The SADC Senior Officials' Meeting for the 27th Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) started in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Vice President Nangolo Mbumba has urged the Namibian delegation, sent to the Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Summit, to put the country's interests first.

The Namibian delegation held a briefing today ahead of the Summit, which is expected to start on Thursday in St. Petersburg.

The 36th ordinary session of the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government has decided to maintain the suspensions of Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Sudan from the continental body.

The four countries have been under military rule following coups between 2020 and 2022.