The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Malawi in muddled mourning after death of President Mutharika
By John Knox The discredited president of Malawi has died – suddenly, and just as his rule was descending into dictatorship and confusion. Bingu wa Mutharika, who was aged 78, leaves Scotland’s twin nation in Africa without an agreed successor and its economy in ruins. It is already one of the poorest countries in the