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The President of Malawi is expected to be elected using the two-round system following the annulment of the 2019 elections and the ruling of the Supreme Court on 8 May 2020, with a candidate requiring an absolute majority of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate passes the 50% threshold, a second round will be held.
The kwacha (/ ˈ k w æ tʃ ə /; ISO 4217: MWK, official name Malawi Kwacha [2]) is the currency of Malawi as of 1971, replacing the Malawian pound. It is divided into 100 tambala . The kwacha replaced other types of currency, namely the British pound sterling , the South African rand , and the Rhodesian dollar , that had previously circulated ...
On the advice of the International Monetary Fund, in May 2012 Banda devalued the Malawian kwacha, something Mutharika had refused to do. The announcement of the kwacha's devaluation by 33 per cent against the United States dollar, an attempt to attract donor funding, prompted "panic-buying" in Malawian cities, the BBC News reported. [57]
This article lists events from the year 2025 in Malawi. Incumbents. President: Lazarus Chakwera; Vice-President: Michael Usi (since 21 June) Events.
Malawi's main opposition party, the Democratic Progress Party endorsed on Sunday former President Peter Mutharika to be its candidate in next year's presidential election. Mutharika, 84, who was ...
The UDF under the charismatic Bakili Muluzi won these elections becoming the first party that was democratically voted into power in Malawi. Chihana's party came third, and he was awarded the position of second Vice-President. [3] However, Chihana has made his mark on Malawi's history and is known as the "father of democracy" in Malawi.
The Malawi government said Wednesday that Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he died in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus ...
Since Malawi lacked a proper production house, it had to rely on programming from South Africa and Zimbabwe. [9] From September 1999, the channel started broadcasting 24 hours on weekends. The daily local schedule ran from 6pm to 8:15pm, and was now reaching practically the entire country, apart from two districts in the north.