https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APdUhjQxM-o/frank-jomo RSS for Node Thu, 07 May 2026 22:05:22 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-24/malawi-s-president-names-george-partridge-new-central-bank-head https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-24/malawi-s-president-names-george-partridge-new-central-bank-head Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:27:38 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/malawi-finance-minister-sees-debt-rework-talks-concluding-soon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/malawi-finance-minister-sees-debt-rework-talks-concluding-soon Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:22:04 GMT Public debt continues to weigh on Malawi. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-27/malawi-president-declares-state-of-disaster-as-hunger-spreads https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-27/malawi-president-declares-state-of-disaster-as-hunger-spreads Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:46:17 GMT A restaurant worker slices vegetables at Area 3 Market near the Lilongwe District Commissioner's office polling station at Old town in Lilongwe on September 16, 2025 during Malawi's presidential and parliamentary elections. (Photo by Amos GUMULIRA / AFP) (Photo by AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/malawi-rules-out-currency-devaluation-on-foreign-exchange-inflow https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/malawi-rules-out-currency-devaluation-on-foreign-exchange-inflow Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:23:57 GMT Malawi's president Peter Mutharika https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/malawi-president-names-finance-minister-replaces-security-heads https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/malawi-president-names-finance-minister-replaces-security-heads Mon, 06 Oct 2025 10:45:30 GMT Peter Mutharika https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/malawi-s-new-president-mutharika-pledges-corruption-crackdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/malawi-s-new-president-mutharika-pledges-corruption-crackdown Sat, 04 Oct 2025 14:27:46 GMT Malawi's Former President and leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Arthur Peter Mutharika speaks to the crowd at a political rally to officially launch the party's manifesto at Mjamba Freedom Park August 3, 2025. Two former Malawian presidents on August 3, 2025 launched separate campaigns to unseat President Lazarus Chakwera in the country's upcoming general elections scheduled for September 16, 2025. Addressing thousands of supporters in Malawi's second-largest city, Blantyre, Chakwera's longtime rival Peter Mutharika, 85, vowed to "rescue" the country from political and economic hardship. The retired law professor, who leads the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, served as president from 2014 to 2020, when his re-election was annulled by the courts due to irregularities. 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Photographer: AMOS GUMULIRA/AFP https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/octagenarian-ex-president-returns-to-power-in-malawian-election https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/octagenarian-ex-president-returns-to-power-in-malawian-election Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:53:00 GMT Peter Mutharika Photographer: Amos Gumulira/AFP/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/malawian-leader-concedes-defeat-in-presidential-election https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/malawian-leader-concedes-defeat-in-presidential-election Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:45:23 GMT Lazarus Chakwera https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/malawi-s-ex-president-takes-commanding-lead-in-early-vote-count https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/malawi-s-ex-president-takes-commanding-lead-in-early-vote-count Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:49:36 GMT Peter Mutharika, Malawi's president, poses for a photograph following an interview at the presidential palace in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Monday, June 25, 2018. The year after Mutharika took power, floods that wracked the southern African nation and forced more than 200,000 people from their homes and killed at least 176, were followed by drought and widespread food shortages. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-16/cost-of-living-crisis-blights-malawi-president-s-reelection-bid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-16/cost-of-living-crisis-blights-malawi-president-s-reelection-bid Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT Lazarus Chakwera Photographer: Rob Kim/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/malawi-president-apologizes-for-fuel-shortage-ahead-of-election https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/malawi-president-apologizes-for-fuel-shortage-ahead-of-election Tue, 09 Sep 2025 08:48:47 GMT Lazarus Chakwera. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/malawi-aims-for-third-time-lucky-with-imf-deal-after-election https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/malawi-aims-for-third-time-lucky-with-imf-deal-after-election Thu, 15 May 2025 10:36:21 GMT Lazarus Chakwera https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/malawi-president-fires-trade-minister-after-protest-over-prices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/malawi-president-fires-trade-minister-after-protest-over-prices Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:11:06 GMT Lazarus Chakwera, Malawi's president, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The US and its allies got a new chance to cast Vladimir Putin as a pariah isolated on the global stage with this weeks gathering of world leaders in New York, even as the United Nations has failed to stop or even curb Russias war in Ukraine. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/malawi-protesters-block-parliament-entrance-over-price-increases https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-25/malawi-protesters-block-parliament-entrance-over-price-increases Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:22:15 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-13/malawi-temporarily-bans-all-mineral-exports-to-revamp-rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-13/malawi-temporarily-bans-all-mineral-exports-to-revamp-rules Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:36:16 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-07/malawi-s-former-finance-minister-faces-fraud-charges https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-07/malawi-s-former-finance-minister-faces-fraud-charges Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:53:38 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/cyclone-prone-malawi-eyes-first-energy-storage-to-bolster-grid https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/cyclone-prone-malawi-eyes-first-energy-storage-to-bolster-grid Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:29:23 GMT Rescuers operations following a landslide due to heavy rains from Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on March 16, 2023. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/former-malawian-central-bank-chief-readies-a-run-for-president https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/former-malawian-central-bank-chief-readies-a-run-for-president Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:27:34 GMT A person casts their vote at a polling center in Blantyre, Malawi, in 2019.