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Nyasaland African Congress was formed. It included independent churches and native associations.
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Nyasaland becomes the Commonwealth of Malawi, with Banda as the prime minister.
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The British government allows Nyasaland (Malawi) to secede from the federation.
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25 rebels posing as insurgents from Mozambique try killing Banda and his ministers.
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Banda faces opposition from many different communities after alleged human rights abuses.
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In a national poll, voters overwhelmingly supported a multiparty state.
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Bingu Wa Mutharika is elected into the presidency.
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After reaching the end of his first term, Mutharika is reelected.
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AIDS had a large impact on food security after the fall of social immunity.
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Mutharika dies, and Vice President Joyce Banda takes over.
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Malawi faced a terrible drought affecting 2,800,000 people.
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Amendment is signed raising the legal marriage age to eighteen.
