Peter Mutharika

/ 4 July 2024

The Malawi we hoped for wasn’t delivered in 2020

The next elections are due in September 2025, but will the next government enable the country to overcome its economic hardships?

By Tsogololathu Itaye

Thought Leader

/ 27 June 2024

A tribute to Malawi’s Saulos Chilima, the people’s hero

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

By Aaron Ng’ambi

Africa

/ 7 March 2021

Judgments and jurisprudence: Presiding over presidential petitions in Africa

The verdicts handed down in Kenya and Malawi set a precedent that the quality of an election and the environment in which the election is held do matter and have a bearing on the outcome, regardless of numbers

By O’Brien Kaaba

Africa

/ 7 March 2021

Meet Norman Chisale, Malawi’s richest bodyguard

Norman Chisale, the former Malawian president’s security chief, is struggling to account for his enormous wealth.

By Golden Matonga

Thought Leader

/ 23 November 2020

Malawi elections provide a global lesson in democracy

COMMENT: Opposition candidates and party can increase their chances of success at the polls by putting aside minor differences and presenting a united front

By Craig Moffat

Africa

/ 28 October 2020

Malawi court judges win global prize

Members of the small African country’s judiciary took a stand for democracy to international approval

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 13 October 2020

Malawi’s new president is off to a good start

In 100 days of presidency, Lazarus Chakwera has been mostly well received despite a few glitches

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 27 July 2020

The secrets behind the success of Malawi’s opposition coalition

It took more than just a united front to unseat the governing party in the recent presidential elections in Malawi

By Mphatso Moses Kaufulu

Africa

/ 30 June 2020

Chakwera has his work cut out restoring democratic rule that delivers for Malawians

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

By Adem K Abebe

Africa

/ 28 June 2020

Lazarus Chakwera is sworn in after winning Malawi’s historic presidential election

The opposition presidential candidate won the vote by 20 percentage points, after last year’s poll was overturned because of irregularities

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 25 June 2020

Opposition victory likely in Malawi

The presidential election is a rerun of last year’s Mvote, which was overturned by the top court

By Afp

Africa

/ 22 June 2020

Opposition are favourites on eve of Malawi’s presidential election

Polls suggest widespread dissatisfaction with the administration of President Peter Mutharika

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 8 May 2020

Malawi’s Supreme Court affirms nullification of presidential election

Reiterating an already historical court ruling, the president’s election has once again been rebuffed

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 6 May 2020

The judge who defied Malawi’s government to stop the lockdown

Standing up to abuses of power runs in Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda’s blood

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 23 April 2020

Malawi’s president ordered a lockdown. The court said no

Trust in Peter Mutharika’s government is at an all time low — just when it’s needed most

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 13 April 2020

Malawi Court bars South African lawyers from presidential re-election case

The electoral commission’s decision to appoint expensive foreign advocates has been widely criticised

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 19 March 2020

Pressured Mutharika fires army chiefs

A statement from the presidency said popular army commander General Vincent Nundwe, alongside his deputy Clement Namangale, had been replaced

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 18 March 2020

Ignoring coronavirus fears, Malawi concentrates on its own political crisis

Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 27 February 2020

Discrediting elections: Why the opposition playbook carries risks

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

By Nic Cheeseman

Africa

/ 14 February 2020

Malawi court rejects president’s appeal

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

By Agency

Africa

/ 7 February 2020

Covering Malawi’s political crisis

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

By Golden Matonga

Africa

/ 5 February 2020

Mutharika to appeal overturning of Malawi poll win

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…”

By Agency

Africa

/ 3 February 2020