SADC Aids Fiesta Set for Malawi
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The second edition of Sadc Artists Aids Festival is scheduled for Lilongwe in Malawi starting on November 30 until December 6, 2009.
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Malawi: No guts, No Glory
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
No Guts, No Glory is a story from Lilongwe Writers Circle: “First disappointment – no booze. Secondly, it was full of young, enthusiastic, teetotallers – us alcoholic grannies didn’t know anyone. Thirdly, since when was spirituality a requirement for humanitarian interest'”
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Malawi / Press Statement at the end of the IMF Staff Mission
Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
LILONGWE, Malawi, November 12, 2009Press Release No. 09/396An IMF staff team concluded a two-week visit to Malawi today to conduct the discussions for the 2009 Article IV consultation1 and to initiate discussions on a new program that could be supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF), a new IMF lending instrument that is expected to be established shortly. The mission met with the Minister
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Zimbabwe Telegraph Mugabe Blamed for Malawi Fuel...
Stories on Malawi (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Zimbabwe Telegraph Mugabe Blamed for Malawi Fuel Shortages Zimbabwe Telegraph By SARAH NCUBE MALAWI – LILONGWE – Fuel shortages in Malawi have occurred because the country is running out of foreign currency, partly because the ... See all stories on this topic
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Flying Log 1988-2008
My Life!!! (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I thought as i was in the land of nothing to do, Japan, i would try and go through my flying log book and see how many flights i had actually done in the 20 years from December 1988-November 2008 ( not included 2009 until end of year) also i missed my first 6 months of flying as did not make a note of the flights from March 88-December 88, shame!!! But here are the results Arrecife 14 Abuja 7 Malaga...
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What's the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
I am grateful to Simon Mann and Mark Thatcher for one thing. They have made it marginally easier to remember the capitals of smaller African countries, a subset of general knowledge of which I am fond but in which I am deficient. There is a better chance now that Malabo will stick in my mind, not least because I know that it is on the island of Bioko, formerly Fernando Po, which is part of the territory...
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Technical Problems Cause Dry Pumps At Malawi’s Fuel Stations
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
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 [...]
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New Policies, New Technologies: Modelling the Potential for Improved Smear Microscopy Services in Malawi
PLoS ONE (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
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...
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Malawi villagers want more cash for Madonna school land
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...
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Malawi threatens arrests over Madonna school row
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.
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Zain Malawi Wins 3G Mobile Phones License
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Zain Malawi has received an International Mobile Telecommunication’s third generation (3G) license which the company applied for in 2006. Zain Malawi Marketing Director Elwin Kadango said in the capital Lilongwe that the company would now start using 3G data which would improve mobile services to its customers by providing them with modern technologies. “Using the latest international [...]...
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Madonna Promises Light
Super Media Blog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Madonna now promises light or electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two children. Speaking in Mphandula, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, the singer said Thursday: “I know you work in darkness. I will bring you [...] This post was written by the Super...
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Madonna Is Raising Malawi
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Madonna travels with her children Lourdes Leon, Mercy James and David Banda, to vist the Mphandu la Orphanage in the Namitete area outside Lilongwe, Malawi on Thursday (October 29). The 51-year-old entertainer attended the ground breaking ceremony for the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls. Madonna recently blogged to urge people to join her cause. “I’m [...]
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Madonna & David Banda Return To Malawi Orphanage
A Socialite's Life (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Madonna and her children, Lourdes Leon, Mercy James and David Banda visit the Mphandu la Orphanage in the Namitete area outside Lilongwe, Malawi. ...read full story
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PHOTOS: Madonna's Daughter Mercy Waves To The Cameras
RadarOnline.com (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Madonna continues her fundraising tour of the impoverished African nation of Malawi. PHOTOS: Mercy Waves For The Cameras Thursday the pop superstar was snapped with daughter Lourdes and adopted daughter Mercy and son David as they visited the Mphandula Child Care Center, 29 miles west of Lilongwe. Fame Pictures read more