President Lazarus Chakwera announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday when the wreckage of the small military plane carrying the late Vice President Saulous Chilima was discovered by authorities. Chilima and 9 others were killed on impact after the plan crashed due to poor visibity in the country’s north. For a look at the political life of the late Vice President, VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart spoke to Wonderful Mkhutche, a political scientist, from Zomba, Malawi.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 12, 2024 20:43 UTC