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Malawi Power Crisis Deepens

Officials from the nation's electricity company have told Parliament that Malawi is producing far less electricity than the country needs, painting a grim picture of a power system battling equipment breakdowns, fuel shortages, obsolete infrastructure, and rapidly rising demand.

Lameck Masina / VOA

Workers for the country's electricity supplier work on electricity poles in the Chikwawa district (file photo).

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