Is Malawi an ‘African exception’?: The recent Malawi court ruling to cancel elections has excited Africa observers—but is it really a big precedent?
Analysis by Jimmy Kainja, reporting for Aljazeera The past 10 months have been momentous for Malawi. After a series of protests against what many have perceived as a flawed presidential election, on February 3 the constitutional court annulled the results of the May 2019 vote due to “serious irregularities” and ordered another election to be held within 150 days. Peter Mutharika, the incumbent president, rejected the ruling, calling it a “serious miscarriage of justice”. There will be a hearing…
