The next elections are due in September 2025, but will the next government enable the country to overcome its economic hardships?
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
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
Norman Chisale, the former Malawian president’s security chief, is struggling to account for his enormous wealth.
COMMENT: Opposition candidates and party can increase their chances of success at the polls by putting aside minor differences and presenting a united front
Members of the small African country’s judiciary took a stand for democracy to international approval
In 100 days of presidency, Lazarus Chakwera has been mostly well received despite a few glitches
It took more than just a united front to unseat the governing party in the recent presidential elections in Malawi
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
The opposition presidential candidate won the vote by 20 percentage points, after last year’s poll was overturned because of irregularities
The presidential election is a rerun of last year’s Mvote, which was overturned by the top court
Polls suggest widespread dissatisfaction with the administration of President Peter Mutharika
Reiterating an already historical court ruling, the president’s election has once again been rebuffed
Standing up to abuses of power runs in Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda’s blood
Trust in Peter Mutharika’s government is at an all time low — just when it’s needed most
The electoral commission’s decision to appoint expensive foreign advocates has been widely criticised
A statement from the presidency said popular army commander General Vincent Nundwe, alongside his deputy Clement Namangale, had been replaced
Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19
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
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
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
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…”
Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’
Widespread and increasingly violent protests have left the government in limbo
About 3 500 marchers headed towards Parliament where a two-day vigil is planned against the result of the May 21 presidential vote
The final count of last week’s vote was released after a court battle
The main opposition party had on Saturday obtained an injunction from the court barring the electoral commission from releasing the results
Malawi’s vice-president makes his case ahead of the presidential election
The country’s VP threw his hat in the ring for the 2019 presidential elections
Malawi is haunted by vigilante vampire slayers. Malawi’s Nyasa Times noted that at least eight bloodsuckers have been killed since September.
Malawi and Zimbabwe’s human rights commissions do not seem up to the task of defending LGBTI people. Others, like Namibia, are
A group of civil society organisations has delivered a 100-day ultimatum to the state calling for financial and electoral reforms.