Malawi (/məˈlɔːwi/, /məˈlɑːwi/ or /ˈmæləwi/; Chichewa:[maláβi] or [maláwi]), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Malawi is over 118,000km2 (45,560sqmi) with an estimated population of 16,777,547 (July 2013 est.). Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the second largest is Blantyre and the third is Mzuzu. The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed "The Warm Heart of Africa".
Malawi is among the smallest countries in Africa. Lake Malawi takes about a third of Malawi's area.
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the ninth largest lake in the world and the third largest and second deepest lake in Africa. It is home to more species of fish than any other lake, including about 1000 species of cichlids. The Mozambique portion of the lake was officially declared a reserve by the Government of Mozambique on June 10, 2011, and in Malawi a portion of the lake is included in the Lake Malawi National Park. Lake Malawi is a meromictic lake; permanent stratification and the oxic-anoxic boundary are maintained by moderately small chemical and thermal gradients.
Geography
Lake Malawi is between 560 kilometres (350mi) and 580 kilometres (360mi) long, and about 75 kilometres (47mi) wide at its widest point. The total surface area of the lake is about 29,600 square kilometres (11,400sqmi). The lake has shorelines on western Mozambique, eastern Malawi, and southern Tanzania. The largest river flowing into it is the Ruhuhu River, and there is an outlet at its southern end, the Shire River, a tributary that flows into the very large Zambezi River in Mozambique.
Tens of thousands of Malawians took part in protests on Thursday at alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election of President Peter Mutharika last year.
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Malawi Anti-Bribery Protest Draws Thousands
Tens of thousands of Malawians protest, Thursday, January 16, over alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika.
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READ MORE: People took to the streets after the country's chief justice charged that the five judges presiding over the case had been offered kickbacks.
The complaint, which was filed to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday, prompted a call for demonstrations in Malawi's three main cities. Around 50,000 people gathered in the capital Lilongwe, with smaller rallies in Blantyre and Mzuzu.
They braved the rain and stood vigil outside parliament. Many wore white T-shirts printed with "ACB name and arrest the bribers now."
Opposition leaders say the May 21 poll, which saw Mutharika narrowl...
published: 17 Jan 2020
Demonstrators Protest against Corruption in Malawi
Malawi is perhaps now beginning to feel the full effects of the "Cash gate scandal". The government's payment system has been shut down to allow for graft investigations.. and now. Teachers, nurses and doctors are angry taking to the streets of Blantyre, to demand for their delayed salaries.
published: 04 Mar 2014
Thousands march Friday in rare anti-government demonstrations in Malawi
Rare anti-government protests have been staged in six Malawian cities. Thousands took to the streets on Friday in peaceful protest. The marches were against alleged corruption and poor governance under President Peter Mutharika, who's been in power since 2014. Crowds called for the president's resignation. Some members of the ruling party had threatened to disrupt the protests, but they took place without incident. A heavy police presence ensured security.
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Malawians Delay Protests
published: 19 Aug 2011
Malawians protest against corruption in Malawi
Malawians have taken to the street to demonstrate against corruption.
They have also called for release of a report about the so called 'Cashgate' scandal.
Cashgate is the biggest financial scandal in Malawi's history involving government officials.
It has affected the country's relations with donors and caused outrage across the small Southern Africa country.
published: 06 Mar 2014
Malawi protests turn violent after disputed election
*Police and protesters on Thursday clashed in three cities in Malawi during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month's presidential election.*
Thousands of opposition supporters participated in the demonstrations in the capital, Lilongwe, demanding the immediate resignation of Malawi Electoral Co mmission chairperson Jane Ansah.
Some police officers were severely injured after being beaten up minutes after an armoured vehicle threatened the protesters at Capital Hill.…
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published: 21 Jun 2019
Malawi Protests | Protesters take to the streets of Blantyre to denounce graft: Daniel Mababa
Malawi police have fired teargas to quell anti-government protests in the southern city of Blantyre. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against alleged corruption and economic mismanagement. Malawian Journalist Daniel Mababa is in the capital Lilongwe and now joins us via Zoom for more on this story.
