Malawi Elections
latest news & developmentsMalawi citizens buy urgently needed, basic Covid medical equipment
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
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…
Opposition victory likely in Malawi
The presidential election is a rerun of last year’s Mvote, which was overturned by the top court
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
Why courts can’t save democracy in Africa
Recent judgments in Kenya and Malawi are encouraging. But democratic reform is impossible unless presidents and electoral commissions play their part
Ignoring coronavirus fears, Malawi concentrates on its own political crisis
Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19
How opposition parties in Africa can make friends and influence people
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…
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…
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…
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…”
In historic decision, Malawi annuls presidential election
Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’
Malawi’s Mutharika re-elected amid vote-rigging claims
The final count of last week’s vote was released after a court battle
Malawi court suspends release of vote results over ‘irregularities’
The main opposition party had on Saturday obtained an injunction from the court barring the electoral commission from releasing the results
Malawi is Southern Africa’s next big election
Malawi’s president faces stiff competition. But the politics will be different even if he doesn’t win
Malawi’s Banda concedes defeat in presidential election
Joyce Banda has congratulated her arch-rival Peter Mutharika for winning Malawi’s presidential election whose result she initially challenged.