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Kitwete bluffing! Fed up, Malawi suspends talks with Tanzania as border spat reaches ‘next level’

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BLANTYRE--Malawi President Joyce Banda has announced that Malawi was suspending dialogue with its northern neighbour Tanzania over the border dispute because the issue has gone "to the next level". "It's now a big issue," Banda told a news conference Tuesday on arrival in Lilongwe from New York where she made her maiden appearance at the United nations. "We wrote a... Read More

Malawi, Tanzania fail to Resolve Lake Malawi Oil exploring dispute

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MZUZU--Malawi and Tanzania on Saturday announced that they had failed to resolve their dispute on the border of Lake Malawi and agreed to continue to push for a diplomatic and negotiated solution. "After frank and spirited discussions between the two countries, we have concluded that our differences still remain," Tanzanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Membe said at the end of a... Read More

Honor July 20 Heroes, Malawi’s Joyce Banda Urged

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BLANTYRE--Family members and civil society leaders have asked Malawi President Joyce Banda to consider compensating dependants of victims of the infamous July 20 anti-government demonstrations and consider making July 20 a national holiday. "We, members of the bereaved and victims’ families, would to make a few requests...20th July of every year be commemorated under the theme 'A Rebirth of Democracy," said... Read More

AU Seeks Regional Response to Conflicts

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ADDIS ABABA — An African Union summit opened in Addis Ababa Sunday with calls for the AU to play a more active role in settling regional conflicts. The AU plans to support military interventions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali. African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping opened the summit with a call for African solutions to African problems.... Read More

Malawi: Pres Banda launches K6.8bn ‘Feed the Future’

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LILONGWE--President Joyce Banda said Thursday there’s need for farmers to improve the quality of their products for the agriculture sector to forge ahead. Banda was speaking during the launch of Integrating Nutrition in Value Chains Project (INVCP) designed to deliver Feed the Future and Global Health Initiatives in Tidi Village, Traditional Authority Chimutu in Lilongwe.“This is a good step if... Read More

US Rewards Joyce Banda – Restores $350 Million in Aid to Malawi

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ATLANTA -- According to news reports on VOANEWS, The United States has restored a $350-million aid package to Malawi that was suspended last year following deadly clashes between police and protesters in the southern African country. The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government agency that assists developing countries, said it will release the aid because of democratic steps taken by Malawi's new... Read More