Back-biting

President Bingu lacks patience for the stand-off with his parliamentary opponents

The shrill voices of government officials dominate the airwaves, as political paralysis gives way to feuding. 'You think I don't bite? I have teeth which bite and I will start biting …I will not allow this childishness to continue,' President Bingu wa Mutharika told a rally in Lilongwe.

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