Police in armored vehicles are dealing with angry crowds stoning government buildings in the capital Lilongwe.

The main opposition Malawi Congress Party has recorded 147 complaints in 10 of the country’s 28 voting districts.

Lazarus Chakwera says correction fluid, better known as tippex, has been used to alter  counting sheets. The same handwriting has been found on results from polling stations several kilometers apart.

Chakwera had won 35-and-a-half percent of votes after three-quarters were tallied at the electoral commission results centre. This left him trailing incumbent Peter Mutharika who has 50%.

Vice President Saulos Chilima  is a distant 18%.

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