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Malawi

Bingu wa Mutharika (Brightson Webster Ryson Thom)

Date of Birth: 24 February 1934
Place of Birth: Thyolo, Nyasaland
Died: 5 April 2012


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Bingu ascendant

Investigating corruption in the former regime gives President Bingu wa Mutharika the ammunition to sideline the party bigwigs who brought him to power while building support among donors civil society and the wider population (AC Vol 45 No 23)...


Government versus party

When Bingu wa Mutharika won the presidential election in May 2004 nobody expected much change from the previous ten years of Bakili Muluzi's presidency...


Queuing for court

This backlog arises from that government's reluctance to pursue claims of crimes by the government and the governing party the United Democratic Front a reluctance overturned by President Bingu wa Mutharika who says he wants to tackle the country's notorious corruption and 'clear the air'...


New brooms

President Bingu wa Mutharika has surprised those who dismissed him as his predecessor's uncharismatic surrogate...


Bingu's can of worms

The new cabinet named on 13 June contains factions that will pull President Bingu wa Mutharika in all directions: The economists led by Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe who was an economic adviser to ex-President Bakili Muluzi...


Newish start

New President Bingu wa Mutharika took three weeks to establish his cabinet and his parliamentary majority in time for the Speaker's election on 28 June (AC Vol 45 No 12)...


Did they vote for this?

The election seriously weakened the UDF although its candidate Bingu wa Mutharika won the presidency with 36 per cent of the vote...


Winners and losers

Winners Bingu wa Mutharika: from nobody to President in one year; overshadowed by predecessor Bakili Muluzi during campaign perhaps a puppet but critics are giving him a chance...


After Bakili, Bingu

Malawians seemed reluctant to elect new President Bingu wa Mutharika the hand-picked successor to Bakili Muluzi as candidate of the ruling United Democratic Front (AC Vol 45 No 9)...


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