Malawian president's popularity will persist
Ongoing food and agricultural crises have combined with a political scandal to undermine the Mutharika administration
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- Agricultural dominance
- Food security crisis
- Maizegate scandal
- Patronage politics
- Secure incumbent
- Political fault lines
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "President Arthur Peter Mutharika of Malawi at a UN General Assembly in New York (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)")