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The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, attended the extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held on the Zambian capital Lusaka recently. The summit discussed the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique
The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, attended the extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held on the Zambian capital Lusaka recently. The summit discussed the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mozambique.
The extraordinary Lusaka summit was convened to address the security situation in the Southern African region, with a focus on the latest developments in eastern DRC and northern Mozambique. The meeting was chaired by the head of state of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema, in his capacity as ongoing president of the SADC Organ for Cooperation in the Areas of Politics, Defense and Security.
It brought together the Troika duo of Organ and SADC, the DRC and Mozambique as well as the troop contributing countries for SADC missions in these two Member States, respectively SAMIDRC and SAMIM. The Organ Troika is the SADC institution responsible for promoting peace and security in the region.
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The Lusaka summit assessed the progress made by SAMIDRC and SAMIM, which were deployed to support the governments of DRC and Mozambique in re-establishing peace, security and stability. Currently, the Troika of the SADC Organ is composed of Zambia, acting president of the Organ; for Tanzania, as the next president; and for Namibia, outgoing president. Contributing countries with SAMIM personnel include Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
