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home > fellows' stories > fall 2002 > malawi

Malawi Crisis Mirrors African Famine

by Matthew Algeo, Fall 2002 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of National Public Radio

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January 2, 2002

Food problems in the small African nation of Malawi are typical of a hunger crisis that affects more than 20 countries on the continent. In Malawi, flooding ruined crops, and government officials are accused of selling grain reserves for personal profit. Matthew Algeo of Maine Public Radio reports.

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