Tag: SADC

Southern African drought affects 68 million people- regional grouping says

August 19, 2024

Nearly 68 million people in southern Africa are suffering from the impact of drought and are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, The Southern African ... Read More

DRC hopes to leverage SADC regional forces to push back M23 rebels

January 18, 2024

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reportedly hoping soldiers from the 10-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will help it regain ... Read More

Tanzania aims high to become go-to-market for all of Africa’s electrical equipment needs

January 8, 2024

Tanzania is venturing into the manufacture of electrical equipment aiming to become a key player in the industry, which is part of the government’s strategy ... Read More

African govt’s to open aviation markets to address poor intra-African air connectivity

October 12, 2023

It’s high time to address the ‘embarrassingly low’ level of intra-African air connectivity which is depriving the continent and its people from reaching their full ... Read More

US-Zambia inaugural business summit to boost trade, investment

October 15, 2022

Zambia is hosting a two-day business summit in Lusaka this week to try to attract American investors to the country, in effort to diversify the ... Read More

Kenya sends troops to East of DR Congo as part of regional forces

September 27, 2022

Kenya has deployed forces in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of regional mobilization to help end activities of rebel ... Read More

Mozambique struggling to stem insurgency in troubled Cabo Delgado

September 9, 2022

Islamist militants in the Mozambique’s northern Nampula province have killed six people, all by beheading, abducted three others and set dozens of houses on fire, ... Read More

Amid energy crisis, EU gives gas-rich Mozambique’s security big boost

August 18, 2022

The European Union is planning a five-fold increase in financial support to 2024 for the mission of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) in Mozambique, ... Read More

EU to deploy military force to Mozambique; Rwanda, SADC also send troops to fight rebels

July 14, 2021

Mozambique’s ability to adequately fund government ministries - including its military - has been hamstrung by tight fiscal rules imposed by the International Monetary Fund ... Read More

SADC’s Pretoria-nurtured bias on Sahara issue denounced by its own members

November 4, 2020

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) had planned to deliver on Monday before the UN Fourth Committee a declaration challenging Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara. ... Read More