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…
As it counts ballots from its general election, new tech and legions of observers collide with old problems: public mistrust and the ghost of a nullified vote
Despite there being 17 candidates, the poll was dominated by incumbent Lazarus Chakwera and former president Peter Mutharika
This is the first presidential race since the Constitutional Court annulled the 2019 results
The untimely death of vice-president Saulos Chilima has resulted in many considering ousting Lazarus Chakwera and voting for former president Peter Mutharika
The next elections are due in September 2025, but will the next government enable the country to overcome its economic hardships?
The vice president had great courage, with so much character that his politics was not only an inspiration at home, but echoed throughout East, Central and Southern Africa
The military plane carrying Saulos Chilima and nine others disappeared on Monday
The long-running inquiry is finally netting some big fish, including a former head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau
COMMENT: Opposition candidates and party can increase their chances of success at the polls by putting aside minor differences and presenting a united front
In 100 days of presidency, Lazarus Chakwera has been mostly well received despite a few glitches
It took more than just a united front to unseat the governing party in the recent presidential elections in Malawi
The opposition presidential candidate won the vote by 20 percentage points, after last year’s poll was overturned because of irregularities
Polls suggest widespread dissatisfaction with the administration of President Peter Mutharika
Reiterating an already historical court ruling, the president’s election has once again been rebuffed
Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19
The past eight months were perhaps the most strange and unsettling in the country’s modern history. Reporting on it was tough, but I persevered— and so does Malawi
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…”
Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’
The final count of last week’s vote was released after a court battle
