Malawis

Malawi’s vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead in plane crash

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BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people died when the small military plane they were traveling in crashed in bad weather in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said Tuesday. Chilima was 51. President Lazarus Chakwera announced that the wreckage of the plane that went … Read more

A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president has gone missing and a search is underway

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BLANTYRE, Malawi — A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said. The plane carrying 51-year-old Vice President Saulos Chilima left the capital, Lilongwe, but failed to make its scheduled landing at Mzuzu International Airport about 370 kilometers (230 miles) to the … Read more