Malawai -- The Poison Spreads

The Central African Crisis instigated by Mad Bobby Mugabe in Zimbabwe is spreading to Malawi.

Malawi is one of the poorest nations in the world -- one hovering on the brink of complete collapse.

The Financial Times outlines its plight.

Three-quarters of the population lives on less a than $1 a day but the country was recently left off a list of 18 poor nations targeted for $40bn in debt relief by rich countries. To make matters worse weather and world commodity markets are conspiring against this desperately poor country.

After failed summer rains, more than a third of the population faces food shortages this year. Prices for tobacco, the main cash crop, are falling as anti-smoking sentiment and litigation gain momentum in the west.
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According to an assessment by Malawi's government, the UN and other donors, 4.2m to 4.6m of the 12m people are likely to run short of food this year. That number exceeds the 2.5m thought at risk in famine- stricken Niger where images of starving children have a provoked an emergency response by donors.

Read the whole thing here.

And in the midst of all this turmoil the national government has decided to emulate Bobby Mugabe's brutal and inhumane clearance policies.

BBC reports:

Housing official Felix Tukula told the BBC the government wanted to evict those living illegally in Lilongwe on land meant for industrial developments.

Mr Tukula said the authorities would use force to remove residents if they refused to leave voluntarily.

The ultimatum follows a similar operation in neighbouring Zimbabwe, which has left some 700,000 homeless.

Read it here.

And the poor of Central Africa continue to suffer, and suffer, and suffer....