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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Egypt has named a newly constructed bridge Mallawi and not after the Republic of Malawi as claimed on social media. The bridge said to be named after Malawi is actually called Mallawi Bridge, after a city where it is located.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, a Facebook Page called \u201cAfrica Report Files\u201d claimed that Egypt has constructed a new bridge and has named it after the Republic of Malawi.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018Malawi Bridge\u2019, located at Ibrahimya Pasture are of the country,\u201d the page posted. The post, shared over 160 times, was picked up and copied by several other social media pages including some owned by Malawians. However, a fact-check by Malawi24 has established that the bridge is named after Mallawi, a city in Egypt.<\/p>\n

A search of the images posted by Africa Files Facebook page showed that the images originated from the Facebook page SAMCO National Construction Company. On 25 August the company posted a video of the bridge, calling it Mallawi.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter two years of work and facing challenges, We finished works of Mallawi bridge at the upper Egypt,\u201d the company posted.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Egypt has named a newly constructed bridge Mallawi and not after the Republic of Malawi as claimed on social media. The bridge said to be named after Malawi is actually called Mallawi Bridge, after a city where it is located. 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