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Malawi citizens buy urgently needed, basic Covid medical equipment

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Poet and writer Stanley Onjezani Kenani sets up initiative to raise funds to buy oxygen cylinders and pressure regulators after friend dies at country’s biggest hospital
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Chakwera has his work cut out restoring democratic rule that delivers for Malawians

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The new president leads a party which was at the forefront of the country’s fight for independence from Britain and went on to rule during the 27-year dictatorship of Hastings Banda
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Opposition victory likely in Malawi

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The presidential election is a rerun of last year's Mvote, which was overturned by the top court
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Pressured Mutharika fires army chiefs

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A statement from the presidency said popular army commander General Vincent Nundwe, alongside his deputy Clement Namangale, had been replaced
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Why courts can’t save democracy in Africa

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Recent judgments in Kenya and Malawi are encouraging. But democratic reform is impossible unless presidents and electoral commissions play their part
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Ignoring coronavirus fears, Malawi concentrates on its own political crisis

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Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19
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How opposition parties in Africa can make friends and influence people

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Only by demonstrating that it would perform better in office while building trust within the wider population can the opposition force improvements in the electoral system while also growing the party
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Discrediting elections: Why the opposition playbook carries risks

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By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to govern effectively
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Malawi court rejects president’s appeal

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The Constitutional Court also found that less than a third of the results from the more than 5000 polling stations had been certified by the auditors by the time Ansah declared Peter Mutharika winner of the presidential race
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Mutharika to appeal overturning of Malawi poll win

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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..."
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In historic decision, Malawi annuls presidential election

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Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’
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Malawi’s Mutharika re-elected amid vote-rigging claims

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The final count of last week's vote was released after a court battle
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Malawi court suspends release of vote results over ‘irregularities’

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The main opposition party had on Saturday obtained an injunction from the court barring the electoral commission from releasing the results
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Malawi is Southern Africa’s next big election

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Malawi’s president faces stiff competition. But the politics will be different even if he doesn’t win
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Malawi’s Banda concedes defeat in presidential election

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Joyce Banda has congratulated her arch-rival Peter Mutharika for winning Malawi's presidential election whose result she initially challenged.
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