The Malawi—Tanzania Boundary Dispute
@article{Mayall1973TheMB, title={The Malawi—Tanzania Boundary Dispute}, author={James Mayall}, journal={The Journal of Modern African Studies}, year={1973}, volume={11}, pages={611 - 628} }
Since Malawi became independent on 6 July 1964 diplomatic relations with her eastern neighbour, Tanzania, have been almost permanently strained. Differences between the two states have focused on three sets of issues: contrasting attitudes and policies towards the white minority régimes to the South, President Banda's suspicion that Tanzania was aiding and abetting the attempts by certain prominent Malawi exiles to subvert his régime,1 and a dispute over the de-limitation of the boundary…
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