Malawi News News Malawi » Politics: Malawi 2025: Tough choices, yet 17 candidates on offer
Seventeen presidential candidates are on the ballot in Malawi’s elections on Tuesday, 16 September, including the current president and two former presidents, and the atmosphere is quite different ...
News Malawi » Politics: Malawi and the European Union hold Political Dialogue
The Political Dialogue addressed a series of topics relating to priority areas of the EU 2021-2027 Multi-annual Indicative Programme, namely green and resilient economic transformation, democratic and ...
News Malawi » Politics: Peter Mutharika is sworn in as Malawi president in political comeback at the age of 85
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malawi's presidential candidate, former President Peter Mutharika, right, shares a light moment with officials following casting ...
News Malawi » Politics: Malawi moves forward on law, stalls on protecting media freedom
MISA-Malawi’s 2025 review finds legal and electoral gains for the media were eclipsed by ongoing violence, political intimidation and weak protection of journalists. This statement was originally ...
News Malawi » Politics: Running for parliament in Malawi costs a fortune: economic crisis undermines democracy
Malawi’s constitutional court annulled the 2019 presidential election. The 2020 re-run brought an extraordinary transfer of power from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to the opposition Malawi ...
News Malawi » Politics: Malawi: Political Parties Commit to Peace
It is important at this time of tension to clarify that political parties did sign a Commitment to Peace during the Centre for Multiparty Democracy, Nanzikambe Arts and Electoral Commission organized ...
News Malawi » Politics: Police investigate theft of four dogs from Malawi presidential palace
Police in Malawi are investigating how four police dogs went missing from a presidential palace in the capital, Lilongwe, during the political transition in September. Godfrey Arthur Jalale, who ...
News Malawi » Politics: Malawi braces for historic presidential election re-run
Malawi goes to the polls on Tuesday in a historic presidential re-run after a court overturned last year's elections and ordered a fresh vote. Citing "grave" and "widespread" rigging, the country's ...
News Malawi » Politics: Malawi: Professor Chasukwa Elected New President of Malawi Political Science Association
Professor Michael Chasukwa has been elected as the new President of the Malawi Political Science Association (PSA), following a vote held at the association's 4th PSA Biennial Conference at Sunbird ...