Six more killed in Malawi floods

Malawi: Six killed in Malawi floods as President tours affected area
Afrique en ligne - Angers,France
Blantyre, Malawi - Six people have been confirmed dead in Lower Shire V alley district of Chikwawa, Malawi as President Bingu wa Mutharika Sunday made an aerial tour of the flood-prone area where close to 50, 000 people have been dis p laced or have their houses and crop fields destroyed by raging floods. Gertrude Kamange, a legislator in the district, told journalists three boys fr om one family were swept away by floods as they were coming from a football match , while a family of three were also killed. Two bodies are yet to be recovered ... Residents in the flood-prone Lower Shire Valley have been resisting government 's call for them to move to upland area because they claim the low-lying areas h a ve alluvial soils good for agriculture while the upland areas are rocky and patc h y. Some also believe they will be cursed if they abandon their ancestral lands wh ere their ancestors were buried ... At least, 14 districts across the country have been affected by the floods and over 70, 000 people have been affected.