Africa Malawi Death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen to 499 and more than 508.000 people have been displaced; a new camp has been set up, bringing the total number of camps to 534
Africa Malawi A state of calamity has been declared in several southern districts, including the city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy returned and killed nearly one hundred people
Africa Malawi The country received 20.000 tonnes of fertiliser from Russia, expressing gratitude to the Russian Federation for the gesture, saying it was an act of goodwill resulting from good bilateral relations
Africa Malawi The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi said the electricity situation in Malawi is still in emergency mode with only 193 Megawatts (MW) of hydropower capacity available against a system demand of 300 MW
Africa Malawi For the deadliest cholera epidemic in the country's history, WHO took measures such as drafting a national response plan, deploying national rapid response teams to affected areas, and collecting data
Africa Malawi South African Airways will resume direct flights between South Africa and Malawi from 16 March, following an agreement reached in Pretoria with the Malawi High Commission
Africa Malawi The country has reportedly run out of cholera vaccine stocks during the worst outbreak in decades
Africa Malawi Academic activity is resuming in primary and secondary schools in Malawi's two main cities after the cholera epidemic that killed hundreds of people imposed the closure of schools and public spaces
Africa Malawi The opening of public schools has been delayed in the two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe to try to slow down a surge in cholera deaths, as the mortality rate of the current outbreak has reached 3,34%
Africa Malawi The number of cases and victims of cholera in the country is growing rapidly and has already claimed hundreds of lives since March; the current outbreak represents the largest epidemic recorded in the country in the last 10 years, the WHO said
Africa Malawi Malawi is waiving visa requirements for 16 selected countries including United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany in a bid to boost its tourism industry that dropped by 80% in consequence of the pandemic
Africa Malawi The country has started a large-scale childhood vaccination campaign against malaria, the first campaign of its kind in the world; Malawian health authorities are using the only vaccine against the disease recommended by the WHO
Africa Malawi The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a disbursement of $88.327 million (91 billion kuna) for Malawi under the new Food Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Faculty