Alert: Coal mine is threatening the environment around Lake Nyasa

“For four years thousands of tons of coal has been washed up from my village of Ndumbi up in Lake Nyasa, citizens use this water for drinking”, says James Mbawala the chairperson of Ndumbi at Nyasa District in Ruvuma  region Southern part of Tanzania. He said that TANCOAL Company which is extracting coal at Ngaka in Mbinga district and using Ndumbi port at Lake Nyasa for coal transportation to various places within and outside the country. Mbawala said the village has no tape water service...

While it is a global practice that villagers living near mining sites benefit from improved social services, for Tunduwalo villagers in Mbinga District, it is quite different.

The chairman and president of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is set to invest in developing the Mbinga Coal Mine in west Tanzania to power the Mtwara cement plant.

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Lake Nyasa mediation process well underway
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AS Tanzania waits to meet the panel of mediators over Lake Nyasa border dispute, Malawian President Peter Mutharika has restated that his country will not go into war over the matter. Commenting on the remarks covered by the Malawi press, Head of ...
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>President Peter Mutharika of Malawi is very right when he says the whole North of Lake Malawi belongs to his country (source: Mutharika maintains Lake Malawi ownership non-negotiable: ‘No war with Tanzania’ Nyasa Times)

>Malawian President Peter Mutharika has maintained that his country owns the entire northern part of Lake Nyasa and no negotiation will change that.

Tanzania won’t resort to using force to end the Lake Nyasa border dispute with Malawi, President Jakaya Kikwete has said.

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Peaceful means to resolve Lake Nyasa border dispute
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PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has maintained that Tanzania will not engage in any war with Malawi as a means to resolve Lake Nyasa boundary dispute. “It is possible to get a solution over the issue of boundary on the Lake without engaging in wars.

The government yesterday allayed Ileje resident’s fear of planes flying at low level in the district, saying they are legally conducting a research.