Harