Topic: Malawi and Tanzania to resolve the border issue over 'Lake Malawi' amicably

Rais wa Malawi bibi Joyce Banda leo tarehe 3/8/2012 atalihutubia taifa hilo kupitia vyombo vya habari vya nchi hiyo,

Kwa mujibu wa msemaji wa serikali ya Banda anasema, suala la mgogoro wa mpaka na Tanzania litakuwa miongoni mwa mambo muhimu atakayoyazungumza!

Ripoti za kijasu za Tz zinazopatikana kutoka Malawi zinasema kuwa Malawi imeshaivamia Tanzania na imeweka boti za kijeshi ziendazo kasi zenye makombora ya kilomita 5 katika Ziwa Nyasa na zinafanya doria usiku na Mchana.

Na kujiimarisha zaidi bibi Joyce Banda amefunga Special Military Rader kataka milima iliyopo upande wa kulia ukishaingia Malawi katika umbali usiozidi km 5 kutoka boda ya Kalonga.

Mama Banda ameshikilia kuwa wanajeshi wake waliopo katika ardhi ya Tanzania wataendelea kupiga doria usiku na mchana huku Meli za utafiti wa mafuta zikiendelea kuvinjari katika ukanda wa Tanzania, na haonyeshi kutikisika na kauli ya Tanzania kuwa asitishe utafiti wa mafuta ktk Tz!

Macho na masikio ya watz wote tuyaelekeze huko leo kujua je Mama anaingia Vitani au analegeza msimamo?

UPDATES:

Rais Joyce Banda ameahirish kulihutubia taifa juu ya mgogoro wa mpaka na Tanzani na kuumuagiza Waziri wake wa Mambo ya Kigeni Ndugu Ephraim Mganda Chiume kulieleza taifa:


Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ephraim Mganda Chiume said on Friday that Malawi and Tanzania would resolve the border issue over Lake Malawi amicably.

Briefing journalists through a prepared statement that he read at the Central Office of Information (COI) in Lilongwe, Chiume said Malawi was engaged in discussions with government of the United Republic of Tanzania to resolve the issue.

Said Chiume: “The nation is hereby informed that there are on-going discussions between our two countries and that the Malawi Government is determined to reach an amicable solution with the government of the United Republic of Tanzania.”

Chiume further said that Malawi has rightful claim to the whole lake basing on the Heligoland Treaty signed by Germany and Britain – Malawi and Tanzania’s old colonial masters.

The treaty defines the border between the two countries as being the edge of the waters on eastern shore of Lake Malawi.

The position of the Heligoland treaty according to Chiume, was further reinforced and adopted by resolutions of the African Union in 2002 and 2007 and its predecessor, the Organisation of African Union (OAU) in 1963 that states that ‘member states should recognize and recognize and accept the borders that were inherited at the time of independence.’

The treaty in part, on article one states that: “German sphere of influence…to the South by a line which, starting on coast at the Northern limit of Mozambique follows the course of the river Rovoma to the point of confluence of the Nsinje; hence it runs westwards along the parallel of that point till it reaches Lake Nyasa [Lake Malawi]; hence striking Northward, it follows the eastern, Northern and Western shores of the lake to the northern bank of the mouth of the river Songwe.”

Chiume: No cause for anxiety

The Foreign Affairs Minister who was flanked by Minister of Information, Moses Kunkuyu Kalongashawa, said that while they acknowledged Tanzania’s claim to half of the Lake basing on common law,

“It is Malawi’s position that the principle which Tanzania depends upon applies only where there is no treaty.”

No cause for alarm
Chiume also assured the nation that there should be no cause for anxiety or alarm as the two countries were engaged in discussions ‘so that an amicable solution is found on this long outstanding issue.’

In the statement Chiume also condemned the misrepresentation in both the local and international media that there was rising tension between Malawi and Tanzania.

