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Malawi swears in new govt after sackings over graft
“Do not accept a gift in exchange for using your office to give someone preferential treatment in the administration of a public service," Chakwera said at the...
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Malawi president fires seven ministers over graft
Scandal brewed in December when the then minister of lands, Kezzie Msukwa, was arrested on allegations that he had received a bribe from a wealthy businessman to give him land.
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Malawi leader names new cabinet, retains most ministers he fired
Chakwera sacked his entire 33-member cabinet on Monday, vowing to 'confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials'.
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Malawi's president fires entire cabinet over graft
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera on Monday sacked his entire cabinet over graft concerns, vowing to 'confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials'.
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Malawi blasts 'Afrophobic' virus travel bans
Dozens of countries have barred flights from southern Africa in a bid to keep the variant, named Omicron, off their shores.
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Malawi president fires minister over COVID-19 funds
In a televised address to the nation, Chakwera said the minister was named in an audit report as having listed the funds in his allowances for the travel to South Africa.
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Malawi imposes first lockdown measures as virus flares
To date, Malawi has recorded just 12,470 coronavirus cases and 314 deaths for a population of over 18 million.
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Bushiris did not get help from Malawi's President Chakwera - Motsoaledi
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said that there's no indication with government's movement control system of the Bushiris leaving South Africa through any of the country’s borders.
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Malawi to open Israel embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi has had diplomatic ties with the Jewish state since 1964 but without opening an embassy.
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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 defeat of an incumbent.
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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.
