[4] The unrest prompted outcries from many governments across the world, asking the president Peter Mutharika to step down and hold new elections as soon as possible.

A wave of anti-electoral body protests swept towns surrounding the capital and government buildings across the country.

Muslim and Christians clashed in November after a school run by an Anglican church banned girls from wearing hijabs.

Police stations and metro grounds[clarification needed] have also been torched in some areas, especially at the height of the movement in June and July.

Farmers, miners, peasants, employees, retirees and university students marched and protested in the country throughout 2019 and into the first months of 2020.

Several were killed in the last wave of protests in 2020 when police fired tear gas to disperse the civil unrest gripping towns and villages across the country.