Malawi: A Blow to UDF Ambitions for Further Victory at the Polls

As Malawi's general elections draw closer, deepening national poverty is haunting efforts by the ruling United Democratic Front to remain in power. In March, a United Nations Development Programme study on governance in Malawi revealed that poverty in the country had worsened during the past decade of multi-party politics - compared to the situation under former dictator Hastings Kamuzu Banda.