Malawi’s embattled Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on treason charges tonight, after a court prevented the government from firing him, his lawyer said.

Malawi’s new president appealed today to the leader of an opposition coalition to reign in his supporters after bloody riots over the results of the country’s third multiparty elections.

OPPOSITION supporters rampaged through Malawi’s streets after electoral officials declared President Bakili Muluzi’s designated successor the winner of the impoverished southern African country’s third multi-party elections.

Opposition supporters rampaged through Malawi’s streets after electoral officials declared President Bakili Muluzi’s designated successor the winner of the impoverished southern African country’s third multi-party elections.