Flossy Gomile-Chidyaonga (died 9 May 2014) was the Deputy High Commissioner of

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to Britain and Tanzania. She was involved in a diplomatic spat between Malawi and

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in 2011 due to a leaked diplomatic cable, and was expelled. She was the Malawian High Commissioner to Tanzania.Malawi inflation soars to 34.6 percent
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Personal life

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

Career

She was a lecturer at the

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. 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. She served as Acting Ambassador to the

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. She then became the High Commissioner to Tanzania.

Malawi-Tanzania Border Dispute

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

Cochrane-Dyet Cable

In a Wiki-Leaked cable to England, British High Commissioner to Malawi

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referred to Malawi's President

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as arrogant, and "ever more autocratic and intolerant of criticism.". 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. They also revoked her invitation to the royal wedding of

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and

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References

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