Malawi: President calls cancelled election win 'death of democracy'

Malawian President Peter Mutharika
Malawian President Peter Mutharika

The Malawian President Peter Mutharika has accused the country's Constitutional Court of attacking democracy.

On Monday, the court annulled the result of the election last May of which Mr Mutharika was declared the winner.

Judges said there had been vote-tampering and correction fluid was used to alter the results.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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