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style="border-width:0px;"/> </div> <div class="fr"> <h2>MALAWI   </h2> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="leftbodyGlobal"> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblError"></span> <table width="100%"><tr><td><div id="mainstoryphoto"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201504061613090144.jpg"/></div><a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101332/What-future-for-the-humanitarian-capital-of-the-world"><h1>What future for the humanitarian capital of the world? </h1></a><p>GENEVA, 7 April 2015 (IRIN) - Geneva has firmly taken its place as one of the most expensive cities in the world, following a sharp rise in the value of the Swiss franc in January. Should cost-conscious aid agencies be headquartered there? <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101332/What-future-for-the-humanitarian-capital-of-the-world" class="bodylinks" style="font-weight:bold;">full report</a></p></div></td></tr></table> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2009/200901271t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101285/Killing-us-softly"><h3> Killing us softly </h3></a> HONG KONG, 27 March 2015 (IRIN) - Of the 100 million Chinese who watched a documentary - later censored - about air pollution in their country, 172,000 are likely to die each year from air pollution-related diseases. <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101285/Killing-us-softly"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201503251615040147t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101276/Zimbabwe-on-alert-over-cholera-threat"><h3> Zimbabwe on alert over cholera threat</h3></a> HARARE, 25 March 2015 (IRIN) - Children play on the dumpsite in the Budiriro suburb of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, scrambling through the garbage and ignoring the clouds of flies and overpowering stench from the rotting, untreated waste. <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101276/Zimbabwe-on-alert-over-cholera-threat"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201502241642270774t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101153/Three-words-of-advice-for-WHO-Africa-s-new-chief"><h3> Three words of advice for WHO Africa's new chief</h3></a> DAKAR, 24 February 2015 (IRIN) - WHO’s new regional director for Africa faces a tough road ahead, as she attempts to restore confidence in the organization following failures to act more quickly during the Ebola outbreak. <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101153/Three-words-of-advice-for-WHO-Africa-s-new-chief"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201310251228010087t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101122/Who-celebrity-advocates-are-really-targeting-And-it-s-not-you"><h3> Who celebrity advocates are really targeting. And it’s not you.</h3></a> LONDON, 13 February 2015 (IRIN) - In recent years, aid agencies have increasingly used celebrities to raise awareness and money for their causes. There’s just one problem: It doesn’t actually work. <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101122/Who-celebrity-advocates-are-really-targeting-And-it-s-not-you"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201502061814530292t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101103/Dire-conditions-for-Malawi-s-flood-survivors"><h3> Dire conditions for Malawi's flood survivors</h3></a> BANGULA, 6 February 2015 (IRIN) - For those who have lost everything in southern Malawi’s Chikwawa District, just getting the next meal is now the priority. <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101103/Dire-conditions-for-Malawi-s-flood-survivors"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201501201731300632t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101028/In-pictures-Southern-Africa-floods"><h3> In pictures: Southern Africa floods</h3></a> NAIROBI, 20 January 2015 (IRIN) - More than a third of Malawi's territory has been affected by flooding, leading to a state of disaster to be declared in many parts of the country. 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It's the foundation of food security, and so the UN has declared 2015 as the year to draw attention to the stuff. <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101019/Nice-and-dirty-the-importance-of-soil"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201501161047280169t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101016/Eyewitness-Malawi-s-floods"><h3> Eyewitness: Malawi’s floods</h3></a> NAIROBI, 16 January 2015 (IRIN) - The scale and impact of the current flooding in southern Malawi seems to have caught the authorities by surprise. 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This rose quartz mine is about 20km east of Mzimba."></a><a style="visibility:hidden;display:none" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/photo/Download.aspx?Source=SideBoxSlideShow&Year=2013&ImageID=201307011105290041" rel="clearbox[type=image,,gallery=SideboxSlideshow]" title="Because the operation lacks access to capital or credit facilities, the opencast mine has been largely dug with rudimentary tools."></a><a style="visibility:hidden;display:none" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003047/http://www.irinnews.org/photo/Download.aspx?Source=SideBoxSlideShow&Year=2013&ImageID=201307011107130015" rel="clearbox[type=image,,gallery=SideboxSlideshow]" title="The hard quartz quickly blunts spades; jack hammers would be more suitable."></a><a style="visibility:hidden;display:none" target="_blank" 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