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SADC leaders meet on Mozambique insurgency but action remains elusive

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Amid growing concerns about regional inaction on Mozambique’s jihadist insurgency crisis, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security hosted...

Southern Africa bloc backs Mozambique in fight against insurgents

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Southern Africa’s regional bloc urged member states to support Mozambique in fighting militias with suspected links to Islamic State in the natural gas-rich north...

SADC successfully drafts Integrated Maritime Security Strategy

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  The SA Navy recently hosted the South African Development Community (SADC) Joint Technical Working Group on the Review of its Maritime Security Strategy (MSS).   The...

Construction to start on SADC Botswana log depot next year

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Construction work on a multi-million dollar Southern African Development Community (SADC) Standby Force regional logistics depot is set to start in May next year. The...

ISS: SADC turns a blind eye to trouble in the Comoros

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The newly re-elected president of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani, has now managed to centralise power in his hands and has pushed through constitutional changes...

March 24 is Southern African Liberation Day

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March 24 is Southern African Liberation Day the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has decreed and it was marked last Sunday in Angola’s Cuando...

Botswana component of SADC Standby Force ready for peace support ops

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The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) hosted an inspection from a Southern African Development Community (SADC) specialist team to check on readiness for African Standby...

SADC meeting casts spotlight on DRC

President Cyril Ramaphosa has joined his counterparts from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as they gather for the Double Troika Summit set to...

DR Congo election endorsed – with caveats

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Election monitors from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) said Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election "went relatively well" despite chaotic scenes that prevented...

SADC conducts military health exercise

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Another part of preparation for the southern African regional bloc to take command of the African Standby Force (ASF) was recently completed...

Job done for SAPMIL

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A year after opening offices in Maseru, the SADC Preventative Mission in Lesotho (SAPMIL) ceased operations having made "good progress" in restoring...

SADC completes command post exercise ahead of ASF duties

More than 600 people from 12 Southern African Development Community (SADC) states took part in the just completed Exercise Umodzi in Malawi. The...

South Africa to take up FIB restructuring with UN Department of...

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South Africa is going to take restructuring and possible downsizing of the Democratic Republic of Congo-based Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) up with...

Zambian president heads up SADC politics, defence and security organ

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The new man at the helm of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) organ on politics, defence and security co-operation is Zambian...

SADC/Russia MOU on military technical co-operation

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Expect to see more Russian military uniforms across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in years to come. This will probably be the...

Zimbabwe election peaceful – SADC observer group

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Zimbabwe's presidential and parliamentary vote was peaceful and orderly opening the door to strengthen democracy, election observers from the Southern Africa Development...

SADC electoral observer mission to Zimbabwe

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) this week launched its electoral observer mission for the upcoming Zimbabwe elections. The mission is going to...

SADC to engage UN at the highest level on FIB

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That the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is proud and possessive of what "its" Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) has and is achieving...

Moseneke named SADC Lesotho mediation team leader

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Former South African Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke is set to lead the mediation team of the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...

SADC anti-poaching co-operation to be extended

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Six Southern African Development Community (SADC) states who are "closely knit" have undertaken to co-operate to deal with the scourge of poaching,...

SADC preparing for AU Standby Force rostering

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The second of three Southern African Development Community (SADC) planning conferences ahead of the regional bloc taking up position on the AU...

Interpol helping to connect police across Africa

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Addressing Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) police chiefs, Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock outlined a range of initiatives developed by the world...

SAPMIL mandate extended

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The mandate of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Preventive Mission to Lesotho (SAPMIL) has been extended by six months. The decision to...

SADC looking at DR Congo and Lesotho

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is today putting the DR Congo and Lesotho under the microscope in an effort to resolve...

SADC committed to fighting wildlife crime

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What started three years ago as a semi-localised anti-poaching initiative by four Southern African Development community (SADC) countries has grown to include...

SADC opens liaison office in DR Congo

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has opened a liaison office in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to support sustainable peace,...

Joint SADC border patrols envisaged to track down wildlife poachers

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South African Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa wants to see the Southern African Development Community (SADC) expand its conservation and anti-poaching efforts...

High-level SADC anti-poaching meeting underway in Mpumalanga

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South Africa's Environmental Affairs Minister, Dr Edna Molewa, on 4 April opened the Southern African Development Community (SADC) multilateral defence and security...

Centre to fight illegal fishing to be set up

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As a signatory to the SADC (Southern African Development Community) Protocol on Fisheries, South Africa will play a significant role in the...

SAPMIL presence contributing to calm in Lesotho

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The SAPMIL (SADC Preventive Mission in Lesotho) has in just over two months acted as a successful deterrent to further instability and...

SADC Lesotho mission budget is $6 million plus for six months

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Lesotho mission, while not overly large in number, needs more funding to do its work, according...

SADC preventive mission in place in Lesotho

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has positioned a just on 300-strong preventive mission in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. It was officially...

SADC preventive mission in place in Lesotho

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has positioned a just on 300-strong preventive mission in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. It was officially...

ISS: In SADC, the interests of ruling parties come first

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For the past 10 days, since events in Zimbabwe began to unfold, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) state broadcaster –...

Reduced SADC contingent force for Lesotho

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The assassination of the Lesotho Defence Force chief at the beginning of September saw a flurry of diplomatic and other activity from...

ISS: The African Union’s chequered history with military coups

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In the aftermath of the intervention by the military in Zimbabwe that led to yesterday's resignation of President Robert Mugabe, there was...

SADC Organ Troika meets over tensions in Zimbabwe

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President Jacob Zuma, in his capacity as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has called an urgent Organ Troika meeting...

Lesotho waiting for SADC standby force

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There is currently no official word from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on a proposed intervention in Lesotho, but indications are...

ISS: Is SADC at last flexing its muscles in Lesotho?

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Will the Southern African Development Community (SADC) get it right in Lesotho this time? After over three years of quite intense diplomacy,...

SADC approves contingent force for Lesotho

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has condemned the recent violence in Lesotho which saw General Khoantle Motsomotso, Commander of the mountain...

SADC on Lesotho

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The assassination of Lieutenant General Khoantle Motsomotso, Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) Chief, has been called ‘a serious blight and setback to ongoing...

SANDF told to be “more vigilant” on Lesotho border

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With Lesotho on edge following Tuesday's shooting of the country's military leader and two senior officers, the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...

Exercise Blue Kunene wraps up in Namibia

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Ten Southern African Development Community (SADC) air forces have concluded Exercise Blue Kunene in Namibia, after participation from 1 200 personnel and...

Six SAAF platforms deployed for Ex Blue Kunene

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The South African deployment to Exercise Blue Kunene, currently underway in Namibia, is made up of elements from the SA Military Health...

Laptops will boost capacity of SADC regional peacekeeping training centre

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Capacity and capability toward improving preparedness for the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) regional peacekeeping training centre (RPTC) in Botswana has been...

Zimbabwe opposition demands UN-conducted vote

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Zimbabwean opposition parties demanded on Wednesday that presidential elections next year be conducted by a committee set up by the United Nations...

Exercise Blue Kunene to be hosted in May

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be taking part in Exercise Blue Kunene in Namibia in May this year, and...

SADC to get a regional logistics depot for its standby force

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Indications are work will start this year on construction of a regional logistics depot in Botswana for the Southern African Development Community's...

South Africa should follow the NATO example and wrap up Op...

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The NATO anti-piracy tasking Operation Ocean Shield wraps up its work in the Indian Ocean on December 31 - a sure indicator...

SA elected as chair of SADC

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South Africa has been elected as the chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The 36th Ordinary Summit, which concluded on Wednesday...