The World Bank and the Malawi Government have signed a USD45 million (MK80 billion) grant agreement for the implementation of Phase 2 of the Malawi Food Systems Resilience Program under the Agricultural Commercialization (AGCOM) project.
To a country like Malawi, impacts of climate change are not new. From the Cyclone Gombe to Idai, Ana and Freddy among others have been catastrophic in the country for the past years.
The Malawi government has signed three grant agreements with African Development Bank (AfDB), totalling to US$46.27 million (about K81 billion) which is meant to address climate and economic shocks, strengthen agriculture as well as Humanitarian support for El Nino.
Stakeholders have warned that the predicted La Niña could wreak further havoc to the country’s tourism economy due to rising water levels in Lake Malawi.
Scores of people living surrounding the National Oil Company of Malawi (NOCMA), government officials among other stakeholders gathered to witness the inauguration of the first block train carrying 640,000 litres of fuel from Nacala Port to Lilongwe in Malawi.
Minister of Gender Children and Social welfare, Jean Sendeza, has hailed the Male involvement strategy saying it will help to provide direction and guidance on the implementation of male engagement initiatives in Malawi.
National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Programme (NTLEP) has scaled up efforts to fight Tuberculosis (TB) and Leprosy in hard-to-reach areas as one way of bringing the services close to the people.Â
With the increased population in urban areas and towns across Malawi, construction demands by companies as well as individuals in both the suburbs and cities have enormously increased.
Minister of Gender Community Development and Social Welfare, Jean Sendeza has cautioned perpetrators of Gender Based Violence (GBV) that the laws will not spare anyone found abusing women and children in the country.