ELDERS of three Tanzanian settlements on Lake Nyasa shoreline have strongly refuted claims by the Malawi government of a shoreline border, stating categorically that the boundary has always been in the middle with the water freely and equally shared by the riparian communities.
The elders were talking to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Mr Bernard Membe who visited Mbamba Bay, Liuli and Lituhi communities in Nyasa district over the weekend to get their views on a brewing border dispute, in which Malawi claims one hundred per cent ownership of the lake, basing its case on some aspects of the 1890 Heligoland Treaty.
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