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.
Botswana's President Duma Boko has announced a three-day mourning period following the death of the country's third President, Festus Mogae.
Mogae died in his residency in Gaborone yesterday.
Botswana has entered a three-day period of national mourning following the death of former President Festus Mogae at age 86.
President Duma Boko announced the mourning period after Mogae died at his residence in Gaborone.
Mogae served as Botswana’s third President from 1998 to 2008.
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.
Police Inspector General Joseph Shikongo has said policies and resolutions adopted by the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) are producing results, despite persistent political, economic and social challenges facing member states.
President Duma Boko has signed two SADC agreements aimed at advancing regional integration.
The current crop of SADC leadership has been urged to go beyond time and space to fulfil the vision of the founders of the regional bloc.
Botswana's minister of International Relations, Phenyo Butale, made this rallying call recently when delivering a speech to mark the SADC Liberation Day.
For some in neighbouring Botswana, March 21st might just be an ordinary day on the calendar.
But for Botswana nationals of Namibian descent, it is time to remember Namibia's independence from the yoke of colonialism.
Some Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states are grappling with severe humanitarian crises following devastating floods and torrential rains, as the harsh impacts of climate change exacerbate the La Niña weather phenomenon.
