A month-long shortage of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) on the local market has left many Malawians, who rely on gas for cooking and heating, stranded as they are unable to refill their cylinders.
A new study by the Afro-barometer has found that support for democracy is on a decline with 23 percent since 2012, and that a slim majority of the citizenry say Malawi is "a democracy with major problems."
Economic and social experts are sounding alarms as Malawi's spiraling food prices threaten to plunge millions deeper into hunger and poverty, with staple food costs reaching high levels.