Malawi

Malawi

Population: 15.3 million
GDP: $4900 million
Debt: $17.7% of GDP
Overview:

Controlling 114 of 193 parliamentary seats after the May 2009 elections, President Bingu wa Mutharika will pursue his strategy of agricultural subsidies and confrontation with the foreign tobacco buyers. His DPP controls 114 of 193 parliamentary seats after the May 2009 elections.

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  • 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 ...

  • Vol 49 No 24
  • 28/11/2008

Diabolical quarrels

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 electi...

  • Vol 49 No 23
  • 14/11/2008

Bringing in the harvest

An African food-production triumph raises questions about the purpose and value of Western aid

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