- Vol 54 No 12
- 7th June 2013
If economic conditions don’t improve, the President’s prospects for next year’s elections look poor
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
A year after they tried to derail Joyce Banda’s accession to the presidency, the old political elite are in the dock
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
Resolution of the dispute over the border between Malawi and Tanzania on Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa to Tanzanians) seems no nearer. The Africa Forum, an advisory body of former African heads of state, will hear the case soon, Africa Confidential understands.
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
The President is at loggerheads with her deputy just as she tries to strengthen her party in Parliament
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
The two sides will return to the table to settle an old dispute
- Vol 53 No 13
- 22nd June 2012
If she lost her majority in Parliament, President Banda would lose control
of her budget and the IMF programme, too
- Vol 53 No 10
- 11th May 2012
The new President is trying to correct her predecessor’s blunders and persuade the people to face tough times ahead
- Vol 53 No 10
- 11th May 2012
President Bingu wa Mutharika’s heart stopped during a meeting on 5 April with a member of parliament, Agnes Penemulungu. ‘He just stopped talking and tipped over and the woman screamed,’ says a State House source. ‘Secret service burst into the room, they...
- Vol 53 No 8
- 13th April 2012
Africa’s second female president faces a fickle parliament and a desperate economy
- Vol 53 No 8
- 13th April 2012
Bingu wa Mutharika was Malawi’s third President, after Hastings Kamuzu Banda and Bakili Muluzi. Born in 1934 in the Thyolo district of southern Malawi, he was educated at mission schools and was one of only 32 Malawians picked by Banda for higher educati...