MOZAMBIQUE: Transporters in Malawi want government to arbitrate Mozambique crisis

A grouping of Road Transporters in Malawi is appealing to the government to help find a lasting solution to the crisis in Mozambique other than finding alternative routes.

Capital FM Malawi

The tension in Mozambique has forced the authorities to seek alternative routes in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania.

It follows the shooting of four Malawians who died, and the torching of at least four fuel tankers passing through Mozambique.

Being land-locked, Malawi relies on its neighbors to import strategic goods through their ports.

Representatives of the Road Transport Association, however, have stressed that the focus should be on helping Mozambique end its political conflict other than exploring new routes as they would be very expensive.

Malawi and Mozambique share many cooperatively congruous highways and roads, along with routes on the Central East African Railway, including the centerpiece line running between the railways dual operational headquarters of Limbe and Nacala.

As Malawi shares a large border with Mozambique, much of the substance of their foreign relations pertain to the border separating the two nations.

Capital FM Malawi/Club of Mozambique