PRESIDENT Banda leaves for Angola today at the invitation of his counterpart Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
Mr Banda will be accompanied by Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development Kenneth Chipungu.
He will hold talks with President dos Santos tomorrow and return to Zambia the same day.
NAMWALA member of Parliament Robbie Chizyuka has warned that Zambia risks degenerating into a totalitarian dictatorship should the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) pact form government in 2011.
Totalitarianism is generally characterised by the coincidence of authoritarianism where ordinary citizens lose their freedoms and other civil rights and have no significant share in state decision-making and ideology.
Major Chizyuka, a UPND MP, has advised Zambians to reflect deeply on the kind of government that would be led by the PF president Michael Sata.
Major Chizyuka said in an interview that Zambians should start praying that the PF/UPND pact does not form Government next year.
Major Chizyuka said it is unfortunate and disheartening that Mr Hichilema has lost the original vision of the founders of the UPND and has since sold the party to the PF.
He said there is no way that Mr Sata will consider Mr Hichilema as his deputy when he (Sata) knows that he is much stronger in terms of popularity than the UPND leader.
Major Chizyuka accused the PF of violence and that the abduction and beating of its party senior members and the harassing of journalists at the Mazabuka Radio was evidence of this.
“God forbid! Should the PF-UPND pact form Government in 2011 by any unfortunate reason, Zambia will degenerate into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Zambians must this year deeply reflect on what kind of leadership Mr Sata and Mr Hichilema would provide,” Major Chizyuka said.
Major Chizyuka charged that Mr Hichilema is going to be the most disgraced politician that has ever ascended the political platform by offloading his party to another opposition political party.
Major Chizyuka maintained that the PF and UPND are political parties with the leaders that are diametrically opposed both in their manifestoes and style of governance.
He said the PF/UPND pact is doomed to collapse because Mr Sata has already declared himself the presidential candidate for the 2011 elections.[quote]
“I see Mr Hakainde Hichilema being appointed as Minister of Tourism in Mr Sata’s administration. And all the UPND members of Parliament should realise that there shall be nothing for them. History has shown that political pacts have not favoured those from the minority in the pacts.
Often, those in the minority receive the remains of what is in Government and this is what Mr Sata will do,” Major Chizyuka explained.
He recalled that just before Zambia’s independence, African National Congress (ANC) president Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula threw his weight behind UNIP but was only awarded with the position of Minister of Education.
He also said that in 1991, Mr Baldwin Nkumbula, who was one of the major financiers of the MMD, was appointed Minister of Youth and Sports.
Major Chizyuka also said Mr Hichilema’s political strength depends on his riches.
“I have always analysed the strength of Mr Sata and Mr Hichilema and we all know that the PF leader controls mainly two provinces which are Lusaka and Copperbelt plus Northern and Luapula.
Mr Hichilema controls one province which is Southern and has a paltry 23 MPs while the PF have about 40 MPs. So what guarantee is there that Mr Sata will allow Mr Hichilema to lead the pact?” Major Chizyuka wondered.
But UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma has told Major Chizyuka to stop making comments on the pact because he has ceased to be a member of the UPND.
Mr Kakoma said Major Chizyuka does not understand the tenets of democracy and is therefore not qualified to comment on the PF-UPND pact.
Mr Kakoma alleged that Major Chizyuka rejected the intra-party democracy when he opposed the formation of the PF-UPND pact.
Mr Kakoma said that it is out of bitterness at being expelled from the party that Major Chizyuka is charging that the country will degenerate into a totalitarian dictatorship should Mr Sata become president in 2011.
Major Chizyuka has also condemned Mr Hichilema for his continued attacks and insults against President Banda and his Government.
Major Chizyuka wondered what political capital gain Mr Hichilema is getting by peddling insults and lies against President Banda.
Major Chizyuka advised Mr Hichilema to get back to practicing politics based on issues rather than insults.
He said that as a man coming from the corporate world, Mr Hichilema should know the value of respecting other people saying you cannot start degrading the very people you wish to conduct business with.
Major Chizyuka said it is uncultured of Mr Hichilema, who is much younger than President Banda, to continue using unpalatable language.
