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Malawi

Population: 23.38m
GDP: $10.84bn
Debt: 74.9% of GDP (2024)

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Chakwera in trouble as election looms

The IMF cancelled its programme in May, topping a bad news week for the president as the opposition looks confidently at September’s poll

The breach between the International Monetary Fund and the government over the ending of the US$175 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) halfway through its economic reform programme could...


$50m corruption trial rocks Lilongwe

Zuneth Sattar goes to court in London accused of bribing Malawi’s top officials and politicians but neither they nor he face prosecution back home

Preliminary hearings have begun in the trial for bribery of Malawian/British business owner and Malawi government contractor Zuneth Sattar, 44, who is charged with 18 counts of bribing...


Nervy start to election season

An unpredictable battle between ex-presidents looms in September as the last nail is driven into the coffin of the Anti-Corruption Bureau

Malawi’s electoral process got off to an uncertain start as the opposition demanded the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission chair Judge Annabel Mtalimanja and took to the streets...


Three old hats in the presidential ring

Next year’s election will see two previous presidents take on an incumbent still struggling to make his mark amid a sea of scandal and a tanking economy

In less than a year, Malawians go to the polls for the eighth time since the return of multi-party elections in 1994 but this time, the choice is...


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Mutharika sets up election rerun

The former President plans to stand on the success of his economic record and cash in on in the unpopularity of his successor

Next year’s presidential elections are set to be a rerun of 2020, after the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on 18 August endorsed former President Peter Mutharika as...

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No plaudits for anti-corruption supremo

Most believe that the end of Martha Chizuma’s term of office effectively means the death of government prosecution of bribery

Many Malawians feel the book has now closed on the campaign by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Martha Chizuma to bring dozens of Malawian and foreign businesspeople and...


Generals persist with banned arms deal

The army went ahead with a major arms purchase even after the government cancelled it and said all deals with Zuneth Sattar were over

The government is in turmoil after its claims that all deals with the businessman Zuneth Sattar, who is accused of bribing dozens of top Malawian officials and politicians,...


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