Malawi: Ex-leader Muluzi to contest 2009 election

Malawi's opposition party on Thursday endorsed the country's ex-leader Bakili Muluzi as its candidate for next year's presidential election. He won a landslide victory in a United Democratic Front (UDF) convention over the country's Vice President Cassim Chilumpha. The results were read out on Muluzi's Joy radio. Muluzi is likely to face incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika, whose economic reforms have won praise from Western donors.