Malawi

• Vol 47 No 5
•  3rd March 2006

Bingu's gamble

Malawi's constitution does not empower presidents to sack vice-presidents, even those elected on the same ticket. Yet last month, President Bingu wa Mutharika told Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha to go. Attorney General Ralph Kasambara talks creatively of...

• Vol 46 No 21
•  21st October 2005

Disaster

Famine threatens and an enfeebled government lacks the authority to act

• Vol 46 No 14
•  8th July 2005

Deadlock

Personal rivalries, not political differences, have tied the government in knots

• Vol 46 No 14
•  8th July 2005

Who's who in the struggle

• Vol 46 No 9
•  29th April 2005

Hunger and hullaballoo

Parliament's tumultuous, short April session was the first since President Bingu wa Mutharika bailed out of the United Democratic Front and the first since he launched the Democratic Progressive Party, in a familiar wave of colourful rallies, dancing wome...

• Vol 46 No 4
•  18th February 2005

It's my party

By resigning from the United Democratic Front, which carried him to the presidency last year, President Bingu wa Mutharika has triggered political confusion (AC Vol 46 No 2). Politicians must now decide which is worse: the risk of missing out on jobs and ...

• Vol 46 No 2
•  21st January 2005

His own man

The long-awaited showdown between President Bingu Wa Mutharika and his predecessor Bakili Muluzi is under way (AC Vol 45 No 24). Mutharika has told his predecessor to 'shut up' and let him run the country, after United Democratic Front top brass, includin...

• Vol 45 No 24
•  3rd December 2004

Bingu ascendant

The rift between the United Democratic Front (UDF) government and the party continues to deepen. Investigating corruption in the former regime gives President Bingu wa Mutharika the ammunition to sideline the party bigwigs who brought him to power, while ...

• Vol 45 No 23
•  19th November 2004

Government versus party

Reformers reject Muluzi's legacy but the ruling party fights back

• Vol 45 No 23
•  19th November 2004

Queuing for court

A long queue of cases waits to be heard in court, cases concerning crimes allegedly committed during the decade of Bakili Muluzi's presidency, when billions of kwacha leaked annually from government revenue. This backlog arises from that government's relu...