Malawi and Tanzania have been at odds over their national borders and Lake Malawi (or Lake Nyasa as the world’s 9th largest lake is known in Tanzania). Malawi currently controls […]
Update 14 August 2013: The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) posted an analysis piece on their website that discusses the weaknesses of the SADC in mediating the dispute between […]
Malawi and Tanzania are still at odds over the ownership of Lake Malawi. This lake, known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania, is sitting on potentially lucrative oil reserves. Last week, […]
At the end of May 2013, the Tanzanian parliament was told that Tanzania would acquire six passenger ships, which would be deployed on Lakes Malawi (Lake Nyasa as it is known […]
At the beginning of April, the president of Malawi Joyce Banda expressed concerns that the Africa Forum of former African Heads of State and Government‘s mediation of the dispute between Malawi and […]
Last month, Malawi’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ephraim Chiume expressed concern that the mediation of the dispute between Malawi and Tanzania over Lake Malawi has been compromised. This […]
Encouraging investors to Malawi has been one of the president of Malawi’s priorities during her visit to the United Kingdom. Joyce Banda’s visit to mark the bicentenary of the birth of […]
Malawian women sought divine intervention last week on the lake dispute, while online commentators claimed that the mediation of the dispute has been compromised. The stand-off between Malawi and Tanzania on Lake Malawi’s […]
The boundaries of Lake Malawi are contested. Tanzania claims 50% of the lake they call Lake Nyasa belongs within its own territory, while Malawi claims full ownership, based on an 1890 […]
The fate of Lake Malawi hangs in the balance. The dispute between Tanzania and Malawi over the lake’s boundaries, spurred on Malawi’s issuance of exploration licenses to two companies, Surestream Petroleum […]
