News from Malawi on the ABC on 21st September 2016
Hope fades in Malawi as severe drought leaves millions suffering
By freelance correspondents Kayla Robertson and Max Greenstein in Chikwawa
Wed 21 Sep 2016, 8:52am
"There have been plans to drought-proof the nation. One, called the Green Belt Initiative would have irrigated one million hectares of farmland, but it withered through lack of funding.
Critics point to endemic corruption in the country, which has seen an estimated $550 million stolen from government coffers in the past 10 years and siphoned away from vital programs."
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Hope fades in Malawi as severe drought leaves millions suffering
By freelance correspondents Kayla Robertson and Max Greenstein in Chikwawa
Wed 21 Sep 2016, 8:52am
"There have been plans to drought-proof the nation. One, called the Green Belt Initiative would have irrigated one million hectares of farmland, but it withered through lack of funding.
Critics point to endemic corruption in the country, which has seen an estimated $550 million stolen from government coffers in the past 10 years and siphoned away from vital programs."
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