“This is far from the truth because we are discussing in an open and cordial manner with a view of reaching an agreement,” said Chiume.

He also appealed to the media not to ‘cause unnecessary anxieties. Let us allow diplomacy to work,’ concluded Chiume.

Malawi and Tanzania have had rival claims over the lake from post-independence times and this has come to the fore over the recent gas and oil exploration licenses issued out by Malawi

Hv Malawi haipo katika nchi 6 zilizosaidiwa na Tanzania kupata uhuru?

BALANCE OF MILITARY POWER IN AFRICA Hebu msili-under estimate jeshi letu wadau!!Huyu Malawi ni kumbamiza ndani ya masaa tu tunampeleka segerea huyo mwanamama wao Joyce Banda.

By omujubi

Jf kuna mambo mengi sana japo wengine tunayaponda kuwa ni uzushi lakini ukiyaangalia kwa makini ni ya muhimu.

Wasi wasi wangu tangia awali ni kuwa vita nyingi za Africa unayemuona 'front' siye unayepigana naye bali kuna wengine wengi nyuma yake. Hii 'jeuri' ya Wamalawi haiwezi kuibuka siku moja tu na ukichukulia kuwa waliwahi kuibua hili suala wakashindwa sasa wamefanya timing ya kutujua nguvu tuliyonayo kwa sasa.

Wanaoweza kuwa nyuma ya huu mpango wanajua ni utajiri kiasi gani na wanajua watasupport na watapata nini mwishowe. Tuombe Mungu atuepushe na hili (kama tunavyosemaga) ...Inshallah!

........ni kweli jamaa wamejiandaa, lakini haina maana kujiandaa kwao wafanye kama wanavyotaka, kizazi kijacho kitatulaani hata kama tutakuwa makaburini tukiwaruhusu wamalawi watambe kama wanavyotamba sasa; itakuwaje tumewang'ang'ania wazanzibari kwa kutukuza usalama wetu ili hali tuachie ziwa Nyasa lote liende Malawi?

Mhhhh! Wasi wasi wangu ni uwezo wa amiri jeshi mkuu!!!

By Nyunyu

Mhhhh! Wasi wasi wangu ni uwezo wa amiri jeshi mkuu!!!

Jamaa wameamsha hili zogo wakati mzuri sana yani ingekuwa wakati wa nyerere na hakika palikuwa hapatoshi ila tungejiandaa kufunga mkanda.

BALANCE OF MILITARY POWER IN AFRICA

BALANCE OF MILITARY POWER IN AFRICA

African Country	Active Troops	Reserve	Paramilitary	Total Troops
Egypt	450000	254000	405000	1109000
Eritrea	202000	250000	0	452000
Morocco	196300	150000	13500	359800
Algeria	127500	150000	60000	337500
Sudan	104500	0	95000	199500
Ethiopia	182500	0	0	182500
Nigeria	78500	0	82000	160500
Libya	76000	40000	3000	119000
Tanzania	27000	80000	1400	108400
Angola	100000	-	-	100000a
DRC	83800	0	1400	85200
Rwanda	61000	0	10000	71000
Uganda	60000	0	1800	61800
South Africa	55750	-	-	55750
Zimbabwe	32000	0	21800	53800
Burkina Faso	6000	45000	1800	52800
Tunisia	35000	0	12000	47000
Burundi	40000	0	5500	45500
Chad	30350	0	4500	34850
Cameroon	23100	0	9000	32100
Kenya	24120	0	5000	29120
Côte d'Ivoire	17050	0	7000	24050
Zambia	21600	0	1400	23000
Madagascar	13500	0	8100	21600
Mauritania	15750	-	4500	20250
Guinea	9700	0	9600	19300
Senegal	9400	0	5800	15200
Namibia	9000	0	6000	15000
Sierra Leone	13000	0	0	13000
Liberia	13000	0	0	13000
Mali	7350	0	4800	12150
Republic of the Congo	10000	0	2000	12000
Djibouti	9850	0	1400	11250
Guinea-Bissau	9250	0	2000	11250
Niger	5300	0	5400	10700
Botswana	9000	0	1500	10500
Togo	9450	0	750	10200
Mozambique	10000	0	0	10000
Benin	4550	0	3000	7550
Ghana	7000	0	0	7000
Malawi	5300	0	1500	6800
Gabon	4700	0	1500	6200
Equatorial Guinea	1320	0	2000	3320
Central Afr Republic	1400	0	1000	2400
Lesotho	2000	0	0	2000
Cape Verde	1200	0	0	1200
Gambia	800	0	0	800
Seychelles	450	0	250	700

