Officials in Malawi predict many people could face acute food shortages later this year due to low yields of the main staple crop, maize. Malawi's government is asking people to stay calm while it tries to secure more food. Lameck Masina reports from Blantyre.
Private traders are holding maize in anticipation of selling it at higher prices during hunger crisis
Mozambicans started entering Malawi in early July after RENAMO fighters carried out two attacks in Mozambique's Tete province
Government statistics indicate that 70,000 women in Malawi have abortions each year
Find life no better at home, repatriated Malawians return to South Africa – often illegally and without jobs
Many Malawians fled South Africa early this year after xenophobic attacks on African immigrants. But many quickly found life was no better at home and have returned to South Africa – often illegally and without jobs, and facing the tough task of having to start over. Lameck Masina and Anita Powell file from Johannesburg.
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