Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika ‘dies’

 

Doctors at the South African hospital say efforts to resuscitate President Mutharika failed and that an official announcement is being prepared. Reports from Malawi’s main city, Blantyre, say cabinet ministers met all night to discuss the situation.

According to the constitution, the Vice-President Joyce Banda takes over if the head of state is incapacitated or dies in office.
Dr Mutharika, a former World Bank economist was elected president in 2004 and unanimously re-elected in 2009.-Herald/zbc/Malawi voice

 

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