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 dominated local media headlines over the past three weeks after returning from the United Kingdom, where he went for a medical check-up.…

President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi on Wednesday fired his education and human resources minister for, among other things, spending 2 165 000 kwacha (about R10 800) of…

Opposition and donors have heaped praise on Malawi’s President Bingu Mutharika for the way in which he runs the government, but his leadership has irked a group in his ruling…

Malawi’s new president, Bingu wa Mutharika, sworn in on May 24, has promised wide-ranging economic reforms that, he says, will turn the country around. The list includes strict…

Privatisation of public water utilities came under intense fire at the week-long Third World Water Forum that ended in Japan last Sunday. The World Bank and a handful of European…

Malawi’s third multi-party general elections are scheduled for 2004, but the country has already been thrown into political anarchy.

On Monday African National Congress president Nelson Mandela opened the primary school, which bears his middle name — Rolihlahla.