(Real world news)-Vampires in Malawi

[Bibliophile]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030110/od_nm/odd_malawi_vampires_dc_1

What do you guys think?

 

[Henry]

My answer would be politically incorrect, and therefore I prefer to abstain.

 

[Alzrius]

Wow, the first real widespread vampire scare in ages. What a wonderful time to be undead.

I just feel sorry for gamers in that country playing White Wolf's Vampire.

 

[WayneLigon]

I wonder what the vampire mythology is for them? I wonder what sparked the rumor, and if it's sociental pressure looking for release, why THAT particular thing?

Edit for country info, since I'd never heard of it before now.

Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land use: arable land: 20% permanent crops: 1%
Population: 10,701,824
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 15.96% (1999 est.)
...Landlocked Malawi ranks among the world's least developed countries. The economy is predominately agricultural, with about 90% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounts for 40% of GDP and 88% of export revenues. ...

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/mi.html

Second Edit: For additional story

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/568164

Well, now we know what the rumor is... '...Malawi's government is colluding with vampires to collect human blood for international aid agencies in exchange for food has led to a rash of vigilante violence....'

 

[LightPhoenix]

Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
Land use: arable land: 20% permanent crops: 1%
Population: 10,701,824
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 15.96% (1999 est.)
...Landlocked Malawi ranks among the world's least developed countries. The economy is predominately agricultural, with about 90% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture accounts for 40% of GDP and 88% of export revenues. ...

Some info on Malawi, 2002:

Population: 11,572,000
HIV/AIDS: Adult Prevalance 15.0% (850k people overall)
Literacy Rate: 73% Male/43% Female
Life Expectancy: 41
Population Growth: 2.4%

http://www.unaids.org/hivaidsinfo/statistics/fact_sheets/pdfs/Malawi_en.pdf