Flossie Gomile-Chidyaonga

Flossy Gomile-Chidyaonga (died 9 May 2014) was the Deputy High Commissioner of Malawi to Britain and Tanzania.[1] She was involved in a diplomatic spat between Malawi and the United Kingdom in 2011 due to a leaked diplomatic cable, and was expelled. She was the Malawian High Commissioner to Tanzania.[2]

Flossy Gomile-Chidyaonga in 2013

Personal life

Chidyaonga was a graduate of Polytechnic in Malawi.[3] She died after a short illness on 9 May 2014.[4]

Career

She was a lecturer at the University of Malawi.[2] She was a member of the Professional Women's Association and spoke at the "Changing World Conference" in 1997 on their behalf about building transnational relations.[5] She served as Acting Ambassador to the British High Commission. She then became the High Commissioner to Tanzania.[2]

Malawi-Tanzania Border Dispute

She was the High Commissioner in Malawi during the Malawi-Tanzania water dispute over Lake Malawi and Lake Nyasa.[6]

Cochrane-Dyet Cable

In a Wiki-Leaked cable to England, British High Commissioner to Malawi Fergus Cochrane-Dyet referred to Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika as arrogant, and "ever more autocratic and intolerant of criticism.".[7] This was printed in the Malawian newspaper, The Nation. This led to wa Mutharika's expulsion of the envoy, and a request for a replacement. In retaliation, the British government expelled Gomile-Chidyaonga, who was the Acting High Commissioner for Malawi in Britain at the time.[8] They also revoked her invitation to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.[9]

References
  1. Don’t Sell Our Country Madame President | Malawi Voice Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Malawi inflation soars to 34.6 percent
  3. http://www.poly.ac.mw/centres/washted/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=30%5B%5D
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-06-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Kay, Rebecca (200) Russian Women and Their Organizations: Gender, Discrimination, and Grassroots Womens Organisations, Palgrave Macmillan, p251n
  6. Home
  7. UK expels Malawi diplomat in tit-for-tat move | News | Mail & Guardian
  8. Content Not Found - Mail & Guardian Archived 2011-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "UK reviews its aid relationship with Malawi after diplomatic row - The Caledonian Mercury". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
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