tickets toward the $700 billion bailout. It certainly feels strange to be so disconnected with the goings-on, especially with the debates coming up Friday, my favorite part of election years. Anyhoo, my travels are over for the [View Full Entry]

By wheresmykipper
September 21st 2008

give me money

Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi

Another brief entry as i only have 1/2 hour. I'm back at Cape maclear for the weekend. We kayaked out to the island in the middle of the bay yesterday. The weather's been better this time but now there are lots of mozzies. Went snorkelling when we were here last weekend, then packed up and set off in the boat. Once out of the bay the lake was too rough though, so we had to come back by matola - flat bed truck that you sit or stand in the back of. The thing was literally falling apart - the rear [View Full Entry]

By Rach and Marc
September 20th 2008

Thank you BBC World Service.

Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi

Mzuzu shopping trip.
Stopped in Chintheche on the way home for a very welcome Fanta.

Hello there. We are now officially back in touch with the world after Marc bought himself a shiny new (Chinese) radio from Mzuzu and we can get the BBC World Service 24 hours a day. Marc is hanging onto every word said at the moment as the Ryder Cup is on. He is slightly disappointed that there has been no rugby or cricket news, so Rich keep the email updates coming! Our trip to Mzuzu was an exciting affair as it was a trip to the ‘Big Smoke’! They have banks and supermarkets and shops in Mzuzu. Very exciting! We filled [View Full Entry]

By krstnhsy
September 18th 2008

Back at site

Africa » Malawi » Southern

St. Columba Church in Blantyre
We actually arrived and had to wait for a wedding...THEN the singing started. The singing was actually quite nice...

Okay folks, this is going to be a short one... I am supposed to be on here looking up NUTRITION facts because I will be teaching ALL next week by myself. 20+ hours on Nutrition...Yikes. Not to mention, the most recent Nutrition textbook in our library is from like 1963... BUT, I did find one book titled Nutrition: For Developing Countries, by Felicity Savage King and Ann Burgess which is actually relevent to Malawi, but doesn't have too much depth to it. We will see how it goes! My cat, Zuze (zoo-zey) and I are still alive. And we encountered more [View Full Entry]

Zuze, before he figured out how to open the door

By Pennie
September 16th 2008

Mulu Bwanji?

Africa » Malawi » Southern » Blantyre

Every interaction or conversation begins with the statutory greetings; which have quickly become referred to as mulu bwangying amongst ourselves. • Moni Achemwele / Amayi / Abambo (hello sister, mother, brother) • Mulu Bwanji? • Ndili Bueno, kaya inu? • Ndili Bueno, Zikomo Often that is the interaction in its entirety; people in the street call out to you as you pass Moni achemwale, mulu bwanje…..yesterday a man I passed on the street waved as many people do (there are relatively few white people here and we stand out like beacons and have some kind of strang [View Full Entry]

By PointCareinMalawi
September 16th 2008

Life on Malawian Time

Africa » Malawi » Central

Looks kind of like the view of the holy isle from Arran
...but it's the view of Lizard Island from Senga Bay on a cold, windy, rainy day in the middle of the dry season.

Life on Malawian Time I would call it African time (as a lot of people do) but that’s quite a generalization so I’ll call it Malawian Time, as even the Malawians call it this. I have been experiencing more of this than usual recently so thought I’d write a little bit about it. I have so far spent one evening and two days in Lilongwe working on picking up my Temporary Employment Permit (confirmed as having been approved for 3 years) and clearing our project vehicle, which has arrived in the country. The fruits of my labor? The vehicle remains seated [View Full Entry]

By Rach and Marc
September 15th 2008

Malawi TV

Africa » Malawi » Northern

Sunrise from our Veranda

Mon 15th Sept, Hi again to everyone wherever you are. Especially hi to Rachael and Dave who are getting married this week! We’ll toast a beer to you from here in Malawi. All’s still going well. Work is still challenging, especially as I now seem to be running the Out-Patients Dept with just an interpreter most of the time. Because I am the only Dr within 100kms of here I am also getting a lot of the locals come down to the camp to see me for medical advice. Not least, the manager of Ripple Africa went down with quite severe [View Full Entry]

By Eric and Zoe
September 14th 2008

Zikomo kwambile Malawi (thank you malawi!)

Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi » Chitimba Beach

Waiting at home in Malawi

We loved Malawi -the people most of all. Interaction was still fairly limited as we were there a week at the max but the village walk, eating cassava and beans in the village one evening, chatting to the local beach vendors and visiting the local school and clinic gave us a flavour of how the country and people are. Talking to people and then seeing how they live with no electricity or running water - not even corregated iron for their roof just straw which contributes to the malaria problem. How they dealt with this was eye opening. On some level [View Full Entry]

By wheresmykipper
September 13th 2008

culture shock

Africa » Malawi » Southern » Monkey Bay

Sorry to all about lack of entries, but the closest internet connection is 10 miles from where we're staying. I'm going to have to condense 2 weeks quite quickly as i'm in a bar with 3 of the other volunteers from our group waiting to use this laptop. Life here is very different from swaziland because it's a very much poorer country. In swaziland you could escape to a western style shopping mall with coffee shop and internet cafe, but not here. We drove for 3 1/2 hrs from lilongwe in a dicrepit open top landrover to get to the lake, [View Full Entry]

By Eric and Zoe
September 13th 2008

Mzungu in malawi!

Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi » Kandi Beach

winning again

There have been some great names in the history of football but no team will go down in history quite like the winning team in the match held in a small village called Kandi. On the winning side were Eric Jong (Brilliant Orange) Josh (Kenyan and our driver) Julius Caeser, Winston Churchill, Georgy Porgy, and Cisco all representing Malawi. Donald Duck choose to remain on the side.It quickly became apparent that to make things a bit easier for the muzungu (whites) the locals take on more international names which are often bizarre. When we were invited down to the village to [View Full Entry]

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