Chinese business community donates maize to Malawi gov't

LILONGWE, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese business community in Malawi, through the China Enterprises Malawi Chamber of Commerce (CEMCC), donated 400 bags of maize flour worth 57,000 U.S. dollars (10 million Malawi Kwacha) to the Malawi government on Tuesday in response to the El-Nino-induced food crisis.

The donation follows Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera's appeal in March when he declared a state of disaster in 23 out of the country's 28 districts after adverse weather caused by El-Nino severely impacted Malawi's staple food, maize and other crops.