Biogeochemistry of mid-sized tropical river, Linthipe, Malawi: Effects of human activities on biogeochemistry of Linthipe River, Southern Lake Malawi Basin
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
Malawi is currently experiencing a shortage of petrol, diesel and paraffin at its fuel pumps due to technical problems at the Ports of Beira in Mozambique and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, an official said Friday. Acting Executive Director for Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) Alexander Saiwa said in Lilongwe that despite having enough supplies at [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens.
PLoS ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Background To quantify the likely impact of recent WHO policy recommendations regarding smear microscopy and the introduction of appropriate low-cost fluorescence microscopy on a) case detection and b) laboratory workload. Methodology/Principal Findings An audit of the laboratory register in an urban hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, and the application of a simple modelling framework. The adoption of the...
The Lingerie Post (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Newcomer Jenna Leigh has made her New York City-based collection the most wanted for the Fall/Winter season. Her designs are practical enough to wear daily, but sexy enough that they make you feel like a vixen-in-hiding. Perhaps her inspiration came from far away destinations, her items have names like: Malawi, Namos, Capri and Notting Hill. The [...]
Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The school that Madonna is having built in Malawi is involved in a political battle.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MALAWI has threatened to arrest protesting villagers blocking construction of Madonna's multi-million-dollar girls' academy, a new controversy for the singer in the A
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A project to build a girl's school in Malawi funded by Madonna has run into problems after villagers sought to block its construction.
Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A long piece by Charles Mkoka in Al-Jazeera.net describes one country’s efforts to adapt : Forty years ago, 60-year-old Willard Nyangu recalls returning to the shores of Lake Malawi after a night fishing with his canoe full of fish. The lake is Africa's third largest with 1,000 cichlids endemic species of fish and its southern part is a Unesco world heritage site. Today it is a very different...
France24 (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
More than 100 villagers in Malawi demanded Thursday more compensation from the government for land on which US pop star Madonna is building a girls academy. Madonna, who has adopted two children from Malawi, led a groundbreaking ceremony last week for the school being built on the outskirts of the administrative capital Lilongwe. The villagers have since vowed to continue protesting until they receive...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Madonna is tangled in a political fight surrounding her multi-million dollar girls academy in Malawi - after African officials threatened to arrest villagers protesting its construction.[...] Read more!
All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A seven-member delegation from Malawi visited the country last week to learn from Rwanda's experience in public sector investment planning.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi threatened on Thursday to arrest protesting villagers blocking construction of Madonna's multi-million dollar girls academy, a new controversy for the singer in the African country where she has adopted two children.
Citizen News Service (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Punishing success in tackling AIDS Funders’ retreat could wipe out health gains in HIV affected countries A retreat from international funding commitments for AIDS threatens to undermine the dramatic gains made in reducing AIDS-related illness and death in recent years, according to a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) " Punishing Success? Early Signs of a Retreat...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Call them The Very Brief. There was some question as to whether the Tuesday night performance at Johnny Brenda's by The Very Best, the winning African electro-pop collaboration between Malawi-born singer Esau Mwamwaya and Euro DJ duo Radioclit, was ever going to take place.
Videos