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An extraordinary summit of the Troika of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Windhoek Namibia yesterday. Namibian President Hage Geingob, who is SADC Troika Chairperson; South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is the immediate past Chairperson of the organ on defence and security and President Hakainde Hichilema of the Republic of Zambia attended this emergency meeting. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi also attended the Summit as an observer.
An extraordinary summit of the Troika of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Windhoek Namibia yesterday. Namibian President Hage Geingob, who is SADC Troika Chairperson; South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who is the immediate past Chairperson of the organ on defence and security and President Hakainde Hichilema of the Republic of Zambia attended this emergency meeting. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi also attended the Summit as an observer.The SADC is an organisation on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation and was established in 2001, responsible for promoting peace and security in the region.
The SADC Troika Summit in Namibia has concluded with an urgent call for an end to political hostilities and instabilities in the region. The Summit urged Eswatini to initiate dialogue with other political stakeholders to promote peace, consensus building and participation in national affairs. SADC Troika Chairperson Hage Geingob lashed out at African countries for plunging into civil war after gaining independence. Mr Magosi said the Troika Summit noted with concern the increasingly unstable security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Summit condemned the upsurge of armed conflict in the eastern part of DRC by M23 rebels backed by foreign support. Mr Magosi said the Troika Summit wants various Regional Economic Communities to deploy forces to intervene in the DRC. The Troika Summit also adopted the draft African Union declaration of the USA proposed Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act.
The SADC Troika Summit commended Dr Geingob for his leadership in ensuring that political instability and insecurity in the region are addressed. President Hakainde Hichilema will assume the Chairmanship of the SADC Troika Organ on Politics Defence and Security in August 2023. The SADC Troika Summit summoned the four member nations at the centre of the political instability and insecurity and urged various belligerent parties to dialogue. In a 15-point communique read out by SADC Executive Secretary, the regional body called on member states to reinforce the capacity of the grouping’s military intervention in Mozambique.
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Mr Magosi said SADC member states need to enhance the capacity of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) in order to quell the terrorism and violent insurrection in Cabo Delgado province. The Summit reiterated the call for member states to urgently respond to the request for critical capabilities to enhance operational capacity. The SADC Troika Summit resolved that investigations are underway to establish the alleged burning of deceased bodies by the regional body’s peacekeeping troops under SAMIM. Mr Magosi said the regional body extended commiserations with the families of the deceased nationals from Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho and Tanzanian who died while serving under SAMIM. The summit directed to the Kingdom of Lesotho to immediately implement national reforms under the oversight of the SADC Troika Organ on Politics Defence and Security.
