Rabat: Malawi's President Arthur Peter Mutharika on Friday declared the extension of the "state of disaster" throughout the country's 48 districts due to an acute food shortage resulting from a protracted drought. The president, who in October declared the "state of disaster" in 11 districts, expanded it to all of the nation's regions as a result of the aggravating nutrition resources shortage, according to a report released by Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC).
According to Kuwait News Agency, food scarcity in Malawi has reached alarming levels, prompting the president to use his jurisdictions to extend the special state in anticipation of further deterioration of food supplies. Some four million people in Malawi are suffering from acute food insecurity, and 8,000 are facing critical levels, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).