Tag: mutharika
Malawi’s Chakwera sworn in as president after re-run election
Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunday, hours after unseating former leader Peter Mutharika in a re-run...
ISS: Mutharika’s last stab at the judiciary before elections
Next Tuesday’s re-run presidential election in Malawi, like that of last May, is turning out to be more of a contest between the judiciary...
Mutharika appeals overturn of election victory
Malawi President Peter Mutharika and the country’s electoral commission formally filed an appeal against a court ruling overturning Mutharika’s narrow election victory last year....
Claims Malawi election was rigged see offices stormed
Opposition supporters in Malawi stormed a complex housing presidency and government offices to press demands for President Peter Mutharika to resign after an election...
Malawi’s Mutharika calls for unity
President Peter Mutharika called on Malawians to unite and help develop the country at his second term inauguration on Tuesday after an election marred...
Mutharika wins Malawi presidential election
President Peter Mutharika won Malawi’s presidential election with 38.57% of the vote, the electoral commission said, narrowly securing another five-year term after delays over...
Malawi ruling party eyeing Mutharika dynasty
Malawi's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has endorsed embattled President Bingu wa Mutharika's younger brother as the party's possible candidate in 2014...
Malawi appoints new army chief after crackdown
Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has appointed a new army chief two days after a deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters, raising speculation...
God, not Internet, holds key to Malawi protests
Unlike the Internet-based popular protests that have swept North Africa and the Middle East, the biggest threat to embattled Malawian President Bingu...
USA is nonsense: AU chairman
There is no basis to form a United States of Africa (USA) when there is no unity among the various governments on...
Gaddafi chides African Union after leadership change
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, failing in his bid to stay on as chairman of the African Union for another year, said on...