The Amaravi, who eventually became known as the Chewa ( a word possibly derived from a term meaning " foreigner "), migrated to Malawi from the region of the modern day Republic of Congo to escape unrest and disease.

He assumed leadership of the NAC, which later became the Malawi Congress Party ( MCP ).

Malawi became a fully independent member of the Commonwealth ( formerly the British Commonwealth ) on 6 July 1964.

Two years later, Malawi adopted a republican constitution and became a one-party state with Hastings Banda as its first president.

During the period of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation ( CAF ) 1953 – 63, that brought the self-governing and virtually independent British colony of Southern Rhodesia into a federation with the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia ( Zambia ) and Nyasaland, ( Malawi ) the political nature of Special Branch became a source of tension between the BSAP and different police forces in the northern territories.

In 1971, he became President for Life of Malawi itself.

On 6 July 1964, exactly six years after Banda's return to the country, Nyasaland became the independent Commonwealth of Malawi.

It became one of the leading restaurant brands in Malawi.

On graduating he became a freelance journalist specialising in foreign stories, during which he publicised the Indonesian annexation of West Papua and child labour on British-owned tea farms in Malawi.

* Portugal-Britain The Portuguese government presented a project, known as the " Pink Map " ( also called the " Rose-Colored Map "), in which the colonies of Angola and Mozambique were united by co-option of the intervening territory ( land that later became Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.

In 1964 this land became the independent nation of the Republic of Malawi.

The flag of Malawi was officially adopted on 6 July 1964 when the colony of Nyasaland became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi.

It was also the first capital of Malawi and remained so until 1974, when Lilongwe became the capital.

McConnell was widely predicted to take the position of British High Commissioner to Malawi when it became vacant in 2009, having taken an interest in the development of the country during his time as First Minister.

Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia and then Zimbabwe ; Northern Rhodesia became Zambia ; and Nyasaland became Malawi.

The Southern Rhodesian ANC became the National Democratic Party ( later ZAPU ), the Northern Rhodesian ANC became the Zambian African National Congress, and the Nyasaland ANC became the Malawi Congress Party.

Among biologists, it is believed that all of the cichlid species of Lake Malawi, including Mbuna and non-mbuna such as the Utaka, were descended from one or a very few species that became cut off from each other through periods of decreasing water levels that formed the three Great rift lakes into many smaller lakes.

They had three children – Jane, Nancy, and Stephen-the latter of whom became a medical doctor and worked for several years in Malawi.

Less than a year after the break-up of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland became independent as Zambia and Malawi.

Beans are a major source of dietary protein in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

A major source of zircon ( and hence hafnium ) ores are heavy mineral sands ore deposits, pegmatites particularly in Brazil and Malawi, and carbonatite intrusions particularly the Crown Polymetallic Deposit at Mount Weld, Western Australia.

Boat on Lake MalawiLake Nyasa ( Lake Malawi ) and Shire River ( 144 kilometres ) provide the major waterweays.

Blantyre, Malawi remains Malawi's major commercial center and largest city, having grown from an estimated 109, 000 inhabitants in 1966 to nearly 500, 000 in 1998.

The party Banda led since taking over from Orton Chirwa in 1960, the Malawi Congress Party, remains a major force in Malawian politics.

Protestants make up the major religious grouping in Malawi at 55 %, with Roman Catholics and Muslims each at about 20 %.

It is a vital link on the major highway linking not just northern and southern parts of the country, but Zimbabwe and Malawi as well.

Roughly south of Nkhotakota is the Chia Lagoon, a large bay linked to Lake Malawi by a narrow channel, crossed by a bridge near Nkhotakota's one major road.

Burley tobacco is produced in many other countries, with major production in Brazil, Malawi and Argentina.

Protected areas that support major populations include Omo ( Ethiopia ), Serengeti, Katavi, Ruaha and Selous-Kilombero ( Tanzania ), Kafue and North Luangwa ( Zambia ), Nyika ( Malawi ), Etosha ( Namibia ), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ( Botswana / South Africa ) and Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park ( South Africa ).

Unlike other former single parties in Africa, the MCP remains a major force in Malawi.

The Beira railway has two major segments, the Machipanda line to Zimbabwe, and the Sena line to the coal fields of Moatize with further connection to Malawi.

He has led and supervised the preparations of major technical and policy-oriented analytical work in Malawi, at the World Bank and at the African Union Commission.

With the dawn of multiparty politics in 1994 in Malawi, Ntchewu District may be regarded as a swing district as regards to the three major parties in Malawi, these are: Alliance for Democrancy ( AFORD ), United Democratic Front ( UDF ) and Malawi Congress Party ( MCP ).

For example, in the case of Malawi, almost five million of its 13 million people used to need emergency food aid.

There were notable counter-examples, such as the famine in Rwanda during World War II and the Malawi famine of 1949, but most famines were localized and brief food shortages.

A study by the Overseas Development Institute evaluates the benefits of the Malawi Government Agricultural Inputs Subsidy Programme, which was implemented in 2006 / 2007 to promote access to and use of fertilizers in both maize and tobacco production to increase agricultural productivity and food security.

Sadza in Shona ( isitshwala in isiNdebele, pap in South Africa, or nsima in the Chichewa language of Malawi ), Ugali in East Africa, is a cooked cornmeal that is the staple food in Zimbabwe and other parts of southern and eastern Africa.

* Malawi food crisis

* Malawi food crisis: United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) has increased its appeal for Malawi to USD13 million, as the humanitarian crisis worsen with an estimated 46, 000 severely malnourished children.

* 2005 Malawi food crisis: President Bingu wa Mutharika declared a national disaster due to the worsening food shortages.

* 2005 Malawi food crisis: SOS Children launches emergency food program around Lilongwe and Mzuzu ( Malawi Crisis )

* United Nations World Food Programme warns that a sharp increase in malnutrition rates and rapidly rising maize prices in Malawi could push the number of vulnerable people in need of food aid up to five million.

In South Africa, cornmeal mush is a staple food called mealie pap ; elsewhere in Southern Africa it is called isitshwala or bogobe in Setswana or sadza in Zimbabwe, nshima in Zambia and Malawi, and " Oshifima " or Pap in Namibia.