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Vol 60 No 11

Published 31st May 2019


Malawi

Mutharika’s narrow win

The final result had to be decided in court, so narrow was the victory margin and so mired in accusations of rigging

After a bitter, though largely policy-free, campaign in which the main candidates jockeyed for ethnically advantageous alliances while flinging accusations at each other, the High Court finally awarded victory to President Peter Mutharika on 27 May.

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