Re: Malawi - Tanzania Boundary Dispute - article

 From my little reading on this issue thus far, I would say to Tanzania: you want us to go to the ICJ? ...Let's go! Many times when I meet Tanzanians, especially when they are on their own turf (in TZ) they make so much of a big deal about this claim to the lake. When you push them for the basis of the claim, in the end, it rests on the following "important premise": Mwalimu Nyerere said so! But I feel a bit sad that this dispute might have been fueled by Malawians in exile in TZ ...a lesson in patriotism - wherever we may be and whatever our differences with an incumbent Government might be, country still comes first, politics somewhere thereafter...

From: Isaac Songea <njsongea@yahoo.com>
To: "malawi_lawsociety@googlegroups.com" <malawi_lawsociety@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Malawi - Tanzania Boundary Dispute - article

RedK,

I find this last but one sentence of the article very prophetic now that the catalyst of the conflict is oil exploration:

"In the absence of a major effort by Malawi to ... exploit the resources of the Lake in a more thoroughgoing manner than at present, it seems likely that the status quo (kuti nyanja ndi yathu) will persist."

Isaac

From: Redson Kapindu <rkapindu@yahoo.com>
To: Malawi Law Society Google groups <malawi_lawsociety@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 4:59 PM
Subject: Malawi - Tanzania Boundary Dispute - article

 Dear colleagues,

 

As this issue seems to have been re-ignited, at least publicly, I thought I should share this article that might make some interesting reading for those that might not have previously read it.

 

Regards,

 

Redson

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "malawi_lawsociety" group.
To post to this group, send email to malawi_lawsociety@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to malawi_lawsociety+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/malawi_lawsociety?hl=en.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "malawi_lawsociety" group.
To post to this group, send email to malawi_lawsociety@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to malawi_lawsociety+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/malawi_lawsociety?hl=en.