Malawi

Malawi vice president Chilima killed in plane crash

Malawi's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others on board a military aircraft that went missing on Monday were killed in a plane crash, President Lazarus Chakwera said on…

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Malawi, Mozambique race to rescue survivors as cyclone toll rises above 270

By Frank Phiri and Manuel Mucari BLANTYRE/MAPUTO, March 15 (Reuters) - Malawi and Mozambique were racing to rescue survivors from Tropical Cyclone Freddy on Wednesday as the death toll rose…

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Storm Freddy kills at least 11 in Malawi: police

BLANTYRE, Malawi, March 13 (Reuters) - At least 11 people have died in Malawi's Blantyre district and 16 more are missing in the destruction caused by tropical storm Freddy, police…

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Cholera deaths surge in Malawi

BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in the southern African country's two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister said…

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Malawi detects polio, first wild case in Africa in over 5 years

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Malawi's health authorities have declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the first case of…

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As tobacco declines, Malawi must switch to cannabis – president

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera warned on Wednesday that his country's leading foreign exchange earner, tobacco, was in terminal decline and he urged a switch to high-growth crops like cannabis, which was legalised…

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Photo Story: Prince Harry visits memorial for slain Coldstream Guard in Malawi

Britain's Prince Harry (C), the Duke of Sussex, meets service personnel at the memorial site for Guardsman Mathew Talbot of the Coldstream Guards at the Liwonde National Park, Liwonde, Malawi.…

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