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Lirangwe–Chingale–Machinga Road
The Lirangwe–Chingale–Machinga Road is a road in the Southern Region of Malawi, connecting the towns of ''Lirangwe'' in Blantyre District to the towns of ''Chingale'' in Zomba District and the town of Machinga in Machinga District. Location The road starts at ''Lirangwe'', Blantyre District, along the Blanyre–Lilongwe Road (M1 Highway), approximately north of the city of Blantyre. From there, the road takes a north-easterly direction to ''Chingale'' in Zomba District, and continues northeastwards to end at ''Machinga'' in Machinga District, along the Blantyre–Zomba–Mangochi Road (M3 Highway). The road measures approximately from end to end. Overview Prior to 2014, the road had a gravel surface in poor condition. The Malawian president at that time, Joyce Banda, laid a foundation stone for the work to commence, after obtaining concessional loans from Arab development partners. However, work progressed very slowly. The next president of the country, Peter Mutharika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Region, Malawi
The Southern Region of Malawi is an area of Malawi. It covers an area of 31,753 km2. Its capital city is Blantyre. In 2018, its population was 7,750,629. Geography Domestically, the Southern Region borders the Central Region, Malawi, Central Region and Lake Malawi to the north. Internationally, it borders the country of Mozambique to the east, west, and south. Of the 28 Districts of Malawi, districts in Malawi, 13 are located within the Southern Region: Balaka District, Balaka, Blantyre District, Blantyre, Chikwawa District, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu District, Chiradzulu, Machinga District, Machinga, Mangochi District, Mangochi, Mulanje District, Mulanje, Mwanza District, Mwanza, Neno District, Neno, Nsanje District, Nsanje, Phalombe District, Phalombe, Thyolo District, Thyolo, and Zomba District, Zomba. The region is home to several parks: Majete Wildlife Reserve, Lengwe National Park, and Liwonde National Park (the last of these on the Shire River). It is also home to the Zo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuwait Fund For Arab Economic Development
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) (), commonly known as the Kuwait Fund, is the State of Kuwait’s agency for the provision and administration of financial and technical assistance to developing countries. History and profile Founded in December 1961 by then Minister of Finance Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwait Fund was operational shortly after the country’s independence, ensuring that Kuwait’s newly discovered oil wealth was put to benefit neighbors and friends alike. The Fund was created as a message from the Kuwaiti people, ensuring that “''Here we are embarking on the tides of change but we will not forget our friends in need''”. The Kuwait Fund is the first aid agency in the world to be established by a developing country. KFAED was originally established with a capital of KWD 50 million, increased to KWD 200 million in 1966. "''When first established in 1961, the Kuwait Fund was without precedent. Here was Kuwait, a tin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roads In Malawi
Roads in Malawi are an important mode of transport in Malawi. Malawi has 15,451 kilometers of road network as of 2016 of which 28% (4,312 km) was surfaced. There were 3,357 km of principal roads within the country with majority paved having 2976 km smooth tarmac. A different scenario came in 2014 when a certain report indicated that 38% of tarred routes were top shape, 40% had deteriorated though still passable while the remaining 22% required fixing. Background Malawi has a well-developed road network especially considering its modest economic status and this could be due to the relatively high population density as compared to other African countries. It features a well-developed paved road infrastructure characterized by the main north–south artery, M1, flanked with parallel branches and few others east–west routes owing to the elongated geography of the country. However, the road conditions often leave much to be desired. In the capital city of Lilongwe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangochi
Mangochi is a township in the Southern Region, Malawi, Southern Region of Malawi. Located near the southern end of Lake Malawi, in History of Malawi, colonial times it used to be called Fort Johnston. As of 2018, it has a population of 53,498. History Mangochi was founded by colonial administrator Sir Harry Johnston in the 1890s as a British Central Africa Protectorate, British colonial defence post on the littoral plain of the Shire River's western shore. The British gunboat ''Gwendolen'', named after Lady Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil, daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was built in Mangochi in 1897. At , it was the largest ship to sail on Lake Malawi until being scrapped shortly after World War II. The gunboat, operated by the Protectorate of History of Malawi#Nyasaland, Nyasaland, is said to have fought the first naval battle of the World War I, First World War when it defeated the German Empire, German vessel ''Hermann von Wissmann'' in August 1914. Rioting in June 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, () is an African Great Lakes, African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. It is the List of lakes by volume, fourth largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, the List of lakes by area, ninth largest lake in the world by area and the third largest and List of lakes by depth, second deepest lake in Africa. Lake Malawi is home to more species of fish than any other lake in the world, including at least 700 species of cichlids.Turner, Seehausen, Knight, Allender, and Robinson (2001). "How many species of cichlid fishes are there in African lakes?" ''Molecular Ecology'' 10: 793–806. The Mozambique portion of the lake was officially declared a reserve by the Government of Mozambique on June 10, 2011,WWF (10 June 2011)"Mozambique’s Lake Niassa declared reserve and Ramsar site"Retrieved 17 July 2014. while in Malawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Malawi
