It’s not so much the water that Tanzania and Malawi are quarreling about, but rather, what lies beneath it. That’s because the sediments beneath Lake Malawi, or Lake Nyasa as it is known in Tanzania, ...

The best time to visit Lake Malawi for canoeing is during the dry season, which lasts from May to October. During these ...

The best time to go windsurfing on Lake Malawi is during the dry season from May to October. During these months, the winds ...

News that Malawi is exploring oil on Lake Nyasa (also known as Lake Malawi, Lake Nyassa, Lake Niassa and Lago Niassa) has attracted hot debate over the ownership of the lake. While the Malawian ...

Malawi, in southeastern Africa, is often confused with Mali, or even the Maldives in the Indian Ocean — but it is working hard right now to change that. On my one visit there about 20 years ago I ...

Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, acting as evolutionary "superchargers." CABI has published a "Guide to the ...

Despite the new development rhetoric emphasising sustainability, preservation of biodiversity, natural resource management, income generation and participatory research, the new World Bank Malawi ...

Paladin Energy, an Australian mining company, has been accused of discharging uranium-contaminated sludge into Lake Malawi, which supports 1.7 million people in three countries - Malawi, Mozambique ...

Following recent oil finds in Uganda and Kenya, Malawi hopes to be the next East African country to strike black gold. Malawi has awarded British oil company Surestream Petroleum the only contract to ...

Night in the African bush falls like a portcullis. Dusk is a leisurely curtain call of deep reds and glowing umber but then, as if a switch were flicked, the light exits stage west, sucking every drop ...