Malawi goes to the polls Tuesday with the incumbent president and his predecessor vying for a second chance to govern the largely poor southern African nation battered by soaring costs and severe fuel shortages.

There are 17 names on the ballot paper but analysts say the race is between President Lazarus Chakwera and Peter Mutharika who also duelled in the 2019 vote which was nullified over tampering and followed by a rerun.

Pastor Chakwera, 70, and law professor Mutharika, 85, have campaigned on improving the agriculture-dependent economy battered by a series of climate shocks, with inflation topping 27 percent.

But both have been accused of cronyism, corruption and economic mismanagement during their first terms, leaving voters a choice between "two disappointments", said political co

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