Malawi President Peter Mutharika has maintained his position that has said the entire Lake Malawi, Tanzania calls Lake Nyasa, which is potentially rich in oil and gas is owned by Malawi, saying there is no need to negotiate the issue. Mutharika – a law professor who also taught law in Tanzania – told a meeting […]
Politics of vengeance is what is dragging us behind. One of the reasons why African leaders cling to power is because they do not have an ‘after life’. Once they leave office – either courtesy of retirement or after losing an election – they are not only forgotten but are derided, oftentimes dragged through courts […]
President Joyce Banda has told two former African presidents leading the mediation between Malawi and Tanzania over the Lake Malawi border dispute that if they fail to reach a decision on the matter by 30 September 2013, she will take the matter to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Malawi’s President on Sunday told former presidents […]
Malawi Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ephraim Mganda Chiume had a scheduled meeting on Friday with retired Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano in Maputo, Mozambique over the prolonged Lake Malawi boarder dispute with Tanzania amid oil exploration. Chissano, who is also the Chairperson of Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government, is […]
Malawi Government authorities have submitted the country’s official position to the Africa Forum for Former Heads of State and Government over the ongoing border dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi. Malawi’s foreign affairs minister Ephraim Mganda Chiume made the submission on Thursday to the Chairperson of the Forum and Former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano […]
Mozambique’s former president Joachim Chissano has agreed to mediate a border dispute over Lake Malawi amid oil exploration, Nyasa Times understands. Malawi and Tanzania last week made a joint submission to the Africa Forum for former Presidents to mediate on their dispute over the boundary along Lake Malawi. A delegation of the two countries delivered a […]