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Madonna girl's "dad" says he would take DNA test
Blantyre :: Malawi | 5 days ago
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A man who claims to be the father of the Malawian girl Madonna wants to adopt says he is willing to take a DNA test to prove paternity. James Kambewa is fighting against Madonna's attempt to adopt 3-year-old Mercy Chifundo James. But he is in dispute...
Tags: James Kambewa, Madonna (entertainer), Malawian, dna test, Mwandida Maunde, Malawi, Blantyre
UK charity SolarAid offers green answer to African energy problems
Rumphi :: Malawi | 7 days ago
Credibility He first saw a few of the caterpillar-like army worms in a neighbour’s bush early one morning in 2005...Within days, moving like a blanket of locusts, they devoured the entire village harvest. “They destroyed every crop...I vowed to do something to stop...
Tags: Mr Halawa, Malawi Noel Halawa, uk charity, charity solaraid, Malawi, Rumphi, Environment, Renewable energy policy, SolarAid, Recreational vehicle, Kerosene lamp, Sustainable development, International development, Halawa Hawaii
Malawi postpones 2010 local polls
Lilongwe :: Malawi | 8 days ago
Credibility Malawi has again postponed local elections that are constitutionally required to be held by May 2010, local government minister Goodall Gondwe told Parliament on Tuesday. The last local polls were held in 2000, but the next in 2005 were called off because...
Tags: local polls, local government, Malawi, Goodall Gondwe, Lilongwe, Bakili Muluzi, Politics, Goodall Edward Gondwe, Elections in Malawi
Antibiotic fails to prevent preterm labor
Lilongwe :: Malawi | 8 days ago
Credibility A new British study has found that antibiotic azithromycin is ineffective in preventing preterm labour. Scientists at Liverpool looked into the effectiveness of the antibiotic in keeping a check on premature births in Southern Malawi to come up with their...
Tags: preterm labour, pregnant women, Malawi, Lilongwe, Health Medical Pharma, Childbirth, Rupture of membranes, Bacterial diseases, Preterm birth, Obstetrics, Pregnancy
Scientists expose biology of emergent Salmonella
Lilongwe :: Malawi | 8 days ago
Credibility The new strain, called ST313, infects vulnerable children and adults in many regions of sub-Saharan Africa leading to death in up to one in four cases. The new genome work� a collaboration between the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome...
Tags: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Africa, Malawi, Lilongwe, Health Medical Pharma, Microbiology, Salmonella, Bacteria, Multiple drug resistance, Wellcome Trust, Malaria, Enterobacteria, Gram negative bacteria, Salmonellosis, Apicomplexa, Antibiotic, Foodborne illness, Antibiotic resistance
Malawi leader blames World Bank, IMF for forex shortages (AFP)
Blantyre :: Malawi | 12 days ago
Credibility Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has charged the World Bank and the IMF with causing foreign exchange shortages by forcing the country to liberalise the economy, state media said on Thursday. "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank...
Tags: Malawian, World Bank, IMF, forex shortages, Malawi, Blantyre, Foreign exchange market, Economy of Malawi, Business Finance, Bingu wa Mutharika
MALAWI: Esinati Chimpere, "Is it a crime to be HIV positive?"
Lilongwe :: Malawi | 13 days ago
Credibility The story of Esinati Chimpere, 29, a single mother living in Kanyumbaaka village, in the Balaka district of southern Malawi, reveals how stigma is refusing to die in some societies. "I was expectant when doctors told me that I was HIV positive in February...
Tags: hiv positive, Esinati Chimpere, Malawi, Lilongwe, HIV/AIDS, Initialisms, Social Issues, Immunodeficiency, HIV, Human Interest, Retroviruses
Scots girl's trauma at being herded on to deportation jet
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 15 days ago
Credibility Scots girl's trauma at being herded on to deportation jet Published Date: 25 November 2009 THE mother of a Glasgow schoolgirl saved from deportation has said her daughter wept as they were driven to the airport to be sent back to Malawi. Florence Mhango,...
Tags: United Kingdom, Glasgow, Cranhill, Immigration to the United Kingdom, Dungavel, UNITY, Malawi, Phil Woolas, Immigration detention, Human Interest, McLaughlin, Deportation, David Meece, Jim Zwerg
He's back: McConnell to stand for re-election in 2011 but denies leadership bid
Lilongwe :: Malawi | 16 days ago
Credibility Jack McConnell has denied reports he is set to launch a leadership bid for the Scottish Labour Party, after it was confirmed he is to stand for election to Holyrood again in 2011. Mr McConnell told Labour officials in his Motherwell and Wishaw constituency...
Tags: Scottish Labour Party, Jack McConnell, Iain Gray, Mr McConnell, Mr Gray, leadership bid, SNP, Malawi, Lilongwe, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003-2007, Politics of Scotland, Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999-2003, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007-, First Ministers of Scotland, Politics
The Measure: Mimosa yellow, Wang's Rocco bag, Brioni fragrance, Madonna, Katy Perry, Russell Brand | Fashion
Lilongwe :: Malawi | 18 days ago
Credibility The Measure We're loving the new Brioni fragrance and Topshop's suede shorts, but as for Madge in Malawi and the Katy Perry/ Russell Brand union, give us a break already Brand name: Russell's been making a show of himself (again), this time with new...
Tags: Katy Perry, Brioni, Malawi, Lilongwe, Katy, Topshop, Pleat
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