FILE PHOTO: Former Malawian President Joyce Banda speaks at a conference on women in development programmes in Lagos, Nigeria July 28, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/File Photo
BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Malawi's scandal-hit ex-president Joyce Banda has withdrawn her presidential bid and endorsed opposition frontrunner Lazarus Chakwera, the two candidates' parties announced on Thursday.
Banda, who served as president between 2012 and 2014 and was accused of abuse of office and money laundering during her term, had been set to run for the role again in elections in May.
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