Malawi
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...
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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 president says election re-run marred by 'irregularities'
Voters in the southern African country went to the polls on Tuesday after the Constitutional Court scrapped the initial May 2019 presidential poll due to mass fraud.
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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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COVID-19 doesn't keep Malawians away from historic election
Malawi is just the second country south of the Sahara to have presidential poll results set aside, after Kenya in 2017.
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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 president files for election re-run with ex-leader's son
The Constitutional Court has annulled the May 21 vote and called for fresh polls, citing widespread irregularities and fraud.
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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 court extends lockdown suspension
The court blocked the stay-at-home order last week after a human rights groups filed a petition against the lockdown.
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Malawi court blocks coronavirus lockdown
On Thursday and Friday, thousands of angry market traders marched in the capital Lilongwe and in the cities of Blantyre and Zomba, to protest against the lockdown.
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Malawi court to hear president's appeal against vote re-run
The Constitutional Court in February annulled the results of the May 2019 poll and ordered a re-run, citing 'grave' and 'widespread' irregularities including the use of correction fluid on tally sheets.
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Malawi to hold vote re-run on 2 July - electoral commission
In a landmark ruling last month the Constitutional Court overturned the outcome of the 21 May election, which handed President Peter Mutharika a second term in office.
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Malawi president dissolves cabinet after new alliance
Mutharika is attempting to quash the fresh election that would require him to win more than a 50% majority to secure a second term.