He said traditionally, Tongas have respect for elders adding that Mr Hichilema should be reminded that he is still an African and cannot insult his father in public.
[Zambia Daily Mail]
Zambia has agreed to supply power to South Africa to help avoid power disruptions during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the head of the state power utility Zesco said on Saturday.
South Africa’s power grid has been under pressure for more than two years and experienced country-wide power cuts early in 2008. State-owned Eskom has said there would be adequate supply for the soccer tournament.
Zesco acting managing director, Cyprian Chitundu said on state ZNBC television Zambia would supply power to South Africa and the quantity would depend on Zambia’s surplus capacity as well demand from South Africa.
“We support each other with South Africa (and) what is going to happen is that when they need some power, we will be able to give them that power,” Chitundu said.
“But I have also realised that we are constrained and so, we are only going to give them power during the off-peak hours when we do not need so much power.”
Chitundu said the Zambia’s decision to export power to Africa’s biggest economy followed a meeting between the two countries last month.
“At that meeting, we showed them our commitment that we will be able to support them,” he said.
Zambia generates 1,400 MW of electricity and consumes about 800 MW but demand rises to 1,500 MW at peak times.
Eskom , which provided 95 percent of the South Africa’s power, Eskom has been rationing electricity since early 2008 when the grid nearly collapsed.
[Reuters]
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset—rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined]…”
(I Peter 5:9, AMP)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
The very moment you first feel fear, you have to resist it. You have to act against it. If you make the mistake of dwelling on your fears and start thinking about all the reasons why you can’t do what God is telling you to do, then it won’t be long before you develop a negative mindset that will keep you stuck where you are.
In the Bible, when God told David to go fight Goliath, it says that David moved quickly toward the battlefield. In other words, he didn’t think about it. He didn’t allow fear to grip his heart and talk him out of it. He just did what God wanted him to do.
So many people today are just sitting on the sidelines of life. They have tremendous potential on the inside, but they keep letting the enemy talk them out of doing what God wants them to do. Every time they get a vision of victory for their life, the enemy brings fear; and they just swallow his lies hook, line, and sinker. Don’t let that be you! Instead, obey quickly. Resist fear and boldly embrace every blessing the Lord has in store for you in 2010!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
” Father God, today I choose to resist fear. I choose Your Word. I choose Your love. I believe that with You, all things are possible. Thank You for giving me the power to live in victory in every area of my life. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
[Joel Osteen ministries]
TN Holdings will “soon” be investing US$250 000 in Zambia in a development that will culminate in the launch of TN Medical Aid Fund in Zambia.
TN Holdings group chief executive Mr Tawanda Nyambirai confirmed the developments.
He added that the opening up of shop in Zambia is now at an advanced stage and the group is awaiting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) approval, which is set to come any time “soon”.
“We will be launching our medical aid scheme in Zambia and we already have a management team in place. We intend to invest US$250 000 subject to RBZ approval and the Securities Commission,” said Mr Nyambirai.
He added that TN Holdings has already held meetings with Zambian medical authorities and the country’s securities commission respectively.
The latest developments come after the diversified company got off to a good start after 4 847 shares exchanged hands at 6 cents on its maiden trade on the local bourse, having opened at 2,3 cents.
Mr Nyambirai said he is happy with the acquisition of Tedco despite concerns in the market over the rationale of the transaction.
“There is talk that we bought a shell from Simba Mangwende (Tedco chief executive), but that is not true. What we have done is we have bought ourselves into the ready market through Tedco’s existing clientele and properties,” added Mr Nyambirai.
The listing of TN Holdings was completed through a reverse takeover of Tedco Limited by TN Holdings Limited resulting in the change of name to TN Holdings Limited.
Mr Nyambirai also said the new entity would exploit synergies between the furniture manufacturing and retail concern.
“We intend to create shops that sell world-class furniture and offer world-class banking services provided by our strategic partners, all under one roof,” he said.
Stockbrokers note that those with TN Holdings shares are not likely to sell in the near future.
“The price is quite good, looking at the last price Tedco traded, last week.
“However, we can say the counter is liquid, we are not going to see much change in terms of the movement of the shares as the price is likely going to revolve around that price,” said one stockbroker.
