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A nationwide shutdown by traders in Malawi has exposed a dispute that goes far beyond a new tax technology.
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Malawi trader shutdown exposes deeper tension over tax reform and economic crisis

Malawi’s rollout of a digital tax platform has triggered widespread business protests, with traders arguing that economic pressures and foreign exchange shortages were ignored…

More than a year after the fatal Malawi Defence Force plane crash that killed Saulos Chilima, lawmakers have ordered forensic exhumations amid lingering questions over the official findings

Fresh inquiry into Malawi military plane crash to exhume Chilima and eight victims

More than a year after the fatal Malawi Defence Force plane crash that killed Saulos Chilima, lawmakers have ordered forensic exhumations amid lingering questions over the…

Gabriel Chembezi, the acting director-general of the ACB in Malawi. (Gabriel Chembezi/Facebook)

Malawi anti-corruption chief accused of using case files to pressure MPs

Malawi’s anti-corruption chief is accused of using confidential case files to pressure a parliamentary probe into a controversial pension fund deal.

Red flags: The Amaryllis controversy has unfolded alongside reported changes within institutions responsible for investigating financial crime.

Malawi’s questionable hotel deal lingers

During the same parliamentary hearings, the Reserve Bank of Malawi disclosed that investigators had traced 72.6 billion kwacha linked to financial flows associated with the…

Malawi president Peter Mutharika

Malawi’s new government drops corruption cases against senior officials

The move could undermine Lilongwe’s pursuit of a new programme with the International Monetary Fund

Shaky ground: What began as concern over Vice-President Jane Ansah’s costly overseas trip has evolved into
an indictment of executive incoherence and weakened accountability. Photo: Government of Malawi

Elites indulge as Malawians suffer

If the country is to move beyond crisis management, austerity must apply to all

Malawi president Peter Mutharika

Mutharika set for political encore as Malawi prepares for historic inauguration

The 85-year-old’s victory last month was a referendum on the cost of living in a country where inflation hovers near 30%, fuel and foreign currency are scarce and poverty is…

Comeback kid: Peter Mutharika is back in the presidential seat, taking 56.8% of the vote. Photo: File

At 85, Mutharika returns as Malawi president, SADC’s oldest leader

His return as president highlights the country’s deep political divides, rooted in regional loyalties

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. (@LazarusChakwera/X)

Malawi court rejects Chakwera’s bid to block release of election results

However, a high court judge said the president and his Malawi Congress Party can proceed with a judicial review of alleged irregularities

Malawi president Peter Mutharika

Hours away from final result, Peter Mutharika leads Malawian elections

Victory very unlikely for the incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. (@LazarusChakwera/X)

Turmoil in Malawi as both presidential candidates claim election victory

The country’s high-stakes vote has been plagued by allegations of cheating, rivalry and arrests, leading to a demand for transparency

Forced out: Families are shuttled from Maula Prison to Dzaleka. Photo: Jack McBrams

Families trucked off to prison in Malawi crackdown on expatriates

Refugees ‘hounded like dogs’ by the police and army despite protests by the United Nations Refugee Agency and civil society

Malawi became only the second country in Africa, after Kenya in 2017, and the fifth in the world, to see a president’s victory overturned in the courts.

Malawi’s Supreme Court affirms nullification of presidential election

Reiterating an already historical court ruling, the president’s election has once again been rebuffed

Malawi President Peter Mutharika.

Mutharika to appeal overturning of Malawi poll win

Mgeme Kalilani, the president’s spokesperson, described the ruling as “a serious miscarriage of justice and an attack on the foundations of the country’s democracy…”

Malawi’s Constitutional Court annulled the results of the May 2019 presidential election. (AFP)

In historic decision, Malawi annuls presidential election

Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’

Thousands of people gathered to demonstrate against the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, which protesters say was due to fraud. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

Fresh protests over disputed elections in Malawi

About 3 500 marchers headed towards Parliament where a two-day vigil is planned against the result of the May 21 presidential vote

South Africa is playing its part in the promotion of investments within the continent by South African private companies and state-owned enterprises. (John McCann)

SADC leaders committed to intra-Africa trade

The Tripartite Free Trade Area to be established by 2015 will enable greater intra-African trade, writes Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

Malawi gay couple call president ‘caring father’

Malawi gay couple call president ‘caring father’

A Malawian gay couple who received a presidential pardon for sodomy have called President Bingu wa Mutharika a "caring father".

Crazy commute to Lilongwe

Raphael Mweninguwe is forced into a close encounter with the notorious township ‘taxi’.

Former Malawi leader says coup-plot case a fabrication

Former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi has accused the government of fabricating a treason case against him for political reasons and demanded that a court give him bail…