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Malawi’s VP was arrested for corruption. There’s more to the story.

Kim Yi Dionne - November 27, 2022

Malawians have seen tensions between their presidents and VPs before. They may be somewhat cynical about government attempts to fight corruption.

Malawians elected a new president in Tuesday’s historic election

Kim Yi Dionne and Boniface Dulani - June 27, 2020

Independent judges and street protests paved the way for the ouster of the unpopular incumbent.

A Malawi court just ordered a do-over presidential election. Here’s what you need to know.

Kim Yi Dionne and Boniface Dulani - February 3, 2020

Months of investigations and protests about election tampering led to this historic ruling.

Millions of Malawians go to the polls tomorrow. Will they vote for change?

Kim Yi Dionne and Boniface Dulani - May 20, 2019

The outsider candidate is promising to ‘drain the swamp.’

Why does Malawi have 1,331 candidates running for 193 seats in parliament?

Michael Wahman and Merete Bech Seeberg - March 10, 2019

To fix democracies, you have to pay attention to the primaries’ integrity, too.