After blaming members of his inner circle for misleading him and contributing to the Malawi Congress Party’s 2025 election defeat, former president Lazarus Chakwera is embarking on a dramatic overhaul of his political team as he eyes a return to power in 2030. In one of the first signs of a changing of the guard, […]
Lazarus Chakwera has never appeared inclined towards political retirement. Just a year after losing power to Peter Mutharika, the former president has declared his intention to contest the 2030 election on the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) ticket, reigniting debate over both his future and that of the party he led for more than a decade. […]
Former president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has blamed divisions within the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and his own administration for the party’s defeat in the 2025 General Election. Speaking to supporters in Chileka, Blantyre, Chakwera said some ministers in his Cabinet put personal interests ahead of teamwork, weakening government cohesion and undermining the party while it […]
A church celebration attended by former president Dr Lazarus Chakwera descended into scenes of chaos on Sunday after a mob allegedly attacked opposition supporters, smashed vehicles and assaulted journalists covering the event. The violence erupted outside the CCAP Blantyre Synod’s 150th anniversary thanksgiving service, where Dr Chakwera had joined worshippers and dignitaries for the commemorations. […]
Malawi is in the grip of multiple crises. Fuel shortages are disrupting transport and businesses, power cuts remain frequent, foreign exchange is scarce and the cost of living continues to rise. As hardship deepens, citizens are increasingly looking to both government and opposition for answers. That context made Thursday’s Malawi Congress Party (MCP) press briefing […]
Former Malawi president and Assemblies of God minister Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera has preached at a Thanksgiving and Sheba Day celebration held at Cedar Mountain Chapel International in Ghana. Chakwera, a former president of the Malawi Assemblies of God, was invited as guest preacher for the church’s first service. Preaching on the theme, “Not Unto […]
Critics warn that rewriting party rules to accommodate individual leaders risks weakening internal democracy. It is an old political temptation: when a constitution becomes inconvenient, change the constitution rather than the politician. For political analyst George Chaima, the current debate within the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) raises precisely that concern. “When you start tampering with […]
The Malawi Congress Party has settled on an answer to one of the questions that has hung over the opposition since its election defeat: it wants Lazarus Chakwera to lead it back into battle in 2030, even if that means rewriting the party’s constitution. Speaking on Thursday, MCP spokesperson Jessie Kabwila said the party was […]
Former Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera has departed for Ghana where he is set to attend the 10th World Assemblies of God Congress (WAGC 2026) in Accra, which gets under way on 14 October. According to a statement issued by his spokesperson, Counsel Gift Nankhuni, the former head of state will participate in a series of […]
Senior MCP figure accuses Vitumbiko Mumba of ingratitude after he said the party must change its leader to return to power A senior figure in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has launched a fierce attack on Vitumbiko Mumba after he suggested the party must change its leadership if it hopes to win back power. MCP […]
A prominent political commentator has accused President Peter Mutharika’s government of recycling the excuses of its predecessor, as motorists face long queues and patchy supplies of petrol and diesel. Idriss Ali Nassah challenged the administration’s explanation that international supply chain shocks are behind Malawi’s worsening fuel shortages. In a post, he said the line resembled […]
A furious row over whether Malawi’s Leader of Opposition Simplex Chithyola Banda has gone mysteriously silent on the issues gripping the nation has exposed deep public confusion over exactly what his job actually involves, according to political analysts. Critics have accused Chithyola Banda of failing to speak out on trending national controversies — but insiders […]
A fierce leadership battle has erupted at the heart of Malawi’s opposition MCP, after party heavyweight Alex Major launched a blistering broadside against former president Lazarus Chakwera’s closest allies — branding Simplex Chithyola Banda and other confidants “opportunists” more interested in clinging to power than genuinely serving the party. Major wasted no time declaring his […]
A Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament has delivered a blistering public attack on President Lazarus Chakwera, declaring the party can “never reform or rebrand” while he remains in charge — as internal tensions over the party’s future explode into open warfare. Ayuba James, Independent MP for Nkhota Kota Central and MCP member, launched […]
Malawi’s former president Lazarus Chakwera has broken his silence on the country’s ongoing power crisis and the collapse of crop prices, delivering a blunt assessment of the hardship facing farmers to a crowd he stumbled upon while travelling home from a funeral. Chakwera, who led Malawi as president from 2020 until his defeat in the […]
An apology from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to its former Tonse Alliance partners has instead laid bare the scale of ill-feeling that has built up among Malawi’s opposition parties since the coalition’s collapse, with two former partners dismissing the gesture as too late to matter. MCP publicity secretary Jessie Kabwila used an interview with […]
Ayuba insists no party can risk an alliance with MCP while Dr Lazarus Chakwera remains at the helm Accuses Chakwera of only caring for family, close allies and “handclappers” once in power Says apology means nothing without removing Chakwera and his inner circle Comes after MCP Vice President Jessie Kabwira issued rare public apology to […]
A press statement purportedly issued by the Office of former President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, claiming he would not appear before the Ad-Hoc Committee investigating a plane crash, has been exposed as a fake. The document, dated September 14, 2026, and carrying the official seal of the Office of Dr Lazarus M. Chakwera, was widely […]