cover of episode Africa News Tonight: Malawi grieves death of Vice President Chilima, politics rattles South Africa markets, President Biden’s son convicted - June 11, 2024

Africa News Tonight: Malawi grieves death of Vice President Chilima, politics rattles South Africa markets, President Biden’s son convicted - June 11, 2024

2024/6/11
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Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera urged citizens to comfort each other after he confirmed that Vice President Saulos Chilima was killed, along with nine others, in a plane crash. Uncertainty about South Africa’s political future is causing the country’s currency and shares in its companies to lose value, as political parties negotiate to form a government. In a historic case, Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, has been convicted on felony charges related to the purchase of a handgun in 2018.