Aid chief warns of looming Malawi disaster

HUNGRY Malawians have resorted to eating ants and poisonous roots in a desperate search for food across their country.

An expert visiting Ireland said the threat of famine remained serious and as many as five million of the country’s 12 million people still faced starvation.

Ernest Misomali, Malawi country director with Irish development agency Self Help Development International, said the international community needed to step up its emergency aid.