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Malawi Country Report
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Found 65 articles.
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Dog days in Lilongwe
When five dogs belonging to a white Zimbabwean couple, Dean and Helen van Schalhwal, savaged their 72-year-old watchman, Samson Chimdima, in Lilongwe last month, the incident escalated into a political furore drawing in President Bingu wa Mutharika.
- Vol 51 No 8
- 16/04/2010
ALEKE KADONAPHANI BANDA 1939–2010
The death of Aleke Banda was announced on 9 April 2010. Although he was born in Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia), was educated in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and died in South Africa, he was a true son of Malawi (Nyasaland). His home district was Nkhata B...
- Vol 50 No 23
- 20/11/2009
The rise and rise of ethnic politics
The predominance of Lhomwe people in the government hierarchy raises doubts about Mutharika's nationalism
- Vol 50 No 21
- 23/10/2009
Seeking power
The sudden death in South Africa on 20 September of Ishmael Chafukira has prompted the usual suspicions. The Malawi Congress Party member of parliament for Lilongwe North-West was the leader of a newly formed MCP faction, Task Force for Change, dedicated ...
- Vol 50 No 18
- 11/09/2009
Glass houses
Questions have arisen about the financing of President Bingu wa Mutharika's palace and mausoleum in Thyolo District. The contractor is Portugal's Mota-Engil (AC Vol 50 No 16), which has huge interests in road building, waterways and uranium-mining in ...
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26/06/2009
On top and in charge
The May elections have given President Mutharika political dominance for the term that is meant to be his last
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
A double win for Bingu
The overwhelming election victory for the President and his party revive troubling memories of Kamuzu Banda's system
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
Then there were two
The Malawi Electoral Commission’s barring of former President Bakili Muluzi from May’s presidential election has sparked a crisis after the dissolution of Parliament and the start of campaigning (AC Vol 50 No 4). The MEC said it had to bar Muluzi as he ha...
- Vol 50 No 5
- 06/03/2009
A new federation
In Malawi, the President seems to be blundering towards a new version of the Central African Federation
- Vol 50 No 4
- 20/02/2009
Two horse race
President Bingu wa Mutharika is confident of victory in May's election under his new, blue Democratic Progressive Party banner; John Tembo has a last chance under the Malawi Congress Party's black, red and green, as does Bakili Muluzi, under the United ...
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