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Malawian president Binga wa Mutharika recently gave street vendors in three major cities in Malawi a deadline to vacate their operations in the city centre. Vendors were requested to move to flea markets constructed by the government in Mzuzu, Lilongwe and Blantyre by April 18 2006.
Informal economy organisations such as War on Want's partner organisation the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector (MUFIS) have expressed concern over the lack of consultation with street vendors over the removal exercise and the use of force by the government to move vendors.
 | View a gallery In early May we visited the area where street vendors were moved to in Lilongwe, and we have assembled a gallery showing the situation in this area. |
| War on Want's Informal Economy programme Millions of people around the globe scrape a living working outside the formal economy. Find out what we're doing about it. |
 | | MUFIS Read more about the Malawi Union for the Informal Sector helping street traders and market vendors |
| Download our report on the informal economy in Africa This PDF report highlights the struggles that informal economy organisations are facing in Africa. It was launched in Malawi by War on Want and its partners. |
 | | Buy them a gift Just £10 could give representation to exploited market workers in Malawi |
| StreetNet International To read more, visit StreetNet, an international alliance of informal economy organisation of which MUFIS is a member. |
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