Top comedian-turned-politician Micheal Usi has been sworn as Malawi’s vice-president at a ceremony held in parliament in the capital, Lilongwe. The 55-year-old replaces Saulos Chilima, who died in a plane crash earlier this month, along with eight other people. Dr Usi received a standing ovation when he spoke after his inauguration, saying he accepted the […]
The step-son of Malawi’s ex-President Peter Mutharika has been acquitted of all charges in a case in which he was accused of human trafficking and aggravated manslaughter. Tadikira Mafubza and seven other men were arrested in November 2022 after police said they were linked with the deaths of 29 suspected Ethiopian immigrants whose bodies were […]
Malawi’s former vice president Saulos Chilima was among nine people killed in a plane crash in June 2024. The tragedy saw social media users share posts with photographs purporting to show the crash site. However, the claims are misleading: the widely circulated image is a photo taken in Ukraine in 2020. “BREAKING NEWS: Malawi Vice […]
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51. President Lazarus Chakwera announced in a live address on state television […]
Malawi’s vice president and nine others have been killed in a plane crash, the country’s president said. The wreckage of the military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima was located in a mountainous area in the north of the country after a search that lasted more than a day. There were no survivors of the […]
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search is underway, the president’s office said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the southern African nation’s capital, Lilongwe, at 9.17 a.m. but failed to land as scheduled around 45 minutes later at […]
A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others is missing, the president’s office said. The plane carrying 51-year-old vice president Saulos Chilima left the southern African nation’s capital, Lilongwe, at 9.17am but failed to land as scheduled around 45 minutes later at Mzuzu International Airport, about 230 miles to the north. Aviation authorities […]