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    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Bribery and corruption
      Malawian anti-corruption head detained as graft scandal escalates

      Political crisis linked to British businessman rocks one of world’s poorest countries

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Malawi vice-president faces charges as graft scandal deepens

      Officials alleged to have helped UK businessman secure overpriced deals

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      News in-depthAfrican economy
      Global inflation pushes millions of Africans back into poverty

      People across continent struggle to cope with impact of weak currencies and high prices

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      Black History Month 2022 — celebrating creativity across the arts
      Samson Kambalu’s Fourth Plinth sculpture takes a subversive approach to colonial history

      The memorial to Malawian liberation hero John Chilembwe comes at a sensitive moment in the UK’s debate about public art

    • Sunday, 21 August, 2022
      Interview
      Malawi’s president vows to crack down on graft after state resources probe

      Lazarus Chakwera spurred by international investigation over British businessman and government officials

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      British businessman investigated over alleged Malawi corruption

      Zuneth Sattar’s contracts with one of Africa’s poorest countries under scrutiny

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      News in-depth
      Malawi struggles to vaccinate against Covid in Africa’s crunch year for jabs

      Officials in one of the world’s poorest nations up against sporadic supply and poor logistics

    • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
      Africa
      Rising prices fuel protests in Malawi

      At stake in the southern African country is one of the continent’s biggest democratic success stories of recent years

    • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
      Former Malawi officials arrested for allegedly misleading IMF

      Ex-finance minister and former central bank governor accused of having ‘masterminded’ the falsification of information

    • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Covid-19 vaccines burnt as shelf-life complicates global rollout

      Dose expiry dates and delayed international deliveries mean some jabs arrive too late to be used

    • Monday, 20 July, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Africa prepares for surge in infections

      A rise in cases is dashing hopes that the continent’s younger population would spare it from the worst of coronavirus

    • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
      Opposition takes power in Malawi after historic election rerun

      Former Pentecostal pastor Lazarus Chakwera defeats Peter Mutharika in presidential poll

    • Saturday, 18 April, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Court suspends lockdown in Malawi

      Ruling sets precedent in continent where poorest fear cure could be worse than the disease

    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Instant InsightDavid Pilling
      Malawi court decision is a victory for African democracy

      The annulment of the 2019 election result sets an important precedent

    • Monday, 3 February, 2020
      African politics
      Malawi court overturns 2019 presidential election result

      Victory for opposition as Mutharika’s ‘Tipp-Ex’ win annulled over ‘massive’ irregularities

    • Friday, 29 November, 2019
      Drones
      Malawi drone initiative takes drugs to remote areas faster

      View from the sky also monitors poaching, floods and mosquito breeding sites

    • Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
      Malawi sends soldiers on to streets to uphold protest ban

      Re-election of Mutharika has plunged nation into months-long crisis

    • Saturday, 27 July, 2019
      News in-depthAfrican politics
      Malawi’s ‘Tipp-Ex president’ Mutharika faces high court challenge

      Claims of vote rigging spark political crisis in one of world’s poorest countries

    • Monday, 27 May, 2019
      Malawi’s president wins second term
    • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
      Disease control and prevention
      Malawi starts pilot of malaria vaccine for children

      GSK drug to be piloted as part of landmark project across Africa

    • Wednesday, 22 August, 2018
      Foreign aid
      Malawi president dismisses graft allegations

      Mutharika’s dispute with deputy threatens resumption of aid donations

    • Thursday, 9 August, 2018
      World
      Zimbabwe pressed to guarantee safety of Mnangagwa critic

      Tendai Biti appears in court as west seeks protection for former finance minister

    • Friday, 11 May, 2018
      Special Report
      Public leadership: Harvard helps women step up

      The Women and Power course allowed Gertude Chirambo to navigate Malawi’s male-dominated politics

    • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Malaria vaccine pilot steers past final delays

      Health officials in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have to get the right systems in place

    • Monday, 9 April, 2018
      The FT ViewGlobal trade
      The distracting lure of manufacturing fetishism

      IMF economists caution against an obsession with industrial policy

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