Anwar Ibrahim appointed Malaysian prime minister after decades-long wait

Challenges lie ahead with soaring inflation, slowing growth and former PM disputing election result

Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as the prime minister of Malaysia as five days of post-election deadlock were broken by a moment his supporters say has been two decades in the making.

The 75-year-old rose from student activist to deputy prime minister in the 1990s, only to be convicted of sodomy before returning to parliament as opposition leader.