Malawi is contemplating reporting the lake dispute issue with Tanzania to International Court of Justice (ICJ). President Joyce Banda told journalists in Lilongwe on Tuesday that the issue has gone too far and Malawi will seek international help to ensure that justice prevails, saying Malawians cannot entertain embarrassment whenever they want to fish on the […]
The Lilongwe Chief Resident Magistrate court on Monday jailed a Tanzanian man to imprisonment for being found in possession of fake currency. The man identified as Richard Chikuni 29, was found in possession of fake K1000 notes amounting to K7000 which is contrary to section 23 of the Reserve Bank Act. The court heard that […]
As a citizen of the Republic of Malawi I would like to share, may be a little civic education on the subject above. This article is written without any political agenda, no! But, it is a real concern from deep down my heart. I am also trying to educate those who do not know the […]
A renowned University of Malawi historian Simbarashe Mungoshi says Malawi is poised to win the case in which it is tussling with Tanzania over the ownership of Lake Malawi if it maintains its stand of taking the matter to International Court of Justice (ICJ). In the standoff, which dates back to early 1960’s, Tanzania is […]
The Malawi Government has indicated its protracted boarder dispute with Tanzania will not be tabled at this year’s United Nations General Assembly which begins on Tuesday, September 18 at its headquarters in New York, USA. Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Patrick Kabambe, disclosed the news to Malawi Broadcasting Corporation […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda on Monday met leaders of various political parties at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre in second round of consultative meeting on the border wrangle with Tanzania, Nyasa Times learnt. State House press officer Brian Banda confirmed when asked by Nyasa Times that the meeting took place and included Leader of Opposition John […]
The border dispute in Lake Malawi (Nyasa) continues to make headlines as Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete has said his country deserves equal share in the lake because Tanzania rivers are some of the largest tributaries emptying into the lake. President Kikwete is quoted by Tanzania media that in his month-end address to the nation, he argued […]
I have been following the present border dispute between Tanzania and Malawi for quite sometimes now and I have read various comments, opinions and ideas from various individuals, diplomats and jurists from both sides of the dispute on this matter. As an expert in International Laws, I feel obliged to share my views specifically on […]
The eight -day Malawi and Tanzania boarder diplomatic discussions that ended on Saturday in Lilongwe Capital City, was stalled, forcing the high-level government representatives to pursue, further, the misunderstanding from September 10, 2012 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This was expressed at a news Conference, Saturday, in a communiqué that was produced and signed by […]
Police on Thursday arrested two freelance journalists who went to cover the ongoing diplomatic border talks between Malawi and Tanzania at the Mzuzu Hotel accusing them of publishing false news. The dispute stems from colonial-era border lines around Lake Malawi, Africa’s third-largest. The main task of this meeting of experts is for the two sides […]
Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ephraim Mganda Chiume has warned experts from Malawi and Tanzania to avoid careless statements in their discussions to iron out the border wrangle between the two countries over Lake Malawi. “It is very easy for the discussions to break down and result in a stalemate. Let’s avoid […]
President Joyce Banda Sunday commended journalists in the country for their professional reporting on the wrangle between Malawi and Tanzania over Lake Malawi. The President made the commendation in Lilongwe the during press conference soon after her arrival from Mozambique saying if journalists in the country reported in the same way their counterparts in Tanzania […]
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has categorically denied reports that his country is preparing to go to war with its neighbour, Malawi, because of a dispute over Lake Malawi, where a British- based company is exploring for oil. Speaking to journalists after a closed discussion with the Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda in Maputo, Mozambique, the Tanzanian […]
Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Minister Bernard Membe has said if Malawi and Tanzania fail to reach a compromise on the border misunderstanding, international bodies will come in to help but at no point will a bullet be fired by the two neibhoring countries. Membe made the reassuring disclosure at a breakfast meeting with […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ephraim Mganda Chiume says Tanzanian Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs Bernard Membe has assured him that his country will not “go to war” with Malawi over a border dispute in Lake Malawi, now poised to become a new oil and gas frontier. Chiume disclosed this in an interview with Malawi News […]
There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is. … Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time. — Abraham Lincoln For the […]
Despite warmongering of Tanzania over a border dispute involving Lake Malawi now poised to become a new oil and gas frontier, Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda says her country will not “go to war” but would engage in peaceful dialogue. President Banda called for a meeting with Malawi opposition leaders on Wednesday in Lilongwe before […]
War is often fought with guns, blades and explosives; and sometimes with hands and fists. There even is war that is fought with words, and for the time being, that is the war the Republic of Tanzania is engaging Malawi in. For a body of water that is called Lake Malawi, Tanzanians are persuading the world to believe […]