'Ghosts' scare off Malawi leader
Ghosts - some taking the form of rodents - have forced the president of Malawi to move out of his state mansion, officials have said.
Bingu wa Mutharika has been sleeping away from the 300-room building in the capital, Lilongwe, and only comes there to work during the day, an aide said.
Christian clergy have been asked to help exorcise the "evil spirits" there.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Controversy has raged over the costly palace which housed parliament until Mutharika's election last year.
"The president is no longer staying there and we have asked clerics from several Christian churches... to pray for the New State House to exorcise evil spirits," said Malani Mtonga, the presidential aide for religious affairs.
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