Kwa hali ya sasa ya nchi yetu tusijidanganye kabisaa kuingia vitani kitachotupata hatutakisahau milele!

Alafu hivi vijamaa ( vinyasa) vimetu 'time' pazuri kweli kweli kwanza nchi yetu hoi kiuchumi baada ya baba riz1 na mwanae kuiba kila kitu, wananchi, wanajeshi na wapiganaji wako demoralised vibaya, silaha nzito nzito karibia zote zililipuka gongo la mboto na mbagala

Alooo huu ndo mwanzo wa kupigwaa kipondo cha mbwa mwizi na kisha kupelekwa utumwani maalawi

Hivi tuna mabomu kweli au yote yalilipuka
GOGOLAMOTO...

By naumbu

Inawezekana huu ni usanii wa kupotezea mambo muhimu ambayo yako hot kwa sasa, use your brain guys

LIKE, LIKE LIKE! Changing the subject....au siyo? Propaganda and dis-information kuelekeza macho ya watu Ziwani badala ya kesi za kina Ulimboka, waalimu na Bunge au siyo. Ha ha ha! Na hiyo itakuwa imetengenezwa na Membe. I share your feeling 75% ndugu. Tanzania na Malawi hakuna ugomvi kihivyo kwa kweli. Although naiacha 25% possibilty kukubaliana na mchangiaji mmoja aliyetahadhalisha uwezekano wa mkono kutoka nje.

Usi-underestamate influence ya Makampuni ya Mafuta ambayo Budget ya Malawi kwa mwaka ni vihela tu vya chai kwao. Na tunajua Wanasiasa karibu wote katika bara la Afrika Wanahongeka. They can influence Malawi to go into a fight with us ili mradi tu leseni yao ya Mafuta na gesi iende wanavyotaka wao. That is the 25% possibility. The rest of possibilities ugomvi hakuna! Na dawa ni kujua ni kampuni ipi na kui-target Kampuni hiyo covert and overt.

Sitaki kuona wala kusikia upuuzi wa sisi watu weusi kuendelea kugombanishwa hadi karne hii. No. Wakati wa kuwa manipulated ufike mwisho. Tu identify which company that is na kuitarget tukipata taarifa za kuaminika za kintelligensia. Africa is where God gave us to live. It must remain peaceful!

post nyingi nilizozisoma ktk thread hii ni porojo tu na bla bla za kisiasa kama kwaida yetu wabongo.ningependa kuona mchango unaozungumzia uimara wa jeshi letu kwa nyakati hizi sasa.je jeshi letu ni imara kiasi gani kuingia vitani?.wajuzi mchango wenu ktk hili tafadhali.

By afrodenzi

Hivi tuna mabomu kweli au yote yalilipuka
GOGOLAMOTO...