Tedco has one of the largest distribution networks in the retail industry comprising of Zimbabwe Furnishers shops, Sleep Eezy and Radio Limited.
On the other hand, TN Holdings has TN Asset Management (a financial advisory company), TN Financial Services, TN Medical Benefit Fund and TN Bank.
By Kudakwashe Mutandi
[The Sunday Mail – sundaymail.co.zw]
South Korea began the new year on a negative note, as it was trashed 4-2 by Zambia Sunday (KST).
The Huh Jung-moo’s side allowed two goals early in the first half to midfielders Felix Katongo and Rainford Kalaba in its first friendly of 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa, but it cut the deficit to one on a Kim Jung-woo goal in the 34th minute.
However, the African side, which failed to qualify for this year’s World Cup finals in June, extended its lead to 4-1, as forward James Chamanga and midfielder Noah Chivuta found the target in the 58th and 71st, respectively.
Koo Ja-cheol, who will have a trial with Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League (EPL), added the other goal of the night for the Red Devils, but it was not enough to turn it around.
Dropping the match, which Huh hopes will help his team prepare for their match against Nigeria in the group stage, the Taeguk Warriors have compiled a record of 14-13-3 since the manager took the reign of the team.
By Kang Seung-woo
Staff Reporter
[Korea Times]
By Henry Kyambalesa:
I wish to comment on discrepancies in the reported levels of poverty in Zambia following a recent Zambia Daily Mail report in which the Director of Central Statistical Office (CSO) is quoted as having said that the poverty level in Zambia had declined from 68.1% to 59.3% between 1996 and 2006.
It is regrettable that, over the years, there have been serious discrepancies in the reported levels of poverty in Zambia. In this regard, I wish to cite a few of such reports, which may be paraphrased as follows:
Times of Zambia (October 2005), “Poverty Levels Drop to 68 p.c.,” by Times Reporter: Poverty incidence in Zambia has dropped from 73% in 1998 to 68% in 2005, a CSO survey has revealed. According to a statement released by CSO director Buleti Nsemukila, the preliminary results of the Living Conditions Monitoring Survey of 2004 revealed that the incidence of poverty in terms of head counts had reduced by 7%.
Times of Zambia (November 2009), “Poverty Levels Go Down,” by Times Reporter: Zambia recorded reduced poverty levels from 80% to 64% midway through the Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP), according to Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane.
Zambia Daily Mail (January 2010), “Poverty Levels Drop,” by Nancy Mwape: Zambia’s poverty level has declined from 68.1% in 1996 to 59.3% in 2006, CSO director Efreda Chulu is quoted as having said this at a press briefing in Lusaka recently.
There is clearly a need for the government to create an autonomous “Bureau of Statistics and Archives” to replace the CSO so that it can freely and independently collect, process, maintain, and publish essential data and information about our country. The Bureau should also assume complete responsibility over the operations of the National Archives of Zambia.
Such a Bureau is necessary if we are to forestall the potential for fudging and/or manipulating of vital data and information. The autonomy of the Bureau could also lend a great deal of credence to the data and information published about the country. There is perhaps no other way in which leaders in the MMD, the ruling political party, are going to exonerate themselves from suspicions that they are trying to fudge national statistics for political gain.
THE MMD has said it is disturbed by Patriotic Front (PF) national youth secretary Eric Chanda’s statement that he and the opposition party are now a physical and political security of the Roman Catholic Church.
MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba said in a statement in Lusaka yesterday that the Roman Catholic Church was a rational church which had survived ages of social tests since its founding.
Dr Kalumba said the MMD denounced the threats against Father Mwewa by whoever perpetrated them and hopes the law would take its course.
He said the ruling party was at pains to understand the orchestrated encirclement of the Roman Catholic Church in Zambia by the PF.
Dr Kalumba said if the PF had taken over control of the Catholic Church this way, Zambia should be informed by the Catholic archbishop Telesphore Mpundu who the MMD respected and believed to be a national church leader.
He said there were many non PF Catholics countrywide and regretted to imagine church doors being manned by PF cadres every Sunday adding that this matter was too serious to ignore by the church hierarchy and the offer by the opposition party should be rejected.
