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Of 10.9 million eligible voters, only 7.2 million registered, a gap analysts blame on apathy and disillusionment with politics in a country where inflation is above 20% and 70% of the population lives in poverty. (@MalawiGovt/X)
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Malawi’s high-tech election balances on fragile trust

As it counts ballots from its general election, new tech and legions of observers collide with old problems: public mistrust and the ghost of a nullified vote

  • Collins Mtika
4 min read
Malawi president Peter Mutharika
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Malawi on a knife’s edge as it awaits presidential election result

Despite there being 17 candidates, the poll was dominated by incumbent Lazarus Chakwera and former president Peter Mutharika

  • Collins Mtika
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More than 7 million Malawians are expected to vote on Tuesday in elections that will test the country’s democracy and institutions. (Times Media)
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Malawi votes for the first time since 2019 amid mistrust and hardship

This is the first presidential race since the Constitutional Court annulled the 2019 results

  • Collins Mtika
4 min read