The Founder and Executive Director of the National Youth Climate Action Network of Namibia, Toini Amutenya, has called on the youth to establish fora and join networks in their respective communities that speak to the climate change agenda.

She made the call in an interview with nbc News at the National Youth Climate Change Summit in Windhoek.

The Summit aims to give youth a platform to talk about how their lives are affected by climate change.

The Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, has reminded African youth of their crucial role as true and reflective ambassadors of the continent's society and the tourism economy.

Shifeta emphasised that the youth have the power to shape perceptions, promote cultural diversity, and drive sustainable tourism development in Africa.

The Tourism Minister said this during the opening of the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge at Swakopmund, where about 38 countries from Africa are taking part either physically or virtually.

The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Ministerial Committee plus the SADC Troika and FIB countries met in preparation of the summit to be chaired by President Hage Geingob on Monday.

The Extraordinary Organ Troika summit, plus the SADC Troika and Force Intervention Brigade and FIB troop-contributing countries, is expected to also consider the report of the SADC Field Assessment Mission, which took place this year in the DRC.

The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation has resolved to initiate dialogue amongst the member states of different Regional Economic Communities that have deployed forces in the DRC.

The move is one of the outcomes of the two-day Extra-Ordinary Organ Troika Summit of Heads of State and Government, held in Windhoek.

The dialogue among the Regional Economic Communities is being pursued with a view to establishing and implementing mechanisms for the effective coordination of their interventions in the DRC.

Interventions that threaten peace and security feature prominently on the agenda of the two-day the Extra-Ordinary Troika Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government tomorrow.

The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation will be specifically concentrating on peace and security in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini and Mozambique.

Peace and Security have been under threat for years in some countries with thousands of people killed and millions fleeing their countries.