Malawi
Republic of Malaêi

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LOCAL FACTS  

Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)

Form of government:

Population: 10,000,416 (15% urban)

Total area: 118,484 sq. km

Languages: English and Chichewa (official)

Religions: Roman Catholic (55%), Protestant (20%), Muslim (20%), traditional animist beliefs

Per capita GDP: $940 p.a. (1998)

Exports: $521 m; tobacco, tea, sugar, coffee

Literacy: 56.4% (1995)

Life expectancy: 36.3 years (36.1f, 36.5m)

Sources

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Malawi

[Atlapedia Online] country data - Malawi

E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Malawi - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news and weather

[Index on Africa] country page - Malawi

[Nation by Nation] country data - Malawi - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people

[World Skip] country data - Malawi

 

MAP  

(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)

 

LOCAL DIRECTORIES  

Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories

 

 

GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS  

Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions

Governments on the WWW - Malawi - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

Inter-government:

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (Lusaka, Zambia)

 

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS  

Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour

Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) Malawi - works with two partner agencies in church development

European Union Development Programme - Malawi

FINCA Malawi (office for Blantyre) - The Foundation for International Community Assistance (USA) provides financial services (small loans, Village Banking) to the worlds poorest families so they can create their own jobs, raise household incomes, and improve their standard of living, delivering these services through a global network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions

Hunger Project-Malawi (Blantyre) - committed to the sustainable end of hunger throughout the nation using The Hunger Project's methodology of Strategic Planning-in-Action, which works to empower local people to create their own vision of a future free from hunger, and carry out catalytic projects to achieve that future, with a focus in Malawi on two epicenters, Nchalo and Jali

Story Workshop Educational Trust - educational media NGO using entertainment and popular formats to advocate for social change, human rights

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Malawi

 

COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS  

Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies

 

 

CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS  

Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature

 

 

SPORTS & LEISURE ORGANISATIONS  

Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies

 

 

TRAVEL ORGANISATIONS  

Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers

Air Zimbabwe

 

RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS  

Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society

National Statistical Office of Malawi

Essential data:

[CIA World Factbook] country data - Malawi

Social development:

[World Bank] country brief - Malawi

[UNICEF] children's health & education statistics - Malawi

[Africa Confidential] news articles on Malawi

[OneWorld.net] country database - Malawi - news articles selected from around the world

[IRINnews.org] news archive - Malawi - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

[U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Malawi

Human rights:

[Amnesty International] Report 2001 - Malawi

[International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Malawi] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights

Governance:

Governments on the WWW - Malawi - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, etc

[Political Resources] - Malawi

[U.S. State Department] [Bureau of African Affairs] country profile - Malawi

[CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Malawi

[World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Malawi - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others

[Electionworld.org] electionresults in Malawi

 

MEDIA ORGANISATIONS  

Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment

 

 

BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS  

Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services

 

 

FINANCE ORGANISATIONS  

Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation