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
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…
The presidential election is a rerun of last year’s Mvote, which was overturned by the top court
A statement from the presidency said popular army commander General Vincent Nundwe, alongside his deputy Clement Namangale, had been replaced
Recent judgments in Kenya and Malawi are encouraging. But democratic reform is impossible unless presidents and electoral commissions play their part
Politicians are paying more attention to the upcoming election than to Covid-19
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…
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…
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…
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’
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 president faces stiff competition. But the politics will be different even if he doesn’t win
Joyce Banda has congratulated her arch-rival Peter Mutharika for winning Malawi’s presidential election whose result she initially challenged.
Democratic Progressive Party leader Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of disputed presidential elections after defeating Joyce Banda.
The decision to hold a manual recount of all votes cast in the May 20 election has the blessing of most as they agree the elections were not fair.
Malawi’s high court has issued an injunction barring President Joyce Banda from interfering in the electoral process.
Malawi’s electoral body says President Joyce Banda has no power to scrap elections, while her main political rival says the decision is "illegal".
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda says she will not take part in a new vote, which she called after nullifying Tuesday’s elections.
