Malawi counts votes after presidential election amid economic crisis | Elections News

Seventeen candidates are in the fray, but incumbent Lazarus Chakwera and and his predecessor Peter Mutharika are the top contenders.

Counting is under way in Malawi after a presidential election that comes as the southeast African nation faces its worst economic crisis in decades, with soaring inflation, food shortages and the mounting impacts of climate change.

Seventeen candidates are running for president, but…