[Nyasa Times] What was supposed to be a solemn national commemoration of Malawi's founding president Hastings Kamuzu Banda descended into chaos and deep political division on Thursday after police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the Malawi Congress Party who were accompanying former president Lazarus Chakwera to Kamuzu Mausoleum in Lilongwe.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters yesterday flocked to former president Lazarus Chakwera’s Area 10 residence in Lilongwe amid reports that police were set to arrest him. During a visit to the premises yesterday afternoon, scores of MCP supporters were seen inside the fence of the residence under tight security provided by both official guards and … The post MCP supporters stand by Chakwera amid ‘arrest’ scare appeared first on Nation Online .