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In a statement issued late Wednesday, the AUC chairperson congratulated the president-elect on a "landmark election," and lauded the southern African...
Rising inflation, unemployment, and currency shortages have fueled widespread frustration among Malawians, setting the stage for Peter Mutharika's pol...
Earlier, Chakwera conceded defeat to his 85-year-old predecessor
Chakwera said he had personally telephoned Mutharika to congratulate him on the victory and wish him well as he prepares to return to office.
With defeat looming, President Lazarus Chakwera risks becoming Malawi's third one-term president in little more than a decade.
Partial results place the Democratic Progressive Party candidate well ahead of incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera, whose pastor-turned-politician im...
Electoral commission chairperson Annabel Mtalimanja said nearly 98 per cent of results had been received but cautioned that premature declarations by...
The contest has been shaped less by ideology than by voters' frustrations over long queues at petrol stations and a rising cost of living.
President Lazarus Chakwera is seeking a second term in an election being closely watched internationally, particularly after the annulment of the 2019...
Chakwera was abroad on a two-day visit to Mozambique at the time of Mutharika's endorsement, followed by attendance at the SADC summit in Zimbabwe.
Malawi's political system requires a presidential candidate to secure more than 50 per cent of the votes to be declared winner.
Chilima, 51, was laid to rest in his village of Nsipe in the district of Ntcheu, about 160 km (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Lilongwe.
Chilima, of Ngoni descent, was born on February 12, 1973, in Ntcheu District, central Malawi. He had a wife, Mary, and two children.