Mkuu afrodenzi yapo! Naimani utatusaidia kulifikisha Lilongwe kwa Bi JB.

wakati wa mkapa buyoya wa burundi alileta choko choko kama hiyo benja alichofanya ni kumlundikia magurunet mpakani wakati yanasombwa niliyaona kutoka dar habari zisizo rasmi washoka waliwafurusha kilometa nyingi kuelekea kwao wiki ya pili buyoya akapanda ndege kuja dar kutafuta suluhu hapo mchezo ndipo ulipoishia kama kuna hakika kuna maboti ya mpenzi wangu joyce upande wetu haina haja ya kusema naye dawa kupeleka makombola intelijensia iktuonyesha yapo upande wetu shiii usiulize kimyakimya unayatimua(sambaratisha) alafu unasikilizia usiulize shiiii kaa kimya

By Nyakageni

SSRA we!

mtayataja sana haya majina!

By Joss

Si rais tu, ni karibu system nzima, kama TISS ingekuwa makini, wangekuwa hatua kumi mbele ya wamalawi. Kama wangekuwa makini wasingeruhusu rais dhaifu kuingia madarakani. Linapokuja suala la usalama wa nchi rais si chochote, kama analeta udhaifu anaweza kuwekwa kando kijasusi, wakaachiwa watu makini wafanye kazi yao. Tuchukulie mfano Mosad walivyomfanyia PM wao wakati huo.

sio hao tu! wamegundua hadi wananchi wote wa tanzania ni wadhaifu! mana wasingekuwa wadhaifu nao! wasingeongozwa na serikali dhaifu

By Yericko Nyerere

Tuombe mungu isitoke, mgogoro huu utatuliwe kwa meza ya majadiliano!

Lakini ikibidi kulinda utu na heshima ya taifa letu, hata kwa vita tutajibu, tena jibu letu litakuwa kuu!

Hapo pekundu umeniacha hoi. Utadhani wewe ndio utaenda kupigana!

By afrodenzi

Hivi tuna mabomu kweli au yote yalilipuka
GOGOLAMOTO...

Yalikwisha yote huko...ahhaha! Tanzania bwana kila kitu hovyo!

By tanira1

wakati wa mkapa buyoya wa burundi alileta choko choko kama hiyo benja alichofanya ni kumlundikia magurunet mpakani wakati yanasombwa niliyaona kutoka dar habari zisizo rasmi washoka waliwafurusha kilometa nyingi kuelekea kwao wiki ya pili buyoya akapanda ndege kuja dar kutafuta suluhu hapo mchezo ndipo ulipoishia kama kuna hakika kuna maboti ya mpenzi wangu joyce upande wetu haina haja ya kusema naye dawa kupeleka makombola intelijensia iktuonyesha yapo upande wetu shiii usiulize kimyakimya unayatimua(sambaratisha) alafu unasikilizia usiulize shiiii kaa kimya

hili ndio pendekezo linalofaa, ni kuwaambia hao wamalawi kwamba warudishe majeshi yao katika mipaka inayo tambulika kimataifa, mkiwa mna mipaka ya mto au maziwa au bahari, kinyume cha hapo hawana nia ya mazungumzo na kilicho ndani ya mipaka yetu ni halali yetu,unatupa tu kombora kama ulivyo sema.mahindi nk tutaendelea kuuziana, hatuna ugomvi nao katika kupeana chakula na vitu vya kibinadamu, na kuolewana tutaendelea kuoleana.

Wamalawi wame sense sasa ndio right time

Amiri jeshi mkuu yuko busy na safari..
bunge liko na mwanamke mbishi mbishi...

na migogoro mingine tele

huyu mama tokea asaini ushoga akili yake haijakaa sawa.ni kama anapepo sijui kama anabwana wa kumliwaza.!

Watanzania wamekata tamaa! Hata kama kuna hatari ya vita, tunatetea nini? Kama ni mafuta au mali zilizochini ya ardhi, zinafaidisha nini taifa letu. Yaani vijana wetu wakafe kwa ajili ya wanasiasa wachache wanaotumia utajiri wa nchi yetu kwa manufaa yao na familia zao. I love Tanzania so much, but the income gap between the rich and the poor and the exploitation done by the mining companies do not justify the poor youths to go to the war! Hii issue imalizwe kwenye meza ya mazungumzo.