In a crowded field of 17 candidates, observers said Chakwera's closest rival was his predecessor, 85-year-old Peter Mutharika, a law professor who has spent decades living outside of the southern ...

The Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating the June 10, 2024 plane crash that claimed the life of Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima heard dramatic testimony on Thursday as his former secretary ...

Malawi's newly elected President Lazarus Chakwera greets supporters after being sworn in in Lilongwe, Malawi, June 28 2020 (AP photo by Thoko Chikondi). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as Malawi’s new president Sunday after the announcement the previous night that he had won the southern African country’s rerun elections.

Law and democracy are two crucial elements of governance that most African nations have for a generation been consolidating, but of which not all have achieved. But here in Malawi, a rigged general ...

Former Malawian leader Lazarus Chakwera has delivered a blunt warning about the cost of reform in office, saying efforts to tackle corruption can quickly turn leaders into targets. “The fight you ...

The queue to get fuel rather than the queue to vote is what is on the mind of many Malawians as Tuesday's general election approaches. Prolonged petrol shortages, along with regular power cuts, the ...

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Africa is growing more democratic. Earlier this year, Africans all across our continent rejoiced as the result for the general election in Zambia was declared – a win for Hakainde Hichilema, by a ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as Malawi's new president Sunday after the announcement the previous night that he had won the southern African country's rerun elections.