Dr Kalumba said the security of the church priests was the responsibility of the State and all Church members.
He also said Follie Tembo had been appointed MMD provincial executive deputy chairperson for Eastern Province in an acting capacity subject to confirmation by national executive committee (NEC) taking over from Philimino Banda who had been re deployed to other duties.
[Times of Zambia]
OPPOSITION Patriotic Front (PF) Kalulushi Member of Parliament (MP) Anson Simama has advised fellow MPs against attacking mining investors but instead develop a cordial relationship with them because they were partners in development.
Mr Simama said he would never behave like some of his fellow opposition colleagues who were always attacking mining investors in the media when they are supposed to dialogue and resolve various issues so that they work together to improve the lives of people in their areas.
He said investors in the mining industry or any other sectors were partners in development and so it was imperative that MPs developed a cordial and warm relationship with them, instead of attacking them in the media on issues that could be resolved through dialogue.
Mr Simama was speaking in an interview on Thursday after meeting Chambishi Metals chief executive officer Derek Webstock to discuss matters of how the company could help the community in various ways through its corporate social responsibility.
Mr Simama, who had also visited Chibuluma South Mine last week said his interest was to create and develop a good relationship with mining and other investors in the constituency so that he could work together with them to improve people’s lives.
“I don’t want to gain political mileage by attacking or insulting people in the media, but I want to gain political mileage by doing things that would improve people’s lives.
This is why I am meeting mining companies in the constituency to discuss matters of how the company could help the community in various ways through its social corporate responsibility,” Mr Simama said.
And Mr Simama has said he was happy that the meeting with both Chambishi Metals and Chibuluma South Mine were successful and the two mining companies were eager to work with him to improve the lives of the people.
He said both companies were involved in community projects that aimed at improving the health, education and other sectors in their areas.
He said Chibuluma South Mine was involved in the provision of Free Anti-Retro-Viral (ARVs) in the community, the Roll-back malaria programme and maintained its workers even in the face of the global economic recession.
Chambishi Metals was among other things supporting St-Nicholas School in Chambishi where it had spent more than K5 billion on its maintenance and was planning to expand it.
[Times of Zambia]
SIX Chiefs of the Kunda speaking people of Mambwe District of the Eastern Province are this month expected to meet and discuss the way forward of how they can deal with Patriotic Front leader, Michael Sata over his recent statement that Chipata-Mfuwe Road was leading to a game park.
Senior Chief Nsefu said yesterday that all the six Kunda chiefs would be meeting to discuss the way forward on how they could deal with Mr Sata.
Chief Nsefu said all Kunda traditional leaders in the area felt that Mr Sata insulted the people of Mambwe District because of his statement issued recently.
“Right up now we are contemplating on the date when we can meet as traditional leaders of Mambwe District but we are meeting this month in order to discuss the behaviour and the statement of Mr Sata,” he said.
He said among the issues to be discussed would include the banning of Mr Sata not to visit Mambwe District for his political meetings.
Chief Nsefu said Mr Sata should be chased whenever he visits Mambwe District because of the recent insults against the people of Mambwe District.
Meanwhile, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has advised the PF leaders to keep quiet because they had run out of ideas.
Reacting to PF leaders’ outbursts on the construction of the Chipata-Mfuwe Road, Authentic Advocates for Justice and Peace general secretary Laiford Mwanza said yesterday that his organisation was disturbed by utterances by PF leaders.
Mr Mwanza said in a joint statement also signed by information and publicity secretary Josephat Changwe that Mr Sata and his youth secretary Eric Chanda had issued uncalled for statements on President Rupiah Banda’s directive on Chipata-Mfuwe road.
“In our perspective, PF leaders seem to have run out of ideas and the best they can do is keep quiet and spare people’s ears from the political ranting,” he said.
[Times of Zambia]
Gunmen yesterday fired on a bus carrying Togo’s football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, wounding players and reportedly killing the driver.
The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola’s oil-rich territory of Cabinda.
Rebels who have been fighting for the region’s independence later said they had carried out the attack.[quote]
The organisers of the tournament, which starts on Sunday, say it will go ahead.
