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Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima arrested

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Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima is facing corruption allegations. [Courtesy]

Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested the country's Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima for allegedly receiving Sh34 million ($280,000) from British tycoon Zuneth Sattar in exchange of government tenders.

ACB says Chilima, 49, allegedly received the bribe between March 2021 and October 2021.

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