Malawi Electoral Commission challenges president’s annulment of elections
Malawi’s electoral authority boss on Saturday challenged President Joyce Banda’s announcement annulling the country’s elections, saying she did not have […]
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STATEMENT BY JOYCE BANDA NULLIFYING THE 2014 MALAWI ELECTIONS
GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. … IN THE MATTER OF THE 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTIONS PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it has come to my attention […]
JOYCE BANDA CALLS FOR FRESH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 90 DAYS
President Joyce Banda has called for fresh presidential elections in Malawi saying the recently held polls were conducted under gross […]
Chakwera closes in on Mutharika – Race to Malawi State House
Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Peter Mutharika are almost equal from the 70 […]
Anomaly claims in Malawi vote count raise tensions
Malawi’s ruling People Party says there are “serious irregularities” in the counting and announcement of results from a May 20 […]
AU commends the people of Malawi for a transparent electoral process and calls for stakeholders to exercise restraint as they await the Final Results
1. At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Malawi and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), the African Union […]
Govt suspends MBC Director General Benson Tembo
MBC director general Benson Tembo has been sent on forced leave. According to the letter which we have seen, Tembo […]
Joyce Banda resists conceding defeat and handing over power
Malawi’s former First Gentleman, Justice Richard Banda SC, has advised his wife Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda to concede defeat and […]
A drive-by analysis of Malawi’s election
The whole election seems to have been pretty dodgy. From the outside it looks like all major parties have tried to […]
MALAWI ELECTION RESULTS: CHAKWERA vs MUTHARIKA
It has now become apparent that the Malawi Presidential Poll has now come down to two contenders, Rev. L Chakwera […]
Lest we forget, Malawi’s “cashgate” scandal: The $32m heist which has cost Joyce Banda the presidency
Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, is a sleepy place. The population is less than 800,000. The big employers are government […]
Suicide over Malawi vote: The case of Godfrey Kamanya, Malawi’s former Deputy Minister
A deputy minister in Malawi President Joyce Banda’s cabinet committed suicide yesterday after losing his parliamentary seat in this week’s […]
Highlights of Malawi’s 50 years of independence
Although Malawi gained independence fifty years ago it has struggled to make the transition to democracy. Let’s take a look […]
Joyce Banda continues to divide opinion
Malawian President Joyce Banda, 64, is a complex and compelling figure. Some praise her as courageous and caring and refer […]
The Day President Banda cried, Desperate Times for PP as High Court rebuffs PP’s injunction on elections
Desperate times call for desperate measures. After seeing that their rigging ploy is not yielding much result as MEC openly […]
The Day President Banda cried, Desperate Times for PP as High Court rebuffs PP’s injunction on elections
Desperate times call for desperate measures. After seeing that their rigging ploy is not yielding much result as MEC openly […]
The Day President Banda cried, Desperate Times for PP as High Court rebuffs PP’s injunction on elections
Desperate times call for desperate measures. After seeing that their rigging ploy is not yielding much result as MEC openly […]
GODFREY KAMANYA DEAD: COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER LOSING MALAWI MP ELECTIONS
Reports coming in indicate that Former Deputy Minister of Local Government, Godfrey Kamanya has committed suicide barely a day after the […]