Dr Lazarus Chakwera

Historic Malawi election provides lessons for opposition parties across the continent

by Dr Craig Moffat and Josephine Chinele | Sep 23, 2020

On 6 July 2020, Lazarus Chakwera was inaugurated as Malawi's sixth president after winning the 2020 Malawi election, an election that was extraordinary because it was the first on the continent held as a result of a...

Governance implications of the Malawi election June 2020 rerun

by Dr Craig Moffat | Jun 30, 2020

Late on Saturday 27 June, 2020, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale, formally announced the election results. Dr Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) had won the...