Malawi has told Tanzania that the border crisis between the two countries should be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after talks between the two countries hit a deadlock in Lilongwe on Saturday.
Tanzania had insisted that oil exploration on the disputed Lake Malawi should stop, but Malawi indicated it was not possible to so immediately because that would breach its contract with the company doing the work.
The countries have agreed to meet again from September 10 to 14 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Officials from Tanzania and Malawi held closed door talks in Lilongwe on Saturday to map the way forward on the Lake Malawi border dispute after week long talks held earlier in Mzuzu where technical experts discussed the issue.
The long standing dispute has resurfaced this year after Malawi started oil exploration on the lake. Tanzania claims it owns half of the water body, and has called on Malawi to halt the exploration, but Lilongwe has stood its ground saying it owns the whole lake.
A press conference held after talks clearly indicated there was a stalemate.
Tanzania foreign affairs minister Bernard Membe told reporters in the Malawi capital that there could be other ways of resolving the dispute other than referring it to the ICJ.
But Malawi foreign affairs minister Ephraim Chiume said referring the matter to the ICJ was the only solution. He, however, indicated that Malawi would still engage in talks with Tanzania in the meantime. Mr Chiume said there was need for arbitration because the dispute has brought uneasiness among the people living along the border in the both countries.
Malawi foreign affairs secretary Patrick Kabambe said cabinet will decide the way forward on the request by Tanzania to halt the oil exploration.
Lake Nyasa / Tanzania Malawi Border Despute:
ReplyDeleteMALAWI:
Understand the following,Tanzania we are pleading that,
1.Basing on the Heligoland Treaty that dates back during Colonial Rule era that was signed on 1st July, 1890 when Germany and British set agreements is out of the time now.
-You cannot base on Historical laws and agreements that was set by the Coloniasts for their Colonial interests and during their era or times.
-We are no longer under Colonial Powers both Malawi and Tanzania.
2.Laws goes with changes along with the era or time(it's not stagnant), when Germany and British Colonialists set such agreements in 1890 the UN with it's International Laws were not yet been established and not yet on practices(While UN was been established in 1945).
-There fore Colonial Treaty of 1890 is out of time now as there are newly International Laws of Borders accoring to the United Nations.
-Also you cannot execute current matters according to Colonial Laws,treaty and agreements that are out of out times now.
-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW INTERNATIONAL BORDER LAWS AS PER{UN FROM 1945} DIRECTLY NULFY (ERADICATES) THE ALL COLONIAL TREATIES, AGREEMENTS AND LAWS THAT DATES BACK IN 1890, REMBER NEW LAWS REPLACES OLD LAWS.
-YOU CAN'T CONSIDER OLD PACTS WHILE THERE ARE NEW ORDERS AND LAWS.
-WE ARE ALL THE WORLD NOW SUBJECT TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND NOT THE GERMANY AND BRITISH COLONIALISTS.
3.The UNESCO World heritage protocol provide that the world resoucres are subject to sharing among the nations especially bordering countries and the world at large.
4.There are several world classic examples of water bodies resources and heritage sharing such as (i) The 5 Great Lakes on the US Canada border,(ii)The Rhine Valley and River in several European countries Swiss,France Germany,Netherlands borders,(iii)The Lake Victoria and River Nile and it's basin within Rwanda,Sudan,Egypt(which are even not bordering lake Victoria)while Tanzania,Kenya,Rwanda (which are not even located along River Nile) but get their privilages with these waters.
5.We have to obey current International Laws of International borders and world's heritage distributions protocols among the nations under the UN and not out of time Colonial border agreements, Treaties and Laws.
nakumbuka shuleni tulikuwa tunaimba
ReplyDeletemchaka mchaka.
'kipara cha b*nda kina ukoko x30*
wakati huo tunatatizo na malawi.
Sasa, tunatazo la Ziwa, ziwa la maji sio la binadamu.
Hapa ipo kazi
Why always african's problems have to be sorted by the west?
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Kesi hii ya Ziwa Nyasa Tanzania ikishindwa itakuwa ni CCM Chama tawala ndio kimeshindwa!
ReplyDeleteMjipange sawa sawa na sio suala la kumwachia Mhe.Membe na Mama Tibaijuka hili ni suala nyeti sana.
Kama mnavyoona wakazi wa Ukingoni mwa Ziwa huko Mbinga hadi Tukuyu (Kasumulu) wanalitegemea ziwa kwa maisha, hivyo muelewe kulikosa ziwa kuwa chini ya Malawi licha ya samaki kuwabeba kiuchumi kwa uvuvi wa samaki, maji hayatanyweka tena yatakuwa ni mali ya nchi jirani!!!
nadhani wa-malawi wanastahili kumiliki ziwa hili kwani hata linaitwa lake nyasa na wamekeep records kuonesha kuwa ni lao. tunakumbuka shuka kumekucha.
ReplyDeleteMalawi cannot justify Lake Nyasa onwership with support of Colonial agreements documents.
ReplyDeleteWe have been under such rulers and those Treaty and agreements during the Colonial times but we are no longer under Colonial powers.
The new powers are new International Laws and the Laws by the United Nations.
Let me ask, can anyone today be tried in the Court say in Tanzania under German Colonial laws?
Once the Ruler is out of power, then certain laws may change (especially national borders), and that applies that the whole World now is under the UNITED NATIONS there fore we are now following newly established International Laws and not Colonial Laws!
Nilikuwa namdharau Membe,lakini suala la Ziwa Nyasa(Ziwa Malawi?) limenifanya nianze kumpa heshima taratibu.Ni Mzalendo,habari ndiyo hiyo.Lazima siku zote upiganie nchi yako.
ReplyDeleteDavid V
SI NILISEMA SOLUTION NI ICJ- INTERNATIONA COURT OF JUSTICE. NILIPOTOA HOJA WENGINE MLINITUPIA MADONGOO
ReplyDeleteWatanzania tumekua viumbe wa ajabu kweli,yaani siku zote tulikua tumelala hadi ziwa nyasa linabatizwa jina la ziwa Malawi ? sasa hivi ndio tunazindukana usingizini
ReplyDeleteHiyo ICJ una imani nayo???SI wale wake wakoloni. Hakuna cha ICJ wala nini ni kubutua tu.
ReplyDeleteUnadhani mahakama za nje ndo ziko huru??? SI umeona hukumu ya Apple na sijuhi Samsung...kisa mkorea...unategema haki wakati wameshaweka mitambo yao ya mafuta???wapate hasara???
Kubutua tu hakuna cha mahakama.
Kianchotakiwa ni Vita tu:
ReplyDeleteNyerere aliwaweza hawa walipoleta nyoko alizamisha Meli yao wakanyamaza kimya sasa wameibuka tena!
Zaidi ya hapo jukumu litakuwa ni kubwa sana kwa wakazi wa Ziwani ni vile;
1.Watalazimika kutumia maji kwa ruksa ya nchi jirani.
2.Hali ya maisha itadorora kwa wa Tanzania ukanda wa Ziwa Nyasa kwa kuwa uvuvi wa samaki ndio Uchumi wao...kuanzia Tukuyu Kasumulu (Iringa),Mbamba Bay hadi Mbinga(Ruvuma) kwa akina Luteni Komba.
3.Bandari zote za Ziwa Nyasa zitakuwa ndio Mpaka, hivyo kutakuwa na ada ya kuegesha vyombo vya usafiri majini italipwa nchi jirani (Malawi)kwa kuegesha.
HAPA NI BORA LAWAMA KULIKO FEDHEHA HERI TUWACHAPE KWANZA KABLA YA KWENDA MAHAKAKANI HUKO ICJ LABDA WANAWEZA KUBADILI MSIMAMO WAO.
Safari ya Mahakamani ICJ vigezo, uwezo na umahiri ktk sheria vizingatiwe kwa wana Sheria watakaokwenda kusimama huko chini ya Bendera ya TANZANIA!.
ReplyDeleteKama itafanywa kuwa safari hiyo ni SACCOS kwa minajili ya maslahi ya mafao ya safari, tutasafirisha Wanasheria vilaza ambao Kiingereza chao tabu, na hawa Malawi wazuri sana ktk Ung'eng'e kwa kuwa wao ndio British waliopo Afrika hivyo wanaweza kutupiga bao kwa lugha pekee huku Wazungu wakiwa ndio Mahakimu huko ICJ.
Kwa kuwa uendeshaji mashitaka unategemea hoja na maongezi!
Je, bandugu hapo hatujalowa?