The Angolan government called the incident an “act of terrorism”.
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Flec), which said it carried out the attack, has fought for independence for several decades, but entered a ceasefire in 2006.
In a statement quoted by Portugal’s Lusa news agency, the group said: “This operation is only the start of a series of targeted actions that will continue in all the territory of Cabinda.”
Togo is due to play its first cup game in Cabinda on Monday. The Confederation of African Football confirmed that the tournament would go ahead as planned, despite the violent attack.
Angolan Sports Minister Goncalves Muandumba said security for the competition would be stepped up to guarantee “all the conditions necessary for the success, tranquillity and security of the people and their belongings”.
Nine people, including at least two players, were wounded during the shooting, reports said. Central defender Serge Akakpo was among those hurt and back-up goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale was also reportedly injured.
The team’s communications manager was among those seriously wounded in the shooting.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was also on the bus but is unhurt. Speaking to the BBC, he described the incident as “one of the worst experiences of his life”.
“I’m still under shock,” Mr Adebayor said. “I was one of those who carried the injured players into the hospital – that is when I realised what was really going on. All the players, everyone was crying, calling their mums, crying on the phone, saying their last words because they thought they’d be dead.”
The bus was travelling to Cabinda from the squad’s training ground in the Republic of Congo when the shooting happened.
Football’s highest governing body, Fifa, said it was troubled by the incident.
“Fifa and its president, Joseph S Blatter, are deeply moved by today’s incidents which affected Togo’s national team, to whom they express their utmost sympathy,” the body said in a statement.
Competition officials said they had not known that the Togolose team had decided to drive directly to Cabinda.
They said they had expected the squad first to fly to the Angolan capital, Luanda, and from there to Cabinda.
Shot ‘like dogs’
The head of the Togolese football federation told AFP news agency that the driver had died.
Togo striker Thomas Dossevi told France’s RMC radio that several players were “in a bad state” after the attack.
“We were machine-gunned, like dogs,” he said. “At the border with Angola – machine-gunned! I don’t know why. I thought it was some rebels. We were under the seats of the bus for 20 minutes, trying to get away from the bullets.”
Togo’s first game in the tournament is due to be against Ghana on Monday.
But midfielder Alaixys Romao told RMC the team was likely to pull out of the 16-nation cup.
“No-one wants to play,” he said. “We’re not capable of it.
“We’re thinking first of all about the health of our injured because there was a lot of blood on the ground.”
[ BBC NEWS]
The 2010 edition is Nigeria‘s 16th participation in the championship with two titles to show for the effort. In 1980, Nigeria won its first title in Lagos after beating Algeria 3-0 in the final. Late Best Ogedegbe, Christian Chukwu, late Aloysius Atuegbu, Segun Odegbami, late Muda Lawal and Adokiye Amesimaka are some of the players who did Nigeria prod at the time.
But the defence in Libya ended in disaster as Nigeria was ousted in the first round. With coach Adegboye Onigbinde in charge of the team in 1984, the Green Eagles reached the final in Cote d‘Ivoire but lost to Cameroun by 3-1.
It was another silver medal in 1988 as Cameroun beat Nigeria again in Morocco. At Algiers ‘90, the host, propelled by Rabah Madja, beat Nigeria 5-1 as Clemence Westerhof tasted the bitter pill of leading the Eagles. But the team reached the final again and had to settle for another silver medal after losing 1-0 to Algeria again.
At Senegal ‘92, Abedi Pele and the rest of Ghana‘s Black Stars team stopped Nigeria in the semi final, but the Eagles took solace in avenging past defeats in the hands of Cameroun by beating the Indomitable Lions 2-1 to lift the bronze medal.
But the long awaited second title came two years later as Nigeria captured Africa in Tunisia 1994 after beating Zambia 2-1 in the final. It was sweet victory for the Eagles who also capped the golden era with a ticket to represent Africa in the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
As the continent awaited the Eagles to hit South Africa in 1996 and defend their crown, Nigeria paid the price of military rule as the nation withdrew from the championship because of differences in policy with South Africa. The consequence was damning with the stars of the era eclipsing the scene because of further sanction of two year-ban on Nigeria.
