One of the key witnesses is a known information peddler with links to intelligence agencies.
President Mutharika faces further protests and a loss of desperately needed aid if he fails to address Malawi’s problems, civil groups and the US say.
Malawians overwhelmingly re-elected their president two years ago. Now Bingu wa Mutharika’s forces are blamed for killing at least 19 demonstrators.
In a move that could further inflame opposition, President Mutharika’s brother has been endorsed as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election.
Malawi risks going down the same road as regional basket case Zimbabwe, said the leader of recent anti-government protests that left 19 dead.
More than 250 people have been charged in connection with protests in Malawi, as a US aid group halted a $350m programme over the violent crackdown.
The deadly anti-government riots against President Bingu wa Mutharika in Malawi are a signal that public anger will not be silenced.
After initially forbidding a mass funeral for people slain in anti-government protests to take place, Malawi authorities have had a change of heart.
Shops are shuttered and troops on the street in Malawi, after anti-Mutharika protests left 18 people dead, drawing reproach from the global community.
Two days of protests have left at least 10 people dead in unprecedented levels of unrest in Malawi.
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday refused to step down as seven people were killed in violent anti-government protests.
Malawi erupted in protest against President Bingu wa Mutharika, as police fired tear gas and bullets to break up crowds who were torching buildings.
Parliamentarians in Malawi are pushing a law that would triple their salaries, saying they require the increase to meet the needs of their communities
Malawi’s president says his country has "initiated dialogue" with Britain aimed at defusing a spat that saw the countries expel each other’s envoys.
Britain has warned Malawi on Tuesday to avoid escalating a diplomatic spat after its ambassador criticised President Bingu wa Mutharika.
The 53-nation African Union made another bid on Tuesday to end a dispute over the Côte d’Ivoire leadership.
In a televised state address Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika threatened to close down newspapers "that lie and tarnish my government’s image".
A Malawian gay couple who received a presidential pardon for sodomy have called President Bingu wa Mutharika a "caring father".
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/ 1 February 2010
African Union (AU) heads of state focused on rising tensions in oil-rich, secessionist southern Sudan on Monday.
Malawi’s president on Friday threatened to sack or jail any of his new ministers found guilty of corruption.
President Bingu wa Mutharika’s party won a decisive parliamentary majority, according to final election results released on Monday.
Malawi’s President, Bingu wa Mutharika, was sworn in for a second term on Friday after winning re-election on a platform of economic growth.
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika won re-election on Friday, but the opposition said he rigged the vote.
Malawians voted in presidential and parliamentary elections on Tuesday that could rekindle political instability in the southern African country.
Malawi’s presidential elections on Tuesday will give voters their first say on a years-long power struggle that has paralysed the government.
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/ 28 January 2009
Bakili Muluzi asserted his innocence in a corruption probe on Wednesday, describing plans to prosecute him as a plot to stop him contesting elections.
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/ 22 October 2008
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, who is leading a minority government, has been endorsed as his party’s candidate in 2009’s presidential vote.
Malawi is hoping to enrol seven million people on to its new voters’ roll when registration for next year’s general election opens this month.
National budget becomes a political football in party squabble, putting vital foreign aid payments at risk.
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has suspended the opposition-dominated Parliament over its failure to pass the budget.