From: barnhart@netcom.com (Aaron Barnhart)
Subject: IPS:SOUTHERN AFRICA: IMPROVED MALAWI-TA
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 22:01:06 GMT
Organization: Netcom
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Title: SOUTHERN AFRICA: IMPROVED MALAWI-TANZANIA RELATIONS WORRY EXILES


dar es salaam, aug 12 (ips) -- as a result of thawing relations
between malawi and tanzania, some malawian emigres groups are
prefering to move to zambia to continue their opposition to
the authoritarian regime of president kamuzu banda.

former malawian foreign minister and leader of congress for
the second republic (csr) of malawi, kanyama chiume, said here
wednesday that his group has moved its base from the tanzanian
capital to kitwe in zambia's central copperbelt.

''we really don't want to create problems in tanzania'',
chiume, who has lived here for the past 28 years since his
fallout with banda who has ruled malawi since 1964, said.

''zambia is an ideal place for us because we have the full
backing of (president frederick chiluba's) government and there
is a big population of malawian nationals'', he told ips.

tanzanian president ali hassan mwinyi's administration has
pursued a policy of ''good neighbourliness'' since coming into
office in 1985.

in a move that appeared intended to mend tanzania's fences
with malawi, mwinyi made a state visit to the central southern
african state in 1989. it was the first by a tanzanian head of
state since the two countries' independence from britain in the
early 1960s.

last year banda paid a reciprocal visit to his northern
neighbour. during the visit he met the country's former
president, julius nyerere, whom he had often accused of
supporting subversive activities against his regime.

the two countries are members of the 10-nation southern
african development coordination conference which also groups
angola, botswana, lesotho, mozambique, namibia, swaziland,
zambia and zimbabwe.

tanzania's minister for home affairs, augustine mrema, told
the current session of parliament here that government would not
allow the country to be used by political exiles and refugees as
a springboard for launching attacks against their home
countries.

it is understood that the minister was referring to burundi
exiles who were reportedly planning an insurgency to overthrow
the government in the capital bujumbura. (more/ips)


southern africa: improved (2)

two dissident malawian political groups -- socialist league
of malawi (lesoma) and malawi freedom movement (mafremo) -- are
still based in tanzania.

''our party will obey laws and rules of tanzania'', an
official of lesoma told ips wednesday.

land-locked malawi depends on dar es salaam as an alternative
seaport for its exports and imports. the port handles about
600,000 tonnes of malawi's cargo a year.

meanwhile, the csr leader and an ''envoy'' of detained
malawian opposition leader chakufwa chihana left dar es salaam
wednesday for kampala where they expect to confer with ugandan
president yoweri museveni on the political situation in malawi.

according to chiume, they are seeking support of the ugandan
government in their struggle for political reform in malawi.

the csr has asked the organisation of african unity to
intervene on behalf of malawian exiles in order to facilitate
their return to malawi to take part in the country's political
and economic development.

the group is also demanding institution of an ''all-party
caretaker government'' in malawi under the aegis of the oau and
the united nations to see the country through its transition to
a multiparty system. (end/ips/pc/ar/92)


-- 
Aaron (Barnhart@netcom.com) -- posting from Evanston, Illinois