A popular snack when food is bountiful, mice have become a vital source of protein in Malawi since the coronavirus outbreak aggravated food shortages and economic hardship. Vendors waving long ...

LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) — A popular snack when food is bountiful, mice have become a vital source of protein in Malawi since the coronavirus outbreak aggravated food shortages and economic hardship.

Malawi's president has sparked anger by saying people should eat mice to cope with a nationwide food crisis - but one minister says he wasn't being serious.

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has renewed his appeal for international assistance to address severe food shortages affecting more than one quarter of the country’s population of 20 million.

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Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis later this year. Drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern has affected the harvest of maize, the staple food grown by nine out of 10 ...

Driven from the land by a lack of food, the mice are all but dead. ... 72, tells how the current food shortage in Malawi was "10 times worse" than the last severe famine in the country in 1949.

Food shortages. The coronavirus, which has infected nearly 5 500 people and killed more than 170, has only exacerbated food shortages as many livelihoods have been curtailed by confinement measures.

A man sells mice at Manjawira along the Lilongwe-Blantyre road in the Ntcheu District, eastern region of Malawi, on August 24, 2020. (Photo by – / AFP) A popular snack when food is bountiful ...

LILONGWE (MALAWI) - A popular snack when food is bountiful, mice have become a vital source of protein in Malawi since the coronavirus outbreak aggravated food shortages and economic hardship.

A popular snack when food is bountiful, mice have become a vital source of protein in Malawi since the coronavirus outbreak aggravated food shortages and economic hardship. Seasoned and cooked to ...