Malawi (, or ; or [malawi]), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. Malawi is over with an estimated population of 16,777,547 (July 2013 est.). Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the second largest is Blantyre, the third is Mzuzu and the fourth largest is its old capital Zomba. The name Malawi comes from the Maravi, an old name of the Nyanja people that inhabit the area. The country is also nicknamed "The Warm Heart of Africa".

Malawi is among the smallest countries in Africa. Lake Malawi takes up about a third of Malawi's area.

The area of Africa now known as Malawi was settled by migrating Bantu groups around the 10th century. Centuries later in 1891 the area was colonised by the British. In 1953 Malawi, then known as Nyasaland, a protectorate of the United Kingdom, became a protectorate within the semi-independent Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The Federation was dissolved in 1963. In 1964 the protectorate over Nyasaland was ended and Nyasaland became an independent country under Queen Elizabeth II with the new name Malawi. Two years later it became a republic. Upon gaining independence it became a one-party state under the presidency of Hastings Banda, who remained president until 1994, when he lost an election. Arthur Peter Mutharika is the current president. Malawi has a democratic, multi-party government. The country has a Malawian Defence Force that includes an army, a navy and an air wing. Malawi's foreign policy is pro-Western and includes positive diplomatic relations with most countries and participation in several international organisations, including the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the African Union (AU).

Answer the following questions:
1. Who settled in Malawi?
2. when?
3. What does the defence force include?
4. What does COMESA stand for?
5. Is it a large country?
6. When was it colonized?
7. By who?
8. What was it called before Malawi?
9. when was the federation dissolved?
10. What is the capital city?
11. What is the biggest lake?
12. how much of Malawi's space does it take up?
13. What is AU?

Numbered answers:
1. Bantu groups
2. 10th century
3. army, a navy and an air wing
4. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
5. No
6. 1891
7. British
8. Nyasaland
9. 1963
10. Lilongwe
11. Lake Malawi
12. a third of Malawi's area
13. African Union