Two people have been killed after clashes between supporters of Malawi’s ruling party and its opposition.
With accusations flying of Malawi’s president’s involvement in a state corruption scandal, Joyce Banda has promised foreign donors a forensic audit.
Foreign donors have suspended £150-million of aid until a scandal allegedly involving civil servants, MPs and businesspeople is cleared up.
President Joyce Banda has received death threats after discovering a fraud scandal that forced her to dissolve Malawi’s Cabinet in October.
Malawi President Joyce Banda is facing the toughest political crisis of her career.
Malawi President Joyce Banda has dissolved her Cabinet after officials were arrested on suspicion of stealing state funds.
Malawi’s presidential jet has been auctioned off to a Virgin Islands company for $15-million after the government disposed of it to raise funds.
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has "reprimanded" aides who issued a scathing attack on Madonna.
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has been angered by Madonna’s claims during her tour to the country last week that she built 10 schools there.
Malawi’s politicians lied about the health of the country’s former president as part of a bid to stop Joyce Banda from taking charge.
Malawi police have arrested 11 ex-ministers and senior government officials, including the former president’s brother, for an alleged coup plot.
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda has assured the IMF that the southern African country will not backtrack on reforms to help the economy recover.
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Erieka Bennett, head of the AU Diaspora Forum, says Malawi’s Joyce Banda represents the type of leadership that Africa needs in the 21st century.
Malawi is returning to its 1964 independence flag, replaced in 2010 in an "attack on the country’s nationhood" by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika.
President Joyce Banda has announced an inquiry into an alleged plot by the inner circle of Malawi’s late former leader to block her rise to power.
The resumption of diplomatic ties with Britain has signalled progress in Malawi’s quest to distance the new regime from that of its late predecessor.
South Africa has agreed to loan Malawi nearly R270-million to ease crippling fuel shortages, in a show of confidence in the new government.
Late Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has been laid to rest, and new President Joyce Banda has urged Malawians to remember him positively.
African Development Bank president Donald Kaberuka has pledged to provide Malawi with $45-million in order to resuscitate the ailing economy.
Southern African Development Community leaders have neglected to use an opportunity to lead from the front, following Bingu wa Mutharika’s passing.
New president of Malawi Joyce Banda has fired some members of government and parliamentarians have crossed the floor, strengthening her power base.
The sudden death of former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika from a heart attack has seen Africa get another female president, namely Joyce Banda.
Malawi may have a new president, but its old problems remain, and Joyce Banda is under pressure to tackle currency and fuel shortages without delay.
President Joyce Banda has revealed a shake-up of top officials charged with government finances and media, purging loyalists of the former regime.
Malawi’s new President Joyce Banda has fired the nation’s police chief and hired a new one, two days after she took office.
Malawi will swear in it’s first female leader Joyce Banda, who is described as a fierce critic of deceased president Bingu wa Mutharika.
Malawi’s government on Saturday confirmed the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and vowed to adhere to a constitutional transition.
Joyce Banda, who rose to prominence as a champion of women’s rights, seems set to become the second female African head of state in modern times.
State sources say Malawi leader Bingu wa Mutharika has died after being rushed to Lilongwe Hospital during a heart attack but was dead on arrival.
A record 220 women are running in Malawi’s presidential and parliamentary polls on Tuesday, representing about 20% of candidates for the 193 seats.
South Africa’s aspirations to lead the continent are being shredded by the xenophobic mobs who have hacked, shot and beaten to death at least 42 African migrants in the land where apartheid was defeated. The mobs accuse the immigrants of depriving South Africans of scarce jobs and fuelling crime.