Links

Useful Links

Useful sources of up-to-date information are as follows:

Christian Organisations

www.malawimacs.org

General Update

www.reliefweb.int - a brilliant United Nations collection of recent reports on the relief situation. Log on to site, select Malawi and check all the recent (mainly NGO) reports.

African Press Coverage

www.allafrica.com - very useful site; log on; select Southern region; select Malawi

www.panapress.com - very useful site (even though limited to headlines and short summaries unless you subscribe)

Malawi press

giving a genuinely Malawian perspective:

www.malawi.com - web site of Malawi Daily

www.nationmalawi.com - web site of The Nation

Background

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html - Interesting facts and figures.

Less useful but worth an occasional browse:

http://www.worldfactsandfigures.com/countries/malawi.php - Statistical overview of the country

www.wfp.org - web site of World Food Programme; not completely up-to-date, but good

general background

www.dfid.gov.uk - DFID web site, not completely up-to-date, but good general background

Education in Malawi : www.sdnp.org.mw/edu/new/ produced by the Malawi government.

www.savethechildren.org/countries/africa/malawi.asp

Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board Chat Room - with some chichewa - is occasionally very useful - but needs time to trawl through. Log on to web site, select archives and study titles.

www.lsoft.com (l is lower case L). Log on, enter nyasanet, click on maelstrom.stjohns.edu, and select web archive.

Other Sites

www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk - includes article under 'news' about Malawi receiving some debt relief

http://u.webring.com/hub?ring=themalawiring

www.mapzones.com/world/africa/malawi/introindex.php - a Country profile

www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/malawi.html - facts & National anthem

www.artists.mp3s.com/artists/18/five_notes_from_africa_fnfa.html - sounds & music

www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/malawi/culture.htm info, incl slide show