The Economist Names Malawi Country of the Year

“The vote-count was rigged with correction fluid on the tally sheets. Foreign observers cynically approved it anyway. Malawians launched mass protests against the ‘Tipp-Ex election’. Malawian judges turned down suitcases of bribes and annulled it,” the Economist reports.

Malawi held a presidential election re-run in June and President Peter Mutharika was beaten by President Lazarus Chakwera.