Malawi Imposes Strict Official Travel Ban

Malawi has instituted a travel ban on all administration officials, including President Joyce Banda.  Information minister Brown Mpinganjira calls the move a cost-cutting measure.                  Similarly, he says much of the government will be shut down for two weeks over the Christmas holiday. “We are taking tough measures to rein in expenditure, [one being] the ban on all internal travel,”...

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