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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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