Tobacco market in Lilongwe was on Thursday temporarily suspended after hundreds of tobacco farmers protested over the decision by JTI Leaf Malawi, a tobacco buying and processing firm, to stop buying tobacco from farmers the company had contracted.
JTI officials had not been to the market since Monday when the company stopped buying the tobacco and sources say the company accused the farmers of over production.
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