When Nigeria returned in 2000, it co-hosted the year‘s edition with Ghana and reached the final. But as it was in 1984 and 1988, Cameroun was superior as the Lions once again took the crown from Nigeria. It was the third time Nigeria was losing the title to Cameroun and it also signaled the gradual collapse of Nigerian football as the Eagles settled for bronze in the next three editions.
It got worst in Ghana 2008 as Nigeria struggled to reach the quarterfinal before losing to Ghana in Accra.
Perhaps the coming of Shaibu Amodu would end the drift after he led the Super Eagles to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The qualification was however earned in the hard way because of poor display against the opponents. But Nigerians could once again see the Eagles play swift football with the coach promising a better outing in Angola.
According to the Amodu, the Eagles had little time to prepare for romantic football during qualifying series and so all efforts were geared towards winning.
He said, ”Nigerians love good football but we could not do that in the qualifiers because we were after the results. In Angola, there will be plenty of beautiful football.”
[Source : The Punch]
The 1974 and 1994 African Nations Cup runners-up will be looking to go one better when they travel to Angola.
Chipolopolo will be looking to lift the trophy for the first time having made 13 appearances at the tournament but currently stand a lowly 90th in the Fifa world rankings and 19th in the Africa standings.
However, they eased through the second round qualifiers topping a group which included Togo, Swaziland and Eritrea.
In the third round, which also served as the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, they were pitted against Algeria, Egypt and Rwanda. The two North African giants, Algeria and Egypt, were left to battle it out for a trip to South Africa while Zambia had to fight it out with Rwanda to make it into the continent’s showpiece.
A win against Rwanda and two draws were enough to ensure they made it for a 14th trip to the AFCON.
One to watch: Collins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma holds the record for the number of goals scored in a single season in the South African top flight when he bagged 35 goals in all competitions while with Kaizer Chiefs.
His goalscoring prowess saw him attract European interest and it didn’t come as a surprise when he joined English outfit Portsmouth.
However his stay on the South Coast mustered just four league appearances and a loan spell with Portuguese side Maritimo shortly followed.
The 25-year-old joined Bursaspor before consistently poor time keeping, something that has meant to have been a problem throughout his career, brought about an end to his time in Turkey and the frontman returned to South Africa, joining Mamelodi Sundowns and then Moroka Swallows.
Mbesuma is a powerful striker who packs a mean shot and he will be looking to prove he is not a flash in the pan having been left out of the Zambia squad for the 2008 AFCON for being ‘unfit’.
Coach: Herve Renard
Renard took over the role as coach in 2008 despite possessing limited experience.
His most notable job had been the assistant post with Ghana under Claude Le Roy although Renard did coach French third division outfit AS Cherbourg before taking over Chipolopolo. This is the first time he has ever been charge of a national team.
[BSkyB]
India will increase credit lines to Africa to $5.4 billion until 2012 from the current $2.15 billion, and will also boost technical and economic support to the continent, it said on Friday.
A delegation led by Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari also signed deals with Malawi to assist the southern African country develop its agriculture, mineral resources and small to medium enterprise sectors.
“The India-Africa forum summit which took place in 2008 has given a new thrust to India’s engagement with Africa, as reflected by increases in exiting credit lines to Africa from $2.15 billion to $5.4 billion up until 2012,” the delegation said in a statement.
“India has also earmarked a grant of $500 million to Africa in the next 5-6 years as well as an increase in the technical and economic cooperation training slots … to African countries.”
Ansari is on a tour of three Africa countries that took him to Zambia earlier in the week, where India approved a total of $125 million in credit, part of it to finance a key power project. He is due to visit Botswana at the weekend.
On Friday Ansari said India had substantially increased its technical and economic cooperation (ITEC) slots for Malawi to a value of $40 million in 2009 from $5 million.
So far, he said, the southern African state had utilised an Indian line of credit of $30 million for projects in irrigation, grain storage and tobacco threshing.
Official data shows that Malawi’s bilateral trade with India has nearly doubled to an estimated $79.7 million in 2007/08 from $43.2 million in 2003/04. (Reporting by Mabvuto Banda; editing by Toby Chopra)
Source: Reuters
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