Mutharika sworn in for second term as Malawi president

Bingu wa Mutharika was Friday sworn in for a second term as Malawi's president before several African heads of state and crowd of dancing supporters in a Blantyre stadium.
His running-mate Joyce Banda was also sworn in as the first female vice president of the impoverished African state.
Mutharika and Banda both held a Bible as they took the oath vowing to "truly perform the function of the highest office" of president and vice president.
Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo -- who reserved judgment in an appeal by US pop star Madonna against a failed bid to adopt a second toddler from the country earlier this month -- presided over the ceremony, as women danced and sang their praises.