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Fast moving: The Faizan Global Relief Foundation (FGRF) launched a food distribution campaign targeting 100 000 vulnerable households across Malawi in February. Photo: Radio Islam Malawi/Facebook

Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors

As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity and the governance risks of a changing humanitarian order

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Shaky ground: What began as concern over Vice-President Jane Ansah’s costly overseas trip has evolved into an indictment of executive incoherence and weakened accountability. Photo: Government of Malawi

Elites indulge as Malawians suffer

If the country is to move beyond crisis management, austerity must apply to all

  • Eyaaz
5 min read
Crisis: Malawian President Peter Mutharika’s veto exposes a legislature willing to override judicial authority in order to retain control over billions of Malawi kwacha in public development funds. Photo: State House Malawi

Malawi’s constitutional standoff

President vetoes attempt by lawmakers to amend the constitution to retain control

  • Eyaaz
7 min read