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A new map by Tanzania,
which shows it owns half of the disputed Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa, has stirred a
fresh row with Malawi which says that the map is "wrong".
Tensions
escalated from 2011 when Malawi began oil exploration activities on the lake. AFP
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Tanzania’s
map shows the north-eastern part of the lake being part its territory but Malawi
claims full ownership.
Malawi
has since asked for intervention from the United Nations, African Union and
other international organizations, Malawi's The Nation newspaper reports.
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Rejoice Shumba said Malawi's has written to key
institutions, asking them to disregard Tanzania’s map.
The
paper quotes her as saying:
“Government
indeed wrote a letter to protest the new map. We did not want some countries
and organizations to start recognizing and using the wrong map as advanced by
Tanzania”.
For
decades, the two countries have failed to resolve the boundary dispute over the
lake which is the third largest in Africa and potentially rich in oil and gas.
This
is not the first time Malawi has objected to Tanzania’s map.
Tensions escalated from 2011 when Malawi began oil exploration activities on the lake.
Tanzania's government is yet to respond on the new development.
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