Malawi, Tanzania Woes Move to African Forum

The leaders of Malawi and Tanzania have decided to forward the thorny issue of the Lake Nyasa/Malawi border to external mediators.

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  • Tanzania:  Border Dispute Goes to African Forum

    Tanzania Daily News, 29 December 2012

    MANY will remember the year 2012 as yet another point in time when the Lake Nyasa border dispute became a thorny issue. The historical mix-up on the legal border line had created ... read more »

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The lake which Tanzania calls Lake Nyasa and Malawi calls Lake Malawi.

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  • asimba1957
    Dec 28 2012, 10:51

    It is very important that the Governments of Malawi and Tanzania should undestand and tell their citizens that the Lake Nyasa/Malawi border dispute arises from the the ixistence of two international treaties (one which says borders should pass through the middle of water bodies whose coastlines are shared by communities from both neighbouring countries and the other colonial one which says all the northern portion of lake Nyasa/Malawi belongs to malawi)which are conflicting. One of the two international treaties favours Malawi while the other favours both Malawi and Tanzania, resulting to the conflicting effect responsible for the dissagreement between Malawi and Tanzania on the borders of the Lake. Tanzania and Malawi are not responsible for border dispute as they are not responsible for the conflicting international treaties. The adverse effect of the two conflicting treaties on the bordders of the lake should be resolved at international level, good if it is resolved through the OAU or the UN and Malawi and Tanzania should agree to abide. Communities in Malawi, Tanzania and Mozambique shared the lake peacefully for decades before the arrival of colonialism and colonial treaties shouldn't be allowed to alter the God given rights of communities on the lake.