The plane of the Vice President of Malawi went missing

A statement from the president’s office said a plane carrying Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others was missing.

The Malawi Defense Force plane “went off radar” after leaving the country’s capital Lilongwe on Monday, it added.

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