Christine wonderwall come to news africa im glad youre tuned in we begin in malawi where the Constitutional Court is set to start hearing a challenge to the outcome of last months president ial election opposition parties say the vote which president narrowly won was beset by irregularities the prison which atika had applied to stop the hearing set for wednesday but the court ruled against him the allegations of Election Fraud triggered a massive protest in malawi late last week demonstrations for for the resignation of the head of Malawis Electoral Commission and an investigation into claims that the results sheets were altered with correction fluid. Or i to give more on the situation in malawi im joined by timothy im tom board timothy is the chairperson. The coalition of. Clips of the as the Human Rights Defenders Coalition theyre also pushing for an investigation into potential election irregularities welcome to africa timothys so youll coalition alongside the opposition are challen
This is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a highly anticipated court case is sick to get under way in malawi. Election victory last month the court will hear that titian from Opposition Parties who allege the vote was modeled for a lot. Then back to the motherland 5 eastern black rhinos born in europe have been relocated to one day its part of a program to reintroduce the species to the country after it had disappeared for nearly a decade well see how theyre doing in their new home. Im christine window while come to news africa im glad youre tuned in we begin in malawi with the Constitutional Court is set to start hearing a challenge to the outcome of last months president ial election Opposition Parties
say the vote which president narrowly won was beset by irregularities the prison which atika had applied to stop the hearing set for wednesday but the court ruled against him the allegations of election forged triggered a massive protests in malawi made last wee
The south-east African nation's vice-president, who had corruption charges dropped against him last month, was on a short trip from the capital to a mountainous region in the country's north.