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published: 20 Nov 2021
Police teargas Malawi opposition protest demanding president resigns
Armed police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators demanding the resignation of Malawi’s president after an election they say was rigged, escalating the state’s response to protests that began two days ago.
Thousands of supporters of opposition parties took to the streets of the capital Lilongwe, a Reuters witness said, with one group occupying a complex housing the presidency and government offices for a third day.
Protesters said police had also fired bullets, and police spoke…
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Malawi protests: Anger at president's alleged election fraud
In Malawi, troops have been deployed to restore calm in the capital following fighting between protesters and police.
Protesters have repeatedly accused President Peter Mutharika of election fraud since he won a second term in April.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
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Tens of thousands of Malawians took part in protests on Thursday at alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election of Presiden...
Tens of thousands of Malawians took part in protests on Thursday at alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election of President Peter Mutharika last year.
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Tens of thousands of Malawians protest, Thursday, January 16, over alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of...
Tens of thousands of Malawians protest, Thursday, January 16, over alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika.
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READ MORE: People took to the streets after the country's chief justice charged that the five judges presiding over the case had been offered kickbacks.
The complaint, which was filed to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday, prompted a call for demonstrations in Malawi's three main cities. Around 50,000 people gathered in the capital Lilongwe, with smaller rallies in Blantyre and Mzuzu.
They braved the rain and stood vigil outside parliament. Many wore white T-shirts printed with "ACB name and arrest the bribers now."
Opposition leaders say the May 21 poll, which saw Mutharika narrowly beat runner-up candidate Lazarus Chakwera, was marred by fraud. In August, they petitioned Malawi's top court to annul the results — the first time presidential election results have been legally challenged since the country gained independence from Britain in 1964.
Thursday's demonstrations unfolded peacefully and no incidents were reported at any of the venues, according to police spokesman James Kadadzera.
President Mutharika has brushed off all doubts on the official results, which show he won just 159,000 votes more than Chakwera, a margin of around three percentage points. A ruling is expected by the end of January. (AFP)
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Tens of thousands of Malawians protest, Thursday, January 16, over alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika.
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READ MORE: People took to the streets after the country's chief justice charged that the five judges presiding over the case had been offered kickbacks.
The complaint, which was filed to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday, prompted a call for demonstrations in Malawi's three main cities. Around 50,000 people gathered in the capital Lilongwe, with smaller rallies in Blantyre and Mzuzu.
They braved the rain and stood vigil outside parliament. Many wore white T-shirts printed with "ACB name and arrest the bribers now."
Opposition leaders say the May 21 poll, which saw Mutharika narrowly beat runner-up candidate Lazarus Chakwera, was marred by fraud. In August, they petitioned Malawi's top court to annul the results — the first time presidential election results have been legally challenged since the country gained independence from Britain in 1964.
Thursday's demonstrations unfolded peacefully and no incidents were reported at any of the venues, according to police spokesman James Kadadzera.
President Mutharika has brushed off all doubts on the official results, which show he won just 159,000 votes more than Chakwera, a margin of around three percentage points. A ruling is expected by the end of January. (AFP)
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Malawi is perhaps now beginning to feel the full effects of the "Cash gate scandal". The government's payment system has been shut down to allow for graft inves...
Malawi is perhaps now beginning to feel the full effects of the "Cash gate scandal". The government's payment system has been shut down to allow for graft investigations.. and now. Teachers, nurses and doctors are angry taking to the streets of Blantyre, to demand for their delayed salaries.
Malawi is perhaps now beginning to feel the full effects of the "Cash gate scandal". The government's payment system has been shut down to allow for graft investigations.. and now. Teachers, nurses and doctors are angry taking to the streets of Blantyre, to demand for their delayed salaries.
Rare anti-government protests have been staged in six Malawian cities. Thousands took to the streets on Friday in peaceful protest. The marches were against all...
