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Malawi's 2025 Presidential Election: Former Leader Peter Mutharika Surges Ahead in Tense Early Polling
21 Sep 2025 13:42 GMT
… heat of southern Africa, where the … Malawi—a small but resilient country squeezed between Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique … fertilizer vouchers that ended chronic hunger … metrics. Agriculture employs 80%, but yields lag: a Malawian farmer harvests 1.2 tons …
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Escalating Crisis in Malawi: Arrests of Data Clerks Ignite Fears of Electoral Fraud in 2025 General Elections
21 Sep 2025 08:52 GMT
… it within Malawi';s fraught electoral history. The southern African nation, often … Bank of Malawi. Tobacco farmers in Rumphi, who supply 70% … subsidies and fertilizer distributions. "We vote for … , proving that Malawi';s democratic flame burns …
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Mass vulture poisonings expose need for cross-border action in Southern Africa
18 Sep 2025 20:14 GMT
… Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. According to the African Wildlife … (Gyps africanus) in Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. Image … make dangerous agricultural chemicals and pesticides less readily … conservation officer for Southern Africa at BirdLife Africa, …
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From IT to agriculture: Samuel Ndungu’s journey into sustainable farming
19 Sep 2025 21:16 GMT
Kiambu, Kenya. On a modest 1.5-hectare plot at Githunguri, an agricultural town in Kiambu, Mr Samuel Ndungu is redefining what small-scale farming means in Kenya.
Employing between four and six people, depending on the season, his farm is more than a …
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Experts call for coordinated efforts backed by data to manage Africa’s forests, biodiversity and ecosystems
18 Sep 2025 07:22 GMT
… ) in Eastern and Southern Africa, the Central Africa Forest … the need for African governments, research institutions … , rapid urbanisation, unsustainable agricultural expansion and climate change. … reducing dependence on chemical inputs, practices such …
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Chinese mining firm ‘covered up toxic spill’ in Zambia
18 Sep 2025 03:55 GMT
… well other pollutants.
The chemicals pose “significant long-term … farmers signed papers with a thumbprint.
Anneke Meerkotter, of the Southern Africa … “callous indifference to the African people” by Chinese companies … -owned mine in Zambia’s Copperbelt province …
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Malawi counts votes in tight presidential race
17 Sep 2025 18:50 GMT
… food and fertiliser, hitting an economy dependent on rain-fed agriculture. Early … initial results suggest people across the southern African country … were rallying behind Mutharika, persuaded that Malawi was …
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How Agricultural Subsidy Policies Drive the Transformation of Agrifood Systems?
17 Sep 2025 17:57 GMT
… of agricultural policies in many Asian and African countries, … provide incentives to farmers to boost production and … as Malawi’s fertilizer subsidy program and Nigeria’s agricultural input … Africa Cooperation, the two sides can share climate-smart agricultural …
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Malawi counts votes in tight race for president
17 Sep 2025 15:47 GMT
… and fertiliser, hitting an economy dependent on rain-fed agriculture including … across the southern African country were rallying behind Mutharika, persuaded that Malawi was … ."
As an agriculture-dependent economy, Malawi is vulnerable to climate …
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Malawi counts votes as two presidents battle for power
17 Sep 2025 09:21 GMT
… 16, 2025. [AFP]
Malawi counted votes on Wednesday after … The ailing economy of the southern African country, one of the … dependent on rain-fed agriculture, making it vulnerable to climate … of fuel, food and fertiliser.
Tuesday's presidential, …