Lazarus chakwera
Malawi's new president inaugurated, calls for national sacrifice
Lazarus Chakwera, 65, comfortably beat Peter Mutharika with 58.5% of the vote, marking the first time in African history that an election re-run led to the...
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Malawi's election cheer dampened by coronavirus surge
Chakwera was sworn in last Sunday for a five-year term, hours after unseating Peter Mutharika in a re-run election, and this Monday the country is holding a formal celebration.
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Malawi names former insurance firm director as finance minister
This after President Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in following last week’s re-run election in which he unseated Peter Mutharika.
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Malawi opposition leader sworn in as president after vote re-run
It was a dramatic reversal of fortune for the incumbent Peter Mutharika, whose victory in a May 2019 ballot was overturned by the Constitutional Court over fraud allegations.
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Malawi ruling party cries foul after presidential vote re-run
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) called Friday on the electoral commission to annul results collated so far and declare a third poll as it questioned the credibility of the vote re-run.
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Malawi's opposition appears to win presidential election re-run
A win for Lazarus Chakwera would be a dramatic reversal of last year’s discredited result handing the presidency back to the incumbent, who has been in power since 2014.
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Malawi opposition claims victory in presidential election re-run
The vote on Tuesday came to be regarded as a test of the ability of African courts to fight ballot fraud since Malawi’s judiciary infuriated President Peter Mutharika in February by overturning the result of last year’s vote.
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Malawi media gives Chakwera a 55% lead in presidential race against Mutharika
If Lazarus Chakwera does win, it would mean a dramatic reversal of the previous discredited result that handed the presidency to President Peter Mutharika.
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Malawi holds closely watched presidential re-run
Tuesday's election is practically a two-horse race between the president and his main rival Lazarus Chakwera, who lost the May 2019 election by 159,000 votes.
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Malawi new presidential vote on 23 June: parliament
President Peter Mutharika will square off against the main opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who challenged his victory, after coming a close second to Mutharika with 35% of the ballots cast in the last polling.
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Malawi opposition leaders file bids for election re-run
The southern African country made history in February when its top court overturned last year's vote and called for fresh polls, citing widespread irregularities.
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Malawi opposition files suit against vote 'robbery'
Lazarus Chakwera lost the election by just 159,000 votes to incumbent Peter Mutharika, who was hurriedly sworn into office the day after the delayed result was issued on Monday.
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Malawi suspends updates of election results after disputes
The most prominent complaint was that figures on result sheets had been altered by correction fluid, incidences the electoral body said were widespread across the country.
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Presidential campaigning in full swing in Malawi
Peter Mutharika faces tough competition from his vice president Saulos Chilima and Lazarus Chakwera, who has been endorsed by former president Joyce Banda.
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Ex-president Banda pulls out of Malawi presidential race
Joyce Banda, who served as president between 2012 and 2014 and was accused of abuse of office and money laundering during her term, had been set to run for the role again in elections in May.
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Mutharika's opposition DPP wins Malawi elections
A crowd celebrated outside the tally centre in Blantyre as Mutharika was announced President.
