President Shakwera has made great progress on tackling corruption, says Jonathan. The problem is that some of these are particularly deep and it permeates all the way through to top echelons of society. Cleaning Malawi up could take years with huge fuel queues,. rising hunger, power blackouts and a really stagnant economy," he adds.
Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent president, did unexpectedly well—giving his campaign a boost and foreshadowing a tough run-up to the second round. Malawi’s incipient democracy stands as a shining regional example, but remaking its economy has proved even harder than ousting its undemocratic leader. And why one tank is a particularly handsome prize amid Ukraine’s growing pile of captured Russian kit.
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