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1500 ballot boxes destroyed in fire before recount - Malawi doesn't mess about
When someone wants to fix an election there, they fix it good:
Some 1,500 ballot boxes from May's disputed election in Malawi have been destroyed in an unexplained fire.
It comes amid an opposition demand for a recount of voting papers for a parliamentary seat in a constituency in the capital, Lilongwe.
The High Court was set to hear arguments about the case on Thursday.
In May, it overruled an attempt by former President Joyce Banda to annul the presidential vote, which she said was marred by rigging.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28313417
It comes amid an opposition demand for a recount of voting papers for a parliamentary seat in a constituency in the capital, Lilongwe.
The High Court was set to hear arguments about the case on Thursday.
In May, it overruled an attempt by former President Joyce Banda to annul the presidential vote, which she said was marred by rigging.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28313417
