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Despite taxpayers injecting K863.9 billion in farm subsidies over the past 15 years, Malawi remains categorised as a serious level hunger country. The classification is according to the 2022 Global Hunger Index Annual Report while the figure invested is based on our analysis of government spending on Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) and Affordable Inputs

When 41-year-old Tabu Honde of Chakwera Village in Senior Chief Kilupula’s area in Karonga District was divorced in 2013 by her husband, her hopes for a bright future were thwarted as she left Mwenitete for her home village empty-handed. To make matters worse, Honde and her seven children had no place to call home. She

The World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have said Malawi is among 10 countries in the world to face acute food shortage this year. In the Hunger Hotspots Outlook for June to November 2023, the two organisations predict that at least 3.8 million people in the country will face acute food

For the first time, government has opted to use restricted tendering in the procurement of fertiliser under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) instead of the open tender system, a move that has irked some stakeholders. Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale confirmed in an interview on Tuesday that the procurement process for the 2023/24 fertiliser contracts

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has challenged President Lazarus Chakwera to be vigilant and decisive when dealing with pressing socio-economic, governance, and accountability issues affecting Malawians. The grouping’s leaders made the call during a meeting with the President at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Wednesday. They decried slow progress on development projects in the country,

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has suspended its vigils at the Capital Hill main entrance in Lilongwe, citing security co

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has told Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera to resolve the mess that rocked the Affordable Inputs Programme

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says it is clear that President Lazarus Chakwera is sleeping on duty despite numerous

Police yesterday detained 23 people suspected of plotting to disrupt a vigil Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) staged in Lilongwe to demand accountability on a botched K750 million fertiliser deal. The 23, who were led by an activist identified as Agape Khombe, filled a Mazda Bongo registration CP1709 which police, working on