People queue for food at a World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district southern Malawi. Sunday March 24, 2024. Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts saying the country urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali).
A woman carries a bag of maize meal at a World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district southern Malawi, Sunday March 24, 2024. Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts saying the country urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali)
A woman is handed a bag of maize meal at a World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district southern Malawi. Sunday March 24, 2024. Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts saying the country urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali)
A woman carries a bag of maize meal received at a World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district southern Malawi. Sunday March 24, 2024. Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts saying the country urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali).
A woman takes maize meal at a World Food Programme distribution center in Neno district southern Malawi, Sunday March 24, 2024. Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts saying the country urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Kenneth Jali)
FILE — Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 21, 2023. The southern African nation of Malawi has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts with Chakwera saying it urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)