Malawi: President Mutharika on track to winning 2nd term

Reuters | Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has so far taken 40.44 percent of votes cast in the May 21 presidential election, with 75 percent of the vote counted, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday.

Lazarus Chakwera, who heads the opposition Malawi Congress Party, has 35.34 percent, while Deputy President Saulos Chilima has secured 18.35 percent, the commission told a news conference.

Malawi also held parliamentary elections on Tuesday.