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]

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]

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