Former President Peter Mutharika Defeats Incumbent In Malawi Presidential Election

Lazarus Chakwera, who presided over a multi-year economic crisis, concedes election after 85-year-old Mutharika wins 56.8 of vote Malawians have voted in an 85-year-old former leader over an incumbent who presided over a multi-year economic crisis, high inflation, essential goods shortages, climate disasters and international aid cuts. Peter Mutharika got 56.8 of the vote compared with 33 for Lazarus Chakwera, according to official results of the 16 September presidential election announced on Wednesday.