Malawi
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- May 18, 1994
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- it is based on English common law and customary norms
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly (according to the new constitution, a Senate was to be established in 1999)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- High Court; Supreme Court of Appeal; Magistrates' Court
RELIGIONS
79.9% Christians, 12.8% Muslims, other
From the country
- MARCH 10, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death...
The High Court in Malawi sentenced two men to death for the murder of a German tourist
- JANUARY 1, 2003MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- AUGUST 24, 2002MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian...
Malawi President Bakili Muluzi has urged the Nigerian government to pardon Amina Lawal Kurami, a woman sentenced to death by stoning having a child outside of wedlock
- JANUARY 1, 2002MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- OCTOBER 24, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Edmond Mwenelupembe, 22, was sentenced to death after...
Edmond Mwenelupembe, 22, was sentenced to death after two-thirds of a 12-member jury found guilty of murder
- MARCH 27, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
At least six people have been arrested following what...
At least six people have been arrested following what authorities in Malawi said was an uncovered coup plot against the government of President Bakili Muluzi
- MARCH 4, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Four death row inmates escaped from the Zomba Maximum...
Four death row inmates escaped from the Zomba Maximum Security Prison
- JANUARY 1, 2001MalawiDEATH PENALTY
The offenses for which capital punishment either can...
The offenses for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder, rape, treason, armed robbery and burglary with aggravating circumstances
- OCTOBER 6, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Thomson Filai Bokoboko and Lewis Livio Jonathan were...
Thomson Filai Bokoboko and Lewis Livio Jonathan were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murdering six women in Chiradzulu between 30th January and 25th March 2000
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said...
Chief Commissioner of Prisons Winston Manyela said there are 11 prisoners on the death row, while 41 prisoners previously sentenced to death had their sentences substituted by life imprisonment by President Bakili Muluzi
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Recommendations by a special Law Commission on Criminal...
Recommendations by a special Law Commission on Criminal Justice stated that for offences like treason, murder, rape and armed robbery, the death penalty should not be mandatory, leaving the decision to presiding judges
- JANUARY 1, 2000MalawiDEATH PENALTY
Malawi, with a population of 10 million people, has...
Malawi, with a population of 10 million people, has 7,647 inmates in the country's prisons, 92 of which are women and 471 juveniles