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Bingu wa Mutharika – who died in hospital after having a cardiac arrest early on Thursday April 5, 2012 had nursed ambitions of ruling Malawi since the dictatorship of Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda began to unravel in 1993. That ambition was first realised in May 2004 – and five years later he won a second term, with a resounding victory. But both Dr Mutharika’s terms in office were mired in controversy. Critics demanded Mutharika’s resignation, saying he had not so much run the country as run the country into the ground. He had been accused of trampling on democratic freedoms and economic mismanagement. In 2011, as people struggled with rising … Continue reading →