Malawi president appeals for end to rioting

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.

“I am deeply saddened because what is happening is not democracy. This is thuggery,” President Bingu wa Mutharika said as he visited his new office on Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe.