Smugglers are now getting maize out of the country via Lake Malawi following government’s tightened security stance on roads and border posts at Songwe in Karonga and Chitipa districts, Nyasa Times has established. The smugglers have tactfully abandoned the road and are now getting the maize out via private boats and canoes at Nkhata Bay. […]
Malawi government and the United Republic of Tanzania have agreed to jointly use the Songwe river in developing electricity power plants, irrigation schemes and together combat climate change. This follows fruitful discussions the two countries held on the Songwe River Basin Development Program (SRBDP) at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. Minister of […]
Malawi government has bemoaned tactics by the Republic of Tanzania in frustrating mediation talks over Lake Malawi boundary dispute. The two countries have been at loggerheads over the Lake of Malawi with Tanzania insisting it owns part of the lake which they call Lake Nyasa. Malawi and Tanzania were expected to return to the negotiation […]
Tanzania says it is maintaining its claim that it owns half of the eastern part of Lake Malawi and it wants a share of the oil resources in the lake which they call Lake Nyasa. For decades, Malawi and Tanzania have been at loggerheads over the lake’s boundaries. While Malawi claims ownership of the entire lake […]
Eight Tanzanian nationals convicted early this month to a charge of criminal trespass of spying on Kayerekera Uranium Mine have been handed suspended sentences. On Wednesday Mzuzu Chief Resident Magistrate Texious Masoamphambe sentenced the convicts to one-month imprisonment on criminal trespass and three months imprisonment for conducting reconnaissance. But Masoamphambe suspended the sentences “for six […]
Malawi and its northern neighbour Tanzania have set a deadline for talks on the disputed Lake Malawi after a four year stalemate. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister Francis Kasaila said the two countries have agreed this year end as a deadline for the talks. This follows the meeting of President Peter Mutharika and his […]
A magistrate court in the northern city of Mzuzu has convicted eight Tanzanian national in the infamous Kayelekera uranium mine spies case who were facing criminal trespassing charges. Eight Tanzanians were arrested in December for allegedly going to Kayelekera Uranium mine without government consent. They were charged with criminal trespassing charge and other related charges. […]
Two of the eight suspects in the infamous Kayelekera uranium mine alleged spies case have pleaded guilty to the criminal trespassing charges and the court has set March 8 for ruling and proceeding of the case. Karonga Chief resident Magistrate Texious Masoamphambe said this after a senior police investigations officer finished giving his evidence on […]
The case involved the eight Tanzanian nationals on criminal trespass has changed its tune as it has been revealed that the group were led to Kayerekera Uranium Mine in Karonga by a security personnel from the Malawi Police Services after he pocked K20,000 . Police arrested the eight on December 20 last year around Kayuni […]
Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Dr Augustine Mahinga has said that part of Lake Malawi belongs to Tanzania, where they call it Lake Nyasa. Mahinga said this on Monday when he met Malawian President Peter Mutharika at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. “This is a sensitive and contentious matter,” said Mahinga. He said […]
Foreign Affairs ministers Francis Kasaila has said the governments of Malawi and Tanzania are discussing to have direct flights between the two countries. Kasaila said the direct flights would boost trade between the two countries . He said this after a Malawi/Tanzania Joint Cooperation meeting which ended on Sunday in Lilongwe. This a sign of […]
Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East Africa Cooperation, Dr. Augustine Mahiga says the ‘so called lake misunderstanding’ will not derail the more important need for cooperation between the two countries across multiple areas. Mahiga was speaking after the two countries concluded and signed two agreements on Bilateral Air Services (BASA) and Cooperation in diplomatic […]
Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Coorperation, Augustin Mahiga has said a dispute between his country and Malawi regarding their border through Lake Malawi also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania is still on. Mahinga said after he signed on behalf of his government a Joint Permanent Commission Coperatuon (JPCC) agreement with Malawi […]
Front Line Defenders, an international human rights organisation, is persuading Malawi government to release of eight Tanzanians languishing in remand custody in Malawi, where they are facing criminal trespass charges. The Malawian security officers arrested them in December, last year, at the Kayerekera Uranium Mine Site in Karonga where it was initially alleged that the latter […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika’s mission to forge a good diplomatic relationship with his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli appeared to bear some fruits on Monday as the two leaders held discussions on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa that even saw the pair hold hands and uttered cordial words. State […]
Government has flatly rejected pleas from Tanzania to release unconditionally eight Tanzanian suspected spies arrested in Karonga. The eight were arrested in December near Kayelekera Uranium mine where they allegedly were spying on whether the plant can produce nuclear or not. Home Affairs minister Grace Chiumia said the state will prosecute the eight in court. […]
Tanzania government says it is pursuing diplomatic procedures to secure the release of eight Tanzanians languishing in remand custody in Malawi, where they are facing criminal trespass charges. The arrested Tanzanians are Ashura Yasiri (63), Wala-sa Mwasangu (30), Binto Ma-terinus (32), Christian Msoli (38), Martin Jodomusole (25), Layinali Kumba (47), Maliyu Mkobe (37) and Gilbert […]
The Mzuzu Chief Residents Magistrate Tecious Masoyamphambe has on Tuesday denied bail to the eight Tanzanian nationals who were arrested on 20 December last year at Kayerekera Uranium Mine Site in Karonga on allegations of criminal trespsass. The Tanzanian nationals aged between 25 and 63 were found loitering at the mine and were allegedly sent […]