fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoFormer president Peter Mutharika defeats incumbent in Malawi presidential election
Malawians have voted in an 85-year-old former leader over an incumbent who presided over a multi-year economic crisis, with the country battered by high inflation, essential goods shortages, climate disasters and international aid cuts. Peter Mutharika got 56.8% of the vote compared with 33% for Lazarus Chakwera, according to official results of the 16 September presidential election announced on Wednesday. Chakwera said earlier in the day that he had called Mutharika to concede.
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