The 85-year-old’s victory last month was a referendum on the cost of living in a country where inflation hovers near 30%, fuel and foreign currency are scarce and poverty is…

His return as president highlights the country’s deep political divides, rooted in regional loyalties

However, a high court judge said the president and his Malawi Congress Party can proceed with a judicial review of alleged irregularities

Bakili Muluzi will face corruption charges for pocketing funding that was meant to build a new hospital

Lazarus Chakwera’s ascent to the presidency was made possible by the nine-party Tonse Alliance, which included Mutharika’s former deputy, Saulus Chilima, as his running mate

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.

A Malawi court on Friday delayed a decision on a long-term dispute on ex-president Bakili Muluzi’s eligibility to run for president for a third time.

Malawi’s Constitutional Court will on Friday rule on the eligibility of Bakili Muluzi to run for president for a third time in next week’s elections.

Malawi’s ex-president Bakili Muluzi has formed an alliance with the party that he toppled 15 years ago, officials said on Thursday.

Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi vowed on Saturday to fight the election commission’s decision to bar him from running for president.

Bakili Muluzi asserted his innocence in a corruption probe on Wednesday, describing plans to prosecute him as a plot to stop him contesting elections.

Malawian authorities said on Saturday they had closed a private radio station recently taken over former president Bakili Muluzi.

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.

Bakili Muluzi, the former Malawian head of state, faces an uphill battle in his bid to become the country’s president for the third time in next year’s presidential election.

Former Malawian president Bakili Muluzi, who had been under house arrest over an alleged coup plot, was freed on bail on Friday after a judge said there was no reason to fear he…

Former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi has accused the government of fabricating a treason case against him for political reasons and demanded that a court give him bail…

Malawi’s former president Bakili Muluzi on Tuesday laughed off accusations that he was trying to topple his successor as his lawyers launched a high court bid to end his house…