[Source: Reuters]Malawi’s Peter Mutharika vowed to root out government corruption and rebuild an ailing economy after he was sworn in for a second term as president of the southern African nation. Mutharika, 85, secured more than 56% of votes last month, defeating outgoing president Lazarus Chakwera, 70, who took 33%. Voters rejected Chakwera after five years of worsening economic crisis in one of the world’s poorest countries. The September 16 vote marked the fourth presidential contest between Mutharika and Chakwera. Chakwera’s Malawi Congress Party said in a statement that although the outgoing president was absent from the inauguration, he wished Mutharika success and good health.