VIDEO: Can Malawi end tobacco addiction?

There's a big push to diversify the Malawian economy, where 70% of exports come from tobacco, because the rate of smoking is falling worldwide.

A few years ago, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda promised the nation that the government would stop purchasing expensive vehicles such as Toyota Land Cruisers as part of efforts to reduce government spending. We were told that the government would from the 2010/11 financial year not procure Land Cruisers and similar vehicles, and would instead opt for cheaper and fuel efficient cars like the Toyota RAV4

The number of small-scale tobacco growers in Zimbabwe has risen by 80% since President Robert Mugabe's controversial farm seizures in 2000, but a lack of investment is holding farmers back.

I was visiting my sister who was baby sitting for her land lord’s child. But I never got to see his face. I was there for a couple of hours and all I got to see was the back of his head, a dark silhouette against the lit computer screen. I also heard him screaming and talking to someone on the other end of the mic headphones on his head.

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Fergus Walsh reports from Malawi on how the country has worked to reduce infant mortality.

Around 40% of Malawi's budget comes from international aid but its relationship with donors is strained - can the country survive without aid?

Malawi's outgoing President Joyce Banda speaks about her country's future ahead of elections.