British woman abducted in Malawi, police say
The mother of two young children was kidnapped in the middle of the day in the main city, Blantyre.
A British national was abducted in Blantyre, Malawi's commercial capital, in a daytime kidnapping that raises security concerns for foreign residents and investors in the country's main urban economic hub. Such incidents can affect business confidence and travel advisories, though a single case does not by itself signal a broader deterioration in Malawi's investment climate.
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