Malawi cracks down on food smugglers seeking more profit

Farm and Diary produce stand where selected maize were on display. ON 05/10/2016 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

Malawi has tightened its border controls to stop profiteers smuggling much-needed maize out of the country in search of higher prices.

Months of drought had left more than a third of the population reliant on food aid, and the government last month invoked the Special Crops Act, which bans the export of some crops.