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The leaking of a private correspondence between the Malawian President and his predecessor has given Malawians a taste of bitter political battles to come. The 19 May 2009 polls will pit them against each other in the presidential and parliamentary elections, whilst the main opposition party, John Tembo’s Malawi Congress Party, watches gleefully from the wings....

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John Tembo, Bingu wa Mutharika, Bakili Muluzi, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi, Humphrey Mvula

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