Rare anti-government protests have been staged in six Malawian cities. Thousands took to the streets on Friday in peaceful protest. The marches were against alleged corruption and poor governance under President Peter Mutharika, who's been in power since 2014. Crowds called for the president's resignation. Some members of the ruling party had threatened to disrupt the protests, but they took place without incident. A heavy police presence ensured security.
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Rare anti-government protests have been staged in six Malawian cities. Thousands took to the streets on Friday in peaceful protest. The marches were against alleged corruption and poor governance under President Peter Mutharika, who's been in power since 2014. Crowds called for the president's resignation. Some members of the ruling party had threatened to disrupt the protests, but they took place without incident. A heavy police presence ensured security.
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Malawians have taken to the street to demonstrate against corruption.
They have also called for release of a report about the so called 'Cashgate' scandal.
Cash...
Malawians have taken to the street to demonstrate against corruption.
They have also called for release of a report about the so called 'Cashgate' scandal.
Cashgate is the biggest financial scandal in Malawi's history involving government officials.
It has affected the country's relations with donors and caused outrage across the small Southern Africa country.
Malawians have taken to the street to demonstrate against corruption.
They have also called for release of a report about the so called 'Cashgate' scandal.
Cashgate is the biggest financial scandal in Malawi's history involving government officials.
It has affected the country's relations with donors and caused outrage across the small Southern Africa country.
*Police and protesters on Thursday clashed in three cities in Malawi during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month's presidential ele...
*Police and protesters on Thursday clashed in three cities in Malawi during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month's presidential election.*
Thousands of opposition supporters participated in the demonstrations in the capital, Lilongwe, demanding the immediate resignation of Malawi Electoral Co mmission chairperson Jane Ansah.
Some police officers were severely injured after being beaten up minutes after an armoured vehicle threatened the protesters at Capital Hill.…
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*Police and protesters on Thursday clashed in three cities in Malawi during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month's presidential election.*
Thousands of opposition supporters participated in the demonstrations in the capital, Lilongwe, demanding the immediate resignation of Malawi Electoral Co mmission chairperson Jane Ansah.
Some police officers were severely injured after being beaten up minutes after an armoured vehicle threatened the protesters at Capital Hill.…
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Malawi police have fired teargas to quell anti-government protests in the southern city of Blantyre. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate a...
Malawi police have fired teargas to quell anti-government protests in the southern city of Blantyre. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against alleged corruption and economic mismanagement. Malawian Journalist Daniel Mababa is in the capital Lilongwe and now joins us via Zoom for more on this story.
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Malawi police have fired teargas to quell anti-government protests in the southern city of Blantyre. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against alleged corruption and economic mismanagement. Malawian Journalist Daniel Mababa is in the capital Lilongwe and now joins us via Zoom for more on this story.
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Armed police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators demanding the resignation of Malawi’s president after an election they say was rigged, escalati...
Armed police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators demanding the resignation of Malawi’s president after an election they say was rigged, escalating the state’s response to protests that began two days ago.
Thousands of supporters of opposition parties took to the streets of the capital Lilongwe, a Reuters witness said, with one group occupying a complex housing the presidency and government offices for a third day.
Protesters said police had also fired bullets, and police spoke…
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Armed police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators demanding the resignation of Malawi’s president after an election they say was rigged, escalating the state’s response to protests that began two days ago.
Thousands of supporters of opposition parties took to the streets of the capital Lilongwe, a Reuters witness said, with one group occupying a complex housing the presidency and government offices for a third day.
Protesters said police had also fired bullets, and police spoke…
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In Malawi, troops have been deployed to restore calm in the capital following fighting between protesters and police.
Protesters have repeatedly accused Preside...
In Malawi, troops have been deployed to restore calm in the capital following fighting between protesters and police.
Protesters have repeatedly accused President Peter Mutharika of election fraud since he won a second term in April.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
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In Malawi, troops have been deployed to restore calm in the capital following fighting between protesters and police.
