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Original Post Date: 2004-01-16 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 1/16/2004 5:08:31 AM
Malawi: Millions go hungry.
[Note. Under Banda, a pro-Western black, Malawi did very well. He encouraged blacks to farm and they were never without food. He was also on good relations with Rhodesia and Apartheid South Africa. In fact, in the 1980’s, Zimbabwe and Mozambique planned to invade Malawi. The South African government warned Zimbabwe that if they went ahead, we would attack them. Some time later political troubles started in Malawi and Banda was thrown out. I always wonder if Mugabe was behind it, because the new government seems socialist, and judging by the wreck Malawi has become, I strongly suspect so. Also, Malawi had a lot of food reserves which it sold mysteriously, to “unknown buyers” (Zimbabwe?) when the land reform problems in Zim began. Now Malawi is itself in a mess. Jan]
Blantyre – Malawi on Thursday appealed for international food relief, saying a third of the country’s 11 million people faced imminent starvation.
“Over 3,5 million Malawians, representing 32 percent of the population, most of them in the southern region, have already run out of food and are on the verge of starvation,” Agriculture Minister Chakufwa Chihana told officials from the European Union and the United Nations Development Programme.
“We need urgent assistance from our co-operating partners,” said Chihana, who is also the country’s second vice-president.
He was speaking in the administrative capital Lilongwe where he and donors witnessed the release of thousands of tons of maize, the national staple, from strategic grain reserves, on to the commercial market.
‘We need urgent assistance’
His appeal came two years after Malawi faced its worst hunger crisis in 50 years, affecting up to 76 percent of the population.
Wiepke van der Goot, head of the EU delegation in Malawi, said the body had already set aside (130)(172)¬15-million (about R136-million) for food security programmes in the southern African nation and would distribute 40 000 tons of maize.
“In the past, especially in 2002, we saw a situation where there was not enough maize in the country. But since then we have strategic stocks in place able to feed Malawians for a three-month period,” he said.
Malawi usually produces two million tons of maize a year, enough to feed the entire population.
Meteorological experts here say the rainfall pattern has become unpredictable. Normally rains start in October in many parts of the country, but last year the rains did not begin in most areas until December.
Source: IOL
URL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&ar…br>