US EditionMalawi's Fuel Crisis Hangs over Upcoming Elections
Malawi's fuel crisis is driven by foreign currency shortages, hoarding, and black-market sales, worsening food insecurity for 5.7 million people, affecting transport and daily life ahead of elections.
- Malawi is facing chronic petrol shortages and a sputtering economy, which has become a black mark against President Lazarus Chakwera as he seeks a second term in the September 16 elections.
- Petrol shortages are rooted in Malawi's lack of foreign currency to buy imported fuel, a result of a stark trade deficit and high debt payments, compounded by rampant hoarding and black-market sales.
- In a recent survey, a majority of Malawians cited poor economic management as their biggest grievance with the government, and the ruling party is likely to be penalized at the polls.
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The fuel crisis is hovering over the next elections in Malawi Admin FCE 01 Sep 2025 - 05:07 In the darkness before sunrise, a long line of vehicles winds around the only gas station in the Dedza district in central Malawi. A night procession that has become usual in this country of southern Africa.Illustration for years of a sluggish economy, fuel shortages have led President Lazarus Chakwera in search of a second term in the elections on 16 Sep…
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