Protesters have repeatedly accused President Peter Mutharika of election fraud since he won a second term in April.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
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Tens of thousands of Malawians took part in protests on Thursday at alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election of President Peter Mutharika last year.
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Tens of thousands of Malawians protest, Thursday, January 16, over alleged attempts to bribe judges overseeing a legal challenge to the re-election last year of President Peter Mutharika.
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READ MORE: People took to the streets after the country's chief justice charged that the five judges presiding over the case had been offered kickbacks.
The complaint, which was filed to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday, prompted a call for demonstrations in Malawi's three main cities. Around 50,000 people gathered in the capital Lilongwe, with smaller rallies in Blantyre and Mzuzu.
They braved the rain and stood vigil outside parliament. Many wore white T-shirts printed with "ACB name and arrest the bribers now."
Opposition leaders say the May 21 poll, which saw Mutharika narrowly beat runner-up candidate Lazarus Chakwera, was marred by fraud. In August, they petitioned Malawi's top court to annul the results — the first time presidential election results have been legally challenged since the country gained independence from Britain in 1964.
Thursday's demonstrations unfolded peacefully and no incidents were reported at any of the venues, according to police spokesman James Kadadzera.
President Mutharika has brushed off all doubts on the official results, which show he won just 159,000 votes more than Chakwera, a margin of around three percentage points. A ruling is expected by the end of January. (AFP)
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LINK: https://www.voanews.com/africa/malawi-anti-bribery-protests-draw-thousands
Malawi is perhaps now beginning to feel the full effects of the "Cash gate scandal". The government's payment system has been shut down to allow for graft investigations.. and now. Teachers, nurses and doctors are angry taking to the streets of Blantyre, to demand for their delayed salaries.
Rare anti-government protests have been staged in six Malawian cities. Thousands took to the streets on Friday in peaceful protest. The marches were against alleged corruption and poor governance under President Peter Mutharika, who's been in power since 2014. Crowds called for the president's resignation. Some members of the ruling party had threatened to disrupt the protests, but they took place without incident. A heavy police presence ensured security.
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Malawians have taken to the street to demonstrate against corruption.
They have also called for release of a report about the so called 'Cashgate' scandal.
Cashgate is the biggest financial scandal in Malawi's history involving government officials.
It has affected the country's relations with donors and caused outrage across the small Southern Africa country.
*Police and protesters on Thursday clashed in three cities in Malawi during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month's presidential election.*
Thousands of opposition supporters participated in the demonstrations in the capital, Lilongwe, demanding the immediate resignation of Malawi Electoral Co mmission chairperson Jane Ansah.
Some police officers were severely injured after being beaten up minutes after an armoured vehicle threatened the protesters at Capital Hill.…
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Malawi police have fired teargas to quell anti-government protests in the southern city of Blantyre. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against alleged corruption and economic mismanagement. Malawian Journalist Daniel Mababa is in the capital Lilongwe and now joins us via Zoom for more on this story.
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Armed police used tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators demanding the resignation of Malawi’s president after an election they say was rigged, escalating the state’s response to protests that began two days ago.
Thousands of supporters of opposition parties took to the streets of the capital Lilongwe, a Reuters witness said, with one group occupying a complex housing the presidency and government offices for a third day.
Protesters said police had also fired bullets, and police spoke…
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In Malawi, troops have been deployed to restore calm in the capital following fighting between protesters and police.
Protesters have repeatedly accused President Peter Mutharika of election fraud since he won a second term in April.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
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Malawi (/məˈlɔːwi/, /məˈlɑːwi/ or /ˈmæləwi/; Chichewa:[maláβi] or [maláwi]), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Malawi is over 118,000km2 (45,560sqmi) with an estimated population of 16,777,547 (July 2013 est.). Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the second largest is Blantyre and the third is Mzuzu. The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed "The Warm Heart of Africa".
Malawi is among the smallest countries in Africa. Lake Malawi takes about a third of Malawi's area.