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The European Union has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Malawi, in response to an invitation by the countrys Electoral Commission.

This is the third time that the European Union is observing elections in Malawi (previously in 2004 and 2009), which reflects the EUs long term commitment to supporting credible, transparent and inclusive elections in the country, noted an EU statement on Wednesday.

The EOM will be tasked with observing the presidential, parliamentary and local elections scheduled on May 20.

EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, appointed Veronique De Keyser, Member of the European Parliament, as Chief Observer for this EOM.

A core team of seven EU election analysts arrived in Malawi on 12 April; it will be joined by 28 long-term observers on April 23 and 24 short-term observers on May 14.

The EOM will liaise with other international observation missions such as the African Union and will issue a preliminary statement shortly after election day, and a final report a few weeks later after final results are published.

Meanwhile, 10 -member African Union (AU) long-term observers (LTOs) are in the country to carry out a comprehensive observation of the election process until the day the final results are announced.

Briefing journalists in Lilongwe Monday evening, AU Ambassador to Malawi and Regional Delegate to Southern Africa, Salif Sada Sall, said the observers were in the country at the invitation of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and that they were drawn from representative countries of the continents blocs of SADC, ECOWAS and AEC.

Sall addresses journalists on the LTOs mission

The African Union LTOs are from Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia and they will carry out a comprehensive observation of the whole process in all parts of Malawi, explained Sall.

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European Union (EU) countries could have to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags by at least 80% by 2019 under draft rules backed by the European Parliament yesterday (16 April). MEPs recommend using taxes and levies, marketing restrictions or bans.

"MEPs have voted to significantly strengthen draft EU rules aimed at reducing plastic bag use and waste, notably to include obligatory European reduction targets and a requirement that plastic bags come at a cost," said Danish MEP, Margrete Auken, whose report was approved by 539 votes to 51, with 72 abstentions.

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