Malawi’s Rare Earth Gambit : How Africa’s Poorest Nation Became the World’s Most Strategically Valuable
By James Woods-Nkhutabasa* The Kasiya Rutile-Graphite deposit, located 40 kilometres from the capital Lilongwe, is the world’s largest known natural rutile deposit and the second-largest flake graphite deposit on earth. In late February 2026, the Strait of …