JK: Malawi envoy’s death a big blow to the 2 states

In a newspaper column in February 1993 Prof Issa Shivji wrote about the role of “mental workers” in the ruling party CCM. The party was in a process of transformation in the face of a changing socio-economic situation. The early 1990s was a period when not only Tanzania had been obliged to embrace multi-party politics but had to also reduce the state’s stronghold on the economy and open doors for foreign investments.

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Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Saturday declared this week’s chaotic election “null and void” and called for a fresh vote, throwing the impoverished nation into crisis.

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Deadlock in Malawi and Tanzania on Lake Malawi border mediation talks
Malawi Today
Mediation talks between Malawi and neighbouring Tanzania on the border dispute over Lake Malawi ended in a deadlock last week. Head of the mediating team, former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano is quoted by allafrica.com as having publicly ...
Tanzania: After Two Days, No Agreement Over Lake NiassaAllAfrica.com
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Tanzania, Malawi fail to reach agreement on border...

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Kimataifa, Mhe. Bernard K. Membe (Mb.) akiwasili katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Blantyre nchini Malawi kwa ajili ya kushiriki mazishi ya aliyekuwa Balozi wa Malawi nchini Tanzania, Marehemu Flossie Gomile-Chidyaonga aliyefarikii dunia tarehe 09 mei, 2014 Jijini na Dar es Salaam na anatarajiwa kuzikwa tarehe 14 Mei, 2014. Mhe. Membe anamwakilisha Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, Mhe. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete kwenye mazishi hayo. 
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Albino baby hacked to death in Tanzania's latest witchcraft related death
Mirror.co.uk
An albino baby found hacked to death in a forest in Tanzania has become the latest victim of brutal murders connected to witchcraft. The United Nations, who condemned the attack, have warned there may be an increased threat to Albinos in the country in the ...
Dismembered body of albino child found in Tanzania, days after being snatched ...International Business Times UK
Abducted Tanzanian Albino...

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The United States has just hit Tanzania with a major financial blow again, this time citing runaway corruption. Ambassador Mark Childress announced yesterday that the Americans had put on hold the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact with Tanzania pending the government’s action on the Tegeta escrow scandal.