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Mutharika convenes Cabinet meeting on Maize crisis

Nyasa Times "President Bingu wa Mutharika Wednesday convened a crisis cabinet meeting at Sanjika Palace to strategise on how the administration would respond to a growing maize crisis hitting almost all districts in the country, cabinet sources have revealed.
The Malawi leader, who publicly proclaimed that Malawi will not beg for maize from donors, is battling ‘ghosts of the dead’ due to hunger in districts like Ntchisi as the majority cannot afford a 50 kilogrammes bag sold at K2 000 by private traders."

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