Presidential aide on Civil Society Organisations and on NGOs, Mabvuto Bamusi, say the Head of State wants Malawians to fully benefit from the mining industry...[while] speaking in Lilongwe during an extraordinary Alternative Mining Indaba... Bamusi said the President has demonstrated his stand by committing himself to Extractive Transparency Initiative (EITI)... 

This year's National Alternative Mining Indaba was held on 2 and 3 February... Some of the issues discussed...include...[the] Importance of Prior and Informed Consent on issues of displacement, resettlement, compensation...