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Country Name:
Conventional long form: Republic of Malawi
Conventional short form: Malawi
Former: British Central African Protectorate, Nyasaland
Protectorate, Nyasaland
Government Type: Multiparty
Democracy
Capital: Lilongwe
Administrative Divisions:
27 districts; Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Chiradzulu, Chitipa,
Dedza, Dowa, Karonga, Kasungu, Likoma, Lilongwe, Machinga
(Kasupe), Mangochi, Mchinji, Mulanje, Mwanza, Mzimba, Ntcheu,
Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Nsanje, Ntchisi, Phalombe, Rumphi,
Salima, Thyolo, Zomba
Independence: 6 July 1964
(from UK)
National Holiday: Independence
Day (Republic Day), 6 July (1964)
Constitution: 18 May 1994
Legal System:
Based on English common law and customary law; judicial
review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court of Appeal;
has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 18 years of age;
universal
Executive Branch:
Chief of State: President wa Mutharika (since May2004);
Note - the president is both the chief of state and head
of government
Cabinet:
Cabinet named by the president
Legislative Branch:
Unicameral National Assembly (193 seats; members elected
by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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CRIDOC was established to create access to information on child rights & related issues. Its Director, Mr George Mwika Kayange, recently ran a column in The Malawi News entitled "Know About Acess to Information Bill." To access the articles, please 
The Children's Manifesto published by CRIDOC ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on 19th May 2009 outlines all the major issues affecting children and young people in Malawi which the incumbent government must address urgently.
