Sunday, March 13, 2005

'Ghosts' Scare Off Malawi Leader

Ghosts - some taking the form of rodents - have forced the president of Malawi to move out of his state mansion, officials have said.

Bingu wa Mutharika has been sleeping away from the 300-room building in the capital, Lilongwe, and only comes there to work during the day, an aide said.

Christian clergy have been asked to help exorcise the "evil spirits" there.
Controversy has raged over the costly palace which housed parliament until Mr Mutharika's election last year.

"The president is no longer staying there and we have asked clerics from several Christian churches... to pray for the New State House to exorcise evil spirits," said Malani Mtonga, the presidential aide for religious affairs.

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