The 3rd Malawi-Tanzania Investment and Trade Forum has opened in Dar es Salaam, bringing together businesses, investors and government institutions from both countries from 7 to 9 September to explore opportunities for trade, investment and economic cooperation. The forum, facilitated by the Malawi Investment and Trade Centre (MITC) in partnership with TanTrade, is providing a […]
Governance watchdog CDEDI has written to Parliament, calling for security chiefs to be summoned to explain how a Tanzanian ship was able to enter Malawi’s territorial waters without authorisation. In a letter signed by its executive director, Sylvester Namiwa, CDEDI said the incident has caused public alarm and raised a number of unanswered questions about […]
An MP has demanded that Malawi’s security minister give a full account to parliament of how a Tanzanian ship entered Monkey Bay without being detected by maritime authorities, warning that the episode exposes significant gaps in the country’s border security. Joshua Malango, the MP for Dedza Kasina, told the National Assembly that he wished the […]
Malawi and Tanzania are working to resolve the matter diplomatically, according to the latest update, after a Tanzanian vessel was detained at Monkey Bay jetty on Lake Malawi for allegedly docking without prior clearance from Malawi Lake Services or the relevant security authorities. The incident has prompted a wave of reaction on Malawian social media, […]
President Lazarus Chakwera says the departed Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli was a towering symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence and described him an icon and a hero in the African continent. Chakwera, speaking on Monday at the Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma, Tanzania during Magufuli’s funeral requiem mass, eurogised: “166 days ago, President John Pombe Magufuli […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has this morning left the country for Dodoma, Tanzania to attend the state funeral of that country’s former president, John Pombe Magufuli. Chakwera was seen off at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe by vice president Saulos Chilima, cabinet ministers, government and party officials. Speaking before departure, Chakwera described Magufuli as a visionary […]
President Lazarus Chakwera flies off to Tanzania on Monday to attend the state funeral of that country’s former president John Pombe Magufuli. Ministry of Foreign Affairs sayse in a statement the plane carrying Chakwera is expected to depart from Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) at 05:30 Hrs. The statement discloses that the state funeral will take […]
Hailing from neighbouring Malawi, I have always been a follower of Tanzanian politics. Julius Nyerere’s stories of national unity inspired us, the young generation, to dream of a national identity that unites rather than divides. And ever since reading Nyerere’s stories, Tanzania has always had a special place in my heart. Later on, during his […]
Prophet David Mbewe of the Living Word Evangelical Church (LIWEC) has saluted the departed President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania for demonstrating trust in his country’s health systems by choosing to seek health and medical attention at a local hospital in Dare es Salaam instead of being airlifted to access the service elsewhere outside his […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has sent an emotional message of condolences to Tanzanians following the death of their leader John Pombe Magufuli who died of Covid-19- related complications yesterday. Chakwera says Magufuli was a towering symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence, saying his passing was an incalculable loss to the continent.t “As Malawi joins Tanzania in mourning […]
Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who drew widespread criticism for his denialism of the coronavirus pandemic, has died aged 61. Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the president’s death in a televised national address on Wednesday. “We have lost our courageous leader, President John Magufuli, who has died from a heart illness,” said Suluhu Hassa. […]
Police in Nkhata Bay have arrested a Tanzanian national, Casim Mwakawanga, for allegedly being found in possession of two bags of Indian hemp weighing 50 kilograms. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday at Matete roadblock in the district. The arrest followed the tip from wells wishers. Confirming the development, Nkhata Bay district police spokesperson Kondwani […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has delegated Transport and Public Works minister Sidik Mia to represent the country at the inauguration of President John Magufuli of Tanzania on Thursday. Mia is accompanied by Minister of Information Gospel Kazako. University of Livingstonia political analyst George Phiri insisted that Chakwera should have delegated veep Chilima as the event was […]
President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera shojis expressed this admiration of the infrastructural and economic development taking place in Tanzania without reliance on foreign aid. The President said when he made a two-day state visit to the East African country where he laid a foundation stone for the Mbezi Luis upmarket bus terminal in Dar es Salaam, […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said he has agreed with his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli that there was a need to build a good friendship between the two countries first before engaging each other over the border dispute on Lake Malawi, which is potentially rich in oil and gas. Speaking to journalists at Kamuzu International […]
President Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday returned from Tanzania for an official visit but quickly defended himself from accusations that that he was putting lives of Malawians at risk for defying Coronavirus (Covid-19) guidelines when he removed his face masks during the tour to the neighbouring country. Throughout his two-days tour, Chakwera did not put […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has cut short his official trip to Tanzania, after holding official talks with President John Pombe Magufuli, visited Malawi Cargo Centre and met some business investors in private. State House has confirmed the Malawi leader is returning home a day earlier to attend to urgent domestic priorities. Women have organised demonstrations against […]
Tanzania is set to open a port office in Malawi within the next two months to enable Malawians to deal with port related issues, Tanzanian president John Magufuli when he hosted President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday. “I have directed my minister of transport, Minister Kamwelwe and TPA [Tanzania Ports Authority] to open a TPA office […]