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Malawi: Video Fuels Questions Over Chaponda Link to Church Chaos

AllAfrica26 October 2026, 10:26 UTCMalawi

[Nyasa Times] A political storm has erupted after video footage circulating on social media allegedly showed a member of Foreign Affairs Minister George Chaponda's security detail among a group accused of attacking vehicles linked to former president Lazarus Chakwera and intimidating journalists during the CCAP Blantyre Synod's 150th anniversary celebrations.

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