We had expected the Africa Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government to reach a decision on the ongoing dispute between Tanzania and Malawi over Lake Malawi (or […]
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 […]
Peter Mutharika, presidential aspirant with the Democratic Progressive Party and brother to the former president, has come under fire in the last week for alleged “warmongering” remarks he made about the […]
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, […]
The Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) has sent out an invitation to an alternative SADC meeting, the SADC People’s Summit, that will take place in Lilongwe in August 2013 to coincide […]
When the Governments of Tanzania and Malawi presented their position papers on the disputed territory of Lake Malawi (known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania) to the Africa Forum of former […]
The erratic supply and shortage of electricity in Malawi is one the greatest constraints to doing business in the country, especially for the mining sector. Last week, the President of […]
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 […]
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 […]
