Malawi's arch-rivals form pact ahead of elections

Malawi's ex-president Bakili Muluzi has formed an alliance with the party that he toppled 15 years ago, officials said on Thursday.

Malawians may pay for politics

National budget becomes a political football in party squabble, putting vital foreign aid payments at risk.

New Malawi coup plot raises suspicions

Malawi's announcement that it had foiled a fourth coup attempt in four years is fuelling suspicions of growing government paranoia and doubts over chances for a political deal crucial to donor funding. The arrest of senior opposition figures over the latest suspected plot has left crisis talks between the government and opposition near collapse.

Malawi expands arrests on coup-plot charges

Malawi has arrested two senior army officers for plotting to overthrow the government, police said on Wednesday, a day after the arrest of two opposition leaders on the same charges. The detentions have left crisis talks between the government and the opposition on the brink of collapse, which threatens to derail vital international donor programmes.

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