Malawi: MCP Faces Internal Split Over Chakwera Leadership - Faction Attempts to Seal Offices

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1. Wed, 12 August 2026

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   • AllAfrica07:15first to report
     Malawi: MCP Faces Internal Split Over Chakwera Leadership - Faction Attempts to Seal Offices

     [Nyasa Times] A group calling itself MCP Veterans attempted to physically seal off the offices of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and former Head of State Lazarus Chakwera and secretary general Richard Chimwendo Banda on Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the internal power struggle now consuming the opposition party.

2. Wed, 19 August 2026

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   • malawi24.com17:45
     Court shields Chimwendo Banda from suspension

     A move that threatened to deepen the leadership crisis in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has hit a legal wall after the High Court in Lilongwe stepped in

3. Wed, 2 September 2026

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   • AllAfrica05:21
     Malawi: Chakwera Holds Talks With Chimwendo On Party Strategy Amid Growing Leadership Rifts

     [Nyasa Times] Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and the country's sixth president, Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, held a two-hour meeting with party secretary general Richard Chimwendo Banda at MCP headquarters in Lilongwe, according to a statement issued by the party.