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17 November – Police fired tear gas to quell an anti-government protest against deteriorating economic conditions and rising cost of living in Malawi. Hundreds of people poured onto the streets of the southern commercial hub of Blantyre, calling on President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration to take immediate steps to rein in soaring prices ...
16 May – A man in Mponela is convicted of insulting President Lazarus Chakwera after posting an animated TikTok video of him dancing. [1]10 June – 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash: A Malawi Defence Force aircraft carrying Vice-President Saulos Chilima, former First Lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi and seven other people crashes in the Chikangawa Forest Reserve, killing everyone on board.
Joseph Boakai, President of Liberia (2024–present) Libya. President – Mohamed al-Menfi, Chairman of the Presidential Council (2021–present) Prime Minister – Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of Libya (2021–present) Malawi. President – Lazarus Chakwera, President of Malawi (2020–present) Mali
In March the Malawi Electoral Commission announced a new election date, 2 July, one day before the 150-day limit to hold elections set by the Constitutional Court. [5] On 21 May the Legal Affairs committee of parliament endorsed fresh presidential elections to be held on 23 June rather than 2 July. [6]
The land grab scandal in Malawi during the British colonial era was a widespread and systematic appropriation of land from indigenous communities by British colonial officials and settlers. [9] In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, British colonial officials and settlers arrived in Malawi, then known as Nyasaland , with the British South ...
Malawi is a landlocked country in southern Africa. Malawi is one of the world's undeveloped countries and is ranked 170 out of 187 countries according to the 2010 Human Development Index . [ 1 ] It has about 16 million people, 53% of whom live under the national poverty line and 90% of whom live on less than $2 per day.
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Malawi is a multi-party state system (see list of political parties in Malawi). Malawi began as a one-party state in 1964, with the MCP being the only party until 1993. A movement called the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) under the leadership of Chakufwa Chihana grew, calling for the end of Kamuzu Banda's dictatorship. [29]