Tag: Malawi

Newspapers in Malawi The distribution of daily newspapers in Malawi is very small (less than 1 newspaper ex. Per 1000 residents, 2000). The only…

Media landscape The government-critical daily The Nation and the New Government-oriented Daily Times as well as the weekly Malawi News and Sunday Times provide…

Health The Malawian health system is facing major challenges. In addition to the large hospitals in Blantyre (Queen Elisabeth Hospital, to which the medical…

Currency: 1 Kwacha (MWK) = 100 tambala Exchange rate: 896 MWK per € (November 2020) Time zone: GMT + 2 Country code (phone): +265…

Entry and residence Since October 1, 2015, German citizens (and all Schengen citizens) have generally required a visa to enter Malawi. A residence permit…

Housing and supply In the big cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Zomba there are hotels of international standards. The same goes for the…

Languages The official languages are English and Chichewa. Five other major African languages are spoken. The presence of the national language Chichewa has proven…

Culture A free cultural life was only able to develop in Malawi after the authoritarian Banda regime was replaced in 1994. The cultural scene…

Alphabetized adults: 68.6% (estimated, 2018) Major religions: Christianity (77%), Islam (14%) Urban population: 16.0% (census, 2018) Life expectancy (female / male): 63.8 / 59.7…

Great reliance on foreign aid To this day, Malawi is highly dependent on foreign aid. The share of development aid in GDP fluctuates between…

Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) According to the final report, Malawi’s record with regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is mixed….

Economic policy The economic policy Malawi is essentially determined by the requirements of the reform timer. So far, the government has verbally complied with…

Estimated GDP: $ 7.67 billion (estimated, 2019) Per capita income (purchasing power parity): US $ 412 (estimated 2019) Human Development Rank (HDI): Rank 172…

Malawi in a regional and international context The Muluzi government has broken Banda’s isolationist foreign policy and made Malawi an active member of the…

Civil society The Malawian civil society is only rudimentary to this day. Under the Banda dictatorship, local NGOs were subject to strict controls. With…

The elections in May 2019 Results of the presidential elections on May 21, 2019 Candidate Political party Votes % Peter Mutharika Democratic Progressive Party…

Political disposition and election campaign 2018/19 The informal election campaign with regard to the presidential, parliamentary and local elections on May 21, 2019 began…

After Bingu wa Mutharika took over the government, there were divisions between the government and the UDF. These were triggered by the criminal prosecution…

Elections 2004-2009 Malawi’s society is oriented along ethnic-regional lines. While the populous south mostly supports the ruling party DPP (formerly the UDF) (both Muluzi…

After the introduction of the multi-party system in July 1993, three major political parties emerged. In addition to the former Malawi Congress Party (MCP),…

Regional breakdown, decentralization and chiefs According to computerannals, Malawi is administratively divided into three regions and 28 districts. The constitution provides for local self-government…

According to commit4fitness, Malawi has a presidential system of government headed by a five-year state president, who is not only head of state but…

Seizure of power after the president’s death On April 5th, 2012, President Mutharika died of a serious heart attack during a private audience at…

History & State Independence Day: July 6, 1964 President: Lazarus M. Chakwera Political system: Presidential multiparty system Electoral system: Absolute majority voting (President) Democracy…

History After independence from Great Britain in 1964, Malawi was reigned for three decades by the autocratic president for life Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda…

The Southeast African state of Malawi was a British colony until 1964. With a land area of over 94,000 km² (plus the portion of…

Official name: Republic of Malawi Area: 118,484 km² Residents: approx. 17.6 million (2018, count) Growth of population: 2.6% (2018, estimated) Seat of government: Lilongwe…