Tanzania: After Two Days, No Agreement Over Lake Niassa

Maputo — After a two day meeting in Maputo under SADC (Southern African Development Community) mediation, delegations from Malawi and Tanzania, led by the foreign ministers of the two countries, could reach no agreement in their dispute over the ownership of Lake Niassa.

On Friday, the head of the mediating team, former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, publicly admitted that the talks were deadlocked, and that the two sides had adopted "rigid" positions.

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