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Peter Mutharika stages comeback, wins Malawi presidency with 56.8 per cent of vote
Peter Mutharika stages comeback, wins Malawi presidency with 56.8 per cent of vote
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 25, 2025

Earlier, Chakwera conceded defeat to his 85-year-old predecessor

Malawi election result: President Lazarus Chakwera set to fall to Mutharika
Malawi election result: President Lazarus Chakwera set to fall to Mutharika
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 24, 2025

With defeat looming, President Lazarus Chakwera risks becoming Malawi's third one-term president in little more than a decade.

Malawi election upset: Mutharika heads for landslide against incumbent President Chakwera
Malawi election upset: Mutharika heads for landslide against incumbent President Chakwera
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 23, 2025

Partial results place the Democratic Progressive Party candidate well ahead of incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera, whose pastor-turned-politician im...

Saulos Klaus Chilima: The Malawi economist who became Vice President
Saulos Klaus Chilima: The Malawi economist who became Vice President
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 11, 2024

Chilima, of Ngoni descent, was born on February 12, 1973, in Ntcheu District, central Malawi. He had a wife, Mary, and two children.

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