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Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday conceded defeat in the Southern African country's presidential election, less than two hours before the final result was due to be announced.

The parties of the two main candidates in Malawi's presidential election declared victory Thursday, drawing rebukes from the electoral commission, which has yet to announce results.

Voting was underway Tuesday in elections in Malawi to choose a president, lawmakers and local government representatives in the midst of economic turmoil in one of the world’s least-developed countries.

Malawi is holding a presidential election this week as one of Africa’s poorer countries grapples with an economic crisis, food and fuel shortages — and memories of a vote six years ago that was canceled and a redo ordere...

The people of Malawi are set to vote for their next leader, following a turbulent five years involving economic turmoil, natural disasters and the shock death of the nation's vice-president.

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the military to begin preparing to withdraw from their peacekeeping mission in the volatile eastern Democratic of Congo.

Thousands of Mozambicans have fled to Malawi to escape violence triggered by the disputed October presidential election.

Malawi's former president, Peter Mutharika, has been chosen to lead the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) into next year's presidential election.

Malawi has declared the end of the country's worst cholera outbreak, which began in March 2022 and killed nearly 2,000 people.

Medical workers in Malawi's public health facilities started a nationwide sit-in strike Monday to push the government to meet their longtime grievances, which include special allowances and improved conditions of service...

Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said Tuesda...

Internet connectivity was disrupted in and around several East African nations on Sunday, the internet observatory Netblocks said, adding that the incident was linked to failures affecting the SEACOM and EASSy subsea cab...

Southern Africa is reeling from its worst drought in years, owing to a combination of naturally occurring El Nino - when an abnormal warming of the waters in the eastern Pacific radiates heat into the air leading to hott...

A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging.

The southern African nation of Malawi has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts and the president says it urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance, less than a month...

Flash floods in Malawi's central region last week left six people dead and has displaced thousands of others, the southern African country's disaster management agency said on Tuesday.

Malawi's government has suspended the issuing of passports following a cyber-attack on the immigration service's computer network. President Lazarus Chakwera told MPs that the targeting of the department amounted to a "s...

Malawi has been facing recurring fuel shortages since August 2022, largely because the country lacks enough foreign currency. The Reserve Bank of Malawi said in June that the government's foreign exchange reserves were n...

The United Nations and humanitarian partners in Malawi are calling for $70.6 million to help more than a million people who were affected by Cyclone Freddy.

Malawians dig through mud for survivors; Mozambique says fallout from storm’s second landfall was worse than expected.