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The land grab scandal in Malawi during the British colonial era was a widespread and systematic appropriation of land from indigenous communities by British colonial officials and settlers. [9] In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, British colonial officials and settlers arrived in Malawi, then known as Nyasaland , with the British South ...
The IMF and World Bank has spearheaded structural reforms in Malawi for decades. [12] The government faces strong challenges: to spur exports, to improve educational and health facilities, to face up to environmental problems of deforestation and erosion, and to deal with the problem of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
It is estimated that Malawi loses around $12.5 million, or the equivalent of 1% of its GDP each year to drought, and $9 million or 0.7% of its GDP, to flooding in the southern regions of the country. [50] Indeed, Malawi is not new to weather related disasters, between 1970 and 2006, there were over 40 weather related incidents. [51]
Malawi, as a developing country, faces many problems in its prisons, especially the fast spread of HIV/AIDS and TB, which are mainly caused by the rapidly increasing number of inmates. [1] For example, Maula Prison was intended to house 800 inmates but now holds approximately 1,805 inmates, all but 24 of them men. [4]
According to a U.S. State Department report on human-rights conditions in Malawi in 2010, the major human-rights problems included “police use of excessive force, which resulted in deaths and injuries; security force impunity, although the government made some efforts to prosecute abusers; occasional mob violence; harsh and life-threatening ...
Opposition Malawi Congress Party leader Lazarus Chakwera addresses election protesters in Blantyre (2019) Mass protests began after the 2019 Malawian general election results were announced and demands for annulment for the elections were chanted as the military was sent in to keep the mass demonstrations from spreading.
Households with sufficient land, labour, fertilizer and credit for both food and tobacco achieved only modest returns but were vulnerable to price fluctuations and bad weather. Burley was not the solution to Malawi's problems. [57] Malawi currently has a food gap equivalent to 500,000 to 600,000 tonnes a year of maize.
Women's rights in Malawi (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Social issues in Malawi" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.