Mozambique: Transport Minister Opposed to Shire-Zambezi Waterway

Maputo — The German consultant who drew up a viability study on the Malawian government's plans to turn the Shire and Zambezi rivers into a commercial waterway for the country's imports and exports concluded that the two rivers are not navigable in their natural state, according to Mozambican Transport Minister Carlos Mesquita.

Mesquita was speaking to Radio Mozambique after a meeting in Lilongwe on 23 September with his Malawian and Zambian counterparts.

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