Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in Sunday as the southern African country's new president after winning the re-run of a hotly disputed election.
Chakwera, a former evangelist preacher, was declared the winner of the election replay held on Tuesday with almost 59% of the vote, according to results announced late on Saturday.
Chakwera was pronounced the winner with 2.6 million votes, while Mutharika took 1.75 million and underdog candidate Peter Dominico Kuwani over 32 400.
In power since 2014, Mutharika had won 38% of the discredited vote last year, just ahead of Chakwera with about 35%.
Kenya's former prime minister Raila Odinga - who lost to the incumbent in the country's 2017 vote re-run - was among several politicians to congratulate Chakwera.