Politics of Malawi takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Malawi is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. There is a cabinet of Malawi that is appointed by the President of Malawi. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Malawi attained independence in July 1964 and was governed as a one-party personalist dictatorship under Hastings Banda and his Malawi Congress Party from 1964 to 1994. In the early 1990s, pressure formed on the regime to democratize. Following a 1993 referendum won by pro-democracy forces, a multi-party democratic system was established in 1994. Scholars have remarked on Malawi as an unusually resilient democracy given that it has many of the preconditions for democratic backsliding such as a weak economy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OPEC Fund For International Development
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) is an intergovernmental development finance institution established in 1976 by the member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The OPEC Fund was conceived at the Conference of the Sovereigns and Heads of State of OPEC Member Countries, which was held in Algiers, Algeria, in March 1975. A Solemn Declaration of the Conference "reaffirmed the natural solidarity which unites OPEC countries with other developing countries in their struggle to overcome underdevelopment", and called for measures to strengthen cooperation between these countries. The OPEC Fund's objective is to reinforce financial cooperation between OPEC Member Countries and other developing countries, by providing financial support to the latter for their socioeconomic development. The institution's central mission is to foster South-South Partnership with fellow developing countries worldwide with the aim of eradicating poverty. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Bank For Economic Development In Africa
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) (Banque Arabe pour le Développement Economique en Afrique) (المصرف العربي للتنمية الاقتصادية في أفريقيا) is a development bank owned by Arab League to provide development financing to African countries. It was established pursuant to the resolution of the 6th Arab Summit Conference at Algiers on the 28 November 1973. The Bank was created for the purpose of strengthening economic, financial and technical cooperation between the Arab and African regions and for the embodiment of Arab-African solidarity. The Bank is an international financial institution enjoying full international legal status and complete autonomy in administrative and financial matters. It is governed by the provisions of its Establishing Agreement and the principles of international law. History The Bank began operations in March 1975. BADEA is a financial institution owned by eighteen Arab countries members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Fund For Development
The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) (Arabic: الصندوق السعودي للتنمية) is a Saudi Arabian government agency that assists developing countries by financing social and infrastructure projects. Its development program seeks to support the economies of recipient countries by enhancing economic growth and promoting job opportunities. It also administers loans and grants extended by the Saudi government to developing countries. The SFD was established in 1974 and began operations in 1975. As of today, it is involved in approximately 3,750 projects across 71 countries. The fund is led by Ahmed bin Aqeel Al-Khateeb, who also serves as the Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia. History The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) traces its origins to a pivotal moment in Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy history. On 1 September 1974, the Saudi government, under the leadership of King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued Royal Decree No. M/48, formally establishing the SFD as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mota-Engil
Mota-Engil is a Portuguese group in the sectors of civil construction, public works, port operations, waste, water, and logistics. The chairman of the board of directors is António Mota and Gonçalo Moura Martins is the company's CEO. Jorge Coelho led the group's Executive Committee from 2008 to 2013 and was a consultant in Mota-Engil's Strategic Advisory Council. The registered office of this business group is in Amarante, the municipality where it was founded. Its head offices are located in Porto and Lisbon. The Mota-Engil Group comprises 228 companies within three major business areas – Engineering and construction, Environment and Services and Transport concessions – operating in 21 countries through its branches and subsidiaries, including Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção, S.A., Tertir, SUMA, INDAQUAManvia Vibeiras, Ascendi and Martifer. Mota-Engil was ranked in the 100 biggest European construction companies in 2008, but currently ranked in the sector's 30 bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malawi
Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and has an estimated population of 21,240,689 (as of 2024). Lilongwe is its capital and largest city, while the next three largest cities are Blantyre, Mzuzu, and Zomba, the former capital. The part of Africa now known as Malawi was settled around the 10th century by the Akafula, also known as the Abathwa. Later, the Bantu groups came and drove out the Akafula and formed various kingdoms such as the Maravi and Nkhamanga kingdoms, among others that flourished from the 16th century. In 1891, the area was colonised by the British as the British Central African Protectorate, and it was renamed '' Nyasaland'' in 1907. In 1964, Nyasaland became an independent country as a Commonwealth realm under Prime Minister Hastings Banda, and was rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nation (Malawi)
''The Nation'' is a newspaper based in Blantyre, Malawi, owned by Nations Publications Limited. It began distribution on 26 July 1993, and became a daily newspaper on 11 July 1994, coming out on Mondays through Fridays. Its sister newspaper, ''Saturday Nation'', now called ''Weekend Nation'', was launched in 1995. ''The Nation'' Newspaper ''The Nation'' began distribution in July 1993 and became a daily newspaper in 1994. It became an important voice against the one party rule and the MCP party during the transition to multi-party rule. ''The Weekend Nation'' ''The Weekend Nation'' is a weekly newspaper based in Blantyre, Malawi, owned by Nation Publications Limited (NPL). The weekly version is ''The Nation''. It was originally called ''Saturday Nation'' and was launched in 1995. Cochrane-Dyet 2011 cable controversy In April 2011, the ''Weekend Nation'' published an article quoting a leaked diplomatic telegram from British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet in which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
