Botswana's state-owned national flag carrier, Air Botswana Corporation, has discontinued the Gaborone-Windhoek connection as operational challenges mount.

Botswana's Minister of Environment and Tourism, Wynter Mmolotsi, has called for integrated land use as the region embarks on promoting ecological conservation.

This call comes at a time when most of the countries in the SADC region continue to grapple with the deadly foot-and-mouth disease.

SADC and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) engaged in discussions regarding potential areas of mutual cooperation concerning the displacement of people within the region.

The SADC region has been jolted into convening a high-level side event at the ongoing Africa Travel Indaba to consider ways to boost the region's tourism potential.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform is intensifying Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) awareness along border communities following outbreaks in neighboring countries.

Namibia remains the only SADC country free of the disease.

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his country's readiness to continue promoting SADC initiatives aimed at fostering regional integration.

The Chairperson of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) has called for political support from governments across the region to strengthen the fight against transnational organised crime.

In a demonstration of solidarity during a time when the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is grappling with outbreaks of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Botswana has donated doses of vaccines to Zimbabwe.

The Chairperson of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization, Richard Luhanga is in Namibia on an official visit.

President Duma Boko has signed two SADC agreements aimed at advancing regional integration.