African Members of FOCAC
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central Africa
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Congo(Kinshasa)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- The Commission of the African Union
Malawi
（Updated March 2018）
【Official Name】Republic ofMalawi
【Area】118,484 km²
【Population】18.09 million (2016). Most of the Malawi people are black Bantu-speaking peoples. The major ethnic groups in Malawi include the Nyanja, the Chewa, and the Yao. The official languages are English and Chichewa. Approximately 82% of the inhabitants are Christians and Catholics, 13% Muslims, while the remainders practice primitive religions.
【Capital】 Lilongwe with an approximate population of 980,000 (2015)
【Head of State】President Arthur Peter Mutharika since June 2014
【Holiday】John Chilembwe Day (January 15); Martyrs’ Day (March 3), Freedom Day (June 14), Republic Day (July 6)
【Geography and Climate】Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa, bordered by Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania, with three-fourths of its territory an elevation of 1,000 to1,500 meters above sea level. Malawi lies in a temperatetropical savanna climate with moderate rainfall, and the annual average temperature is around 20℃. It experiences three seasons: cool and dry from May to August, hot from September to November, and wet from December to April. The highest temperature in the hot season is 29℃, while the lowest in the cool and dry season is 7℃. Annual precipitation averages at 1,000 to 1,500 mm.
