Peter Mutharika

Malawi was one of the last countries in the world to announce its first case of Covid-19. But ever since, it has been embroiled in a constitutional row about a lockdown the government wants to impose to tackle the pandemic.
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Malawi's president and all government ministers are taking a 10% wage cut for three months to raise money to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
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Malawians will return to the polls on July 2 for a presidential election re-run ordered by the country's top court, which annulled last year's vote results because of irregularities, the electoral commission announced Monday.
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By Tafi Mhaka On March 17, Malawi's President Peter Mutharika fired the country’s military commander, General Vincent Nundwe. This followed the president refusing to ratify changes to the electoral laws intended to facilitate a fresh…
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Malawi's president, Peter Mutharika, on Tuesday refused to ratify bills to pave the way to new polls after his re-election last May was annulled over irregularities.
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Malawi’s president Peter Mutharika on Friday dissolved his cabinet, the latest political move after his May re-election was annulled over vote-rigging.
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Protesters on Thursday padlocked Malawi's electoral commission offices in a new bid to force the panel's chief to quit after a top court overturned last May's presidential elections.
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Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa has congratulated the people of Malawi, a day after that country's constitutional court ordered a new presidential election after annulling the disputed…
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Malawi's President Peter Mutharika, 79, is a former Washington law professor whose second successive election victory was declared invalid on Monday over widespread polling irregularities.
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A policeman was stoned to death Tuesday in Malawi during clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters ahead of President Peter Mutharika's first public meeting since a disputed election, police said.
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