It is not clear whether this will be used the she returns on Saturday from nearly four years in exile.

Joyce Banda left Malawi in 2014 facing charges of money laundering and abuse of power.

They stem from the so-called cash gate scandal uncovered in 2013 when she was still president.

It involved the theft of millions of dollars from state coffers by senior officials.

Donor countries cut off aid to the country heavily dependent on foreign assistance.

Banda, who’s presidency was marked by a number austerity measures like selling the presidential jet and limousines, was beaten in elections four years ago by President Peter Mutharika.

She has lived in the United States, South Africa and Britain since then.

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The former leader, who spent five years in exile in South Africa after his overthrow in 2009, has not issued any press statement or announced a press conference.

Madagascar President Hery Rajoanarimampiani said he was releasing Marc Ravalomanana as part of the peace process in the island state battling to overcome years of economic isolation as a result of the coup.

His move follows a reconciliation process driven by churches in Madagascar.

Ravalomanana’s staff say he now allowed to move around freely. He was placed under house arrest – ostensibly for his own safety – when he seized the initiative and went home last year.

In doing so he angered both his hosts in South Africa and the new president who won elections at the end of 2013.

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