: "Some of us will be eager to know the future of this alliance. I just feel that we seem to have taken a different direction. Do we still have this alliance or it's time each of us focused on their own parties?"
Countries and economic blocs across Africa are on a legislating spree to regulate the continent’s seed markets, ostensibly to overcome chronic hunger. The real reason, many believe, is the corporate push that is driving nations to facilitate and promote trade of hybrid seed varieties. The fear is that the new laws will destroy not only the continent’s food diversity, but also its indigenous practices of seed conservation. An analysis by Richard Mahapatra and Kiran Pandey with Coll
The National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has called for renewed working relationship with the media in order to build good public image and achieve positive coverage on nursing and midwifery professions. NONM Acting Executive Director Harriet Chiomba said it is disheartening that nurses and midwives continue receiving negative publicity despite making […]
Smuggling business: I had an Uncle in Chipata, his main occupation was smuggling between Malawi and Zambia. He was a very crooked Uncle who could trick you to ‘even say thank you’ after you caught him cheating you.
One day, when I was a Journalist, I explored the probability of writing an investigative piece on border smuggling. I travelled to Chipata told him I was trying to join his business. He was excited. He had found a heir to his business. None of his sons had shown interest in his money making investment. I was to be shown the ropes of business.