Malawi: State House Dismisses 'Beer Party' Statement As Hoax

11 January 2019

State House has disowned a statement that has gone viral on socialnetwork portals including Facebook and WhatsApp--stating that President Peter Mutharika has invited Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youths in the central region for a beer party--describing it as "untrue" and "unfortunate."

Social media has been awash with the news with information that Mutharika would like to treat the youths in the region as he did with the southern region months ago.

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