Word: malawi
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...months after being arrested in his native Malawi for blowing his car horn in public protest of the African nation’s government, Danga K. Mughogho ’94 was acquitted of traffic charges Thursday...
...maize sitting in warehouses was illegal and "poisonous," according to President Levy Mwanawasa. Zambia sent a group of scientists to the U.S., Europe and South Africa to investigate the risks of GM food, and last month they recommended retaining the ban. The offending grain will be taken to neighboring Malawi, while Zambia will receive non-GM aid. The U.S. was furious. Says one State Department official: "Beggars can't be choosers." Why the sudden about-face? The Zambians say that public concerns about GMOS encouraged a government rethink. But a senior government official told Time that diplomats from at least...
Fletcher Matandika, founder and director of Ministries of Hope, a program in Malawi which provides food, medical care and emotional support for AIDS orphans, echoed the intense need for activism...
Mughogho said his case, which was widely reported in newspapers across Malawi, has bolstered the opposition movement across the country...
...with me ever since: ‘The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a moment of moral crisis, seek to maintain their neutrality,’” he said. “I would argue that those words apply equally well in Malawi today...