Malawi’s President Bakili Muluzi has said he is disappointed by the slow international response to the devastating floods that hit the country last month, the BBC reported. On a visit to the worst-hit areas in the south of the country - Chikwawa and Nsanje districts - Muluzi said that little international aid had so far arrived, despite a government appeal for almost US $7 million. Last week, WFP launched a US $3.3 million emergency operation over the next three months. The BBC reported that, according to the government’s latest figures, 59 people died in the floods and 330,000 were made homeless.
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