Malawi: Mutharika sworn in as President, as Banda concedes

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Africa’s second female President Joyce Banda, smarting from a crushing defeat at the hands of her predecessor’s younger brother, grudgingly conceded defeat Saturday after failing to nullify the electoral process. On the same day, Peter Mutharika … Read More

Malawi: Results of controversial election out Friday

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will announce the results of last Tuesday’s closely-fought election on Friday. “The law requires the Commission to announce its determination of the national election results within eight days of … Read More

Malawi: Late president’s brother Peter Mutharika takes early lead in Malawi polls

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Peter Mutharika, candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Tuesday’s Malawi presidential elections, could become the next president if unofficial exit polls hold, booting out his archrival President Joyce Banda. Unofficial results, monitored from the … Read More

Malawi: Mutharika picks marketer as running mate for May polls

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Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – The presidential candidate of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Malawi’s 20 May elections, Prof. Peter Mutharika, has picked marketer Saulos Chilima as his running mate. Chilima, 41, is the Managing Director of the mobile … Read More

President Banda registers to vote ahead of her greatest political challenge in 2014

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Malawi president Joyce Banda PANA ZOMBA, Malawi – Malawi president Joyce Banda on Wednesday registered as a voter ahead of the 2014 elections in her rural constituency of Domasi in the eastern district of Zomba, some 100 kilometres east of … Read More