SADC leaders have called for a coordinated regional response to contain the spread of Mpox.

The 44th Ordinary Summit of the bloc has since directed the Secretariat to convene an urgent meeting with the Ministers of Health in the region. 

Eswatini's request to be removed from the agenda of the SADC Organ Troika has been granted.

The removal follows report submissions by the Kingdom to the regional body during the 44th Ordinary Summit in Harare, Zimbabwe.

The Namibian Parliament has commended the government for signing the agreement to amend the SADC Treaty to transform the SADC Parliamentary Forum into the SADC Parliament. 

Swapo Party Vice President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has informed the party's Central Committee members that they were meeting at the backdrop of a major event to unfold on the country's political landscape. 

She was addressing the first ordinary Central Committee meeting of the year.

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Peya Mushelenga, had substantive and productive talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Dr. Mushelenga's visit was his first visit to Russia as Minister of International Relations and Cooperation.

While the southern African region remains peaceful and stable, there are still security challenges in some parts of the SADC that require an effective response.

Promoting peace and security within the SADC region topped the agenda at the Extra Ordinary Troika Summit in Lusaka, Zambia.

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) remains a dedicated partner for Namibia to ensure food security for all.

This commitment was reaffirmed at the handover of gardening tools and irrigation systems to 308 beneficiaries in the Ohangwena Region, valued at N$2.2 million.

With an increase in cholera cases in some SADC countries, the Directorate of Health in the Otjozondjupa Region has launched an awareness campaign to educate communities about the disease.

The campaign targets schools, rural areas, and peri-urban areas identified as at-risk communities.

The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet on the 10th and 11th of this month in the Angolan capital city, Luanda.

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation's Director General, Stanley Similo, says the national broadcaster is ready to provide coverage of the memorial and funeral services of the late President Hage Geingob.