Malawi

Malawi

Population: 13.2 million
GNI: $2300 million
Debt: $3000 million
Overview: The parliamentary deadlock will continue but President Bingu wa Mutharika will emerge on top in time for the 2009 general election. Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe is steering the economy towards record growth and low inflation.

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  • Vol 49 No 12
  • 06/06/2008

Off with their heads

Impatience with democracy, not fear of a coup, seems to lie behind the arrest of opposition leaders

  • Vol 49 No 12
  • 06/06/2008

Locked up

The following have been arrested and charged, or expect to be charged, with treason in connection with an alleged coup plot. All except Bakili Muluzi and Humphrey Mvula were arrested on 12-14 May.

  • Vol 49 No 8
  • 11/04/2008

Treading on the corn

It is universally accepted that a Malawian government's legitimacy is determined by the latest maize harvest. 'Chimango ndi moyo' (Maize is life) is an expression often heard and corn has to be available for purchase at a reasonable price. Most Malawia...

  • Vol 49 No 8
  • 11/04/2008

The best elections money can buy

The formal processes that must precede next year's general elections get started on 24 April, at the national convention of Bakili Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF). The meeting is set to cost twelve million kwacha (US$87,000), guaranteed from th...

  • Vol 49 No 6
  • 14/03/2008

Moses on the mountain

Parliament is prorogued, politicians are on trial - and bad-tempered elections are due next year

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

Three men in a boat

Political life languishes as three old adversaries line up their parties for the elections that lie ahead

  • Vol 48 No 24
  • 30/11/2007

The Africa Forum

Ex-presidents and other ex-leaders came together as the Africa Forum in Livingstone, Zambia, on 21-23 November. The theme of their gathering was 'Ending AIDS - Africa Takes Charge'. This is a message dear to the heart of the Forum Chairman, Kenneth Ka...

  • Vol 48 No 22
  • 02/11/2007

His friend Bob

President Mutharika seems to be buddying up to Zimbabwe's failing boss, which looks a bad move

  • Vol 48 No 22
  • 02/11/2007

Conflict in a lakeside church

Nkhotakota is a small town on the western shore of Lake Malawi, whose opposite coastline, in Mozambique, is occasionally visible. The corrugated-iron roofed Cathedral of All Saints is the centre of the Anglican Diocese of the Lake. In July 2005, Nicho...

  • Vol 48 No 16
  • 03/08/2007

Back-biting

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

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