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16 Oct 2018- 15:43 by OOSKAnews Info WASHINGTON, DC, United States US President Donald Trump signed the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act last week, creating a new foreign aid agency to replace the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) which was
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17 Feb 2014- 10:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC, United States Managing population growth is key to environmental conservation and water management in Africa's Lake Victoria and Lake Chilwa basins, participants heard at a recent event at Washington, DC-based think tank the Wilson
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The Malawi government has issued 172 mining licenses in the past four years as part of its effort to boost the country’s agriculture-dependent economy.
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Malawian President Joyce Banda this week expressed doubt about the ongoing mediation process in her country’s border dispute with Tanzania over Lake Malawi, saying the issue could be brought to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, where it can competently be handled by experts.
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Malawi Defense Force (MDF) Commander General Henry Odillo last week assured Malawian citizens living in border areas, including the area around Lake Malawi, that his troops will continually patrol the country’s boundaries and protect residents.
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Malawian President Joyce Banda reiterated this week that Malawi would not agree to share ownership of any part of Lake Malawi with any “other country,” referring to neighboring Tanzania.
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The border dispute between Malawi and Tanzania over Lake Malawi may have to involve former colonial powers Great Britain and Germany, since these countries developed the 1890 agreement on the national boundaries in the region, according to Malawian experts.
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Malawi and Tanzania failed to reach an agreement on ownership of the waters of Lake Malawi (also known as Lake Nyasa) after five days of negotiations in the northern Malawian town of Mzuzu.
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Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said on August 18 that he has no intention of going to war with neighboring Malawi over trans-boundary Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Ephraim Mganga Chiume on August 1 said Malawi wants to resolve its border dispute with Tanzania through peaceful means, although he insisted that agreements in the past all indicate that the entire lake is Malawi’s.
