Malawi Presidential Elections 2014: A Change in Power or More of the Same?
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tripartite elections
electoral commission
High Court
corruption
electoral integrity
election observation mission

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Alarcón Jiménez, Óscar. 2017. “Malawi Presidential Elections 2014: A Change in Power or More of the Same?”. Estudios de Asia y África 52 (2): 435-458. https://doi.org/10.24201/eaa.v52i2.2273
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Tras la muerte repentina por infarto de Bingu wa Mutharikaen abril de 2012, el cargo de presidente de Malawi pasó a manos de la vicepresidenta, Joyce Banda, que se convirtió en la primera mujer en Malawi, y segunda en África, en ostentar el cargo de jefe de Estado (presidenta).

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