Lameck Masina

To­bac­co farm­ers are de­plet­ing forests to cure to­bac­co, a key source of in­come and Malawi’s eco­nom­ic main­stay.

Ques­tions of colo­nial­ism af­ter Malawi opts for Eng­lish as medi­um of in­struc­tion in schools rather than lo­cal lan­guages.

But the oc­ca­sion is marred by the south­ern African coun­try’s con­tin­ued pover­ty and re­liance on donor aid.

In­cum­bent Joyce Ban­da has a nar­row lead, but any­thing is pos­si­ble in Malawi’s May 20 elec­tions.

Vig­i­lantes say a scle­rot­ic jus­tice sys­tem has forced them to take mat­ters into their own hands.

The largest fi­nan­cial scan­dal to hit Malawi has rocked do­mes­tic and in­ter­na­tion­al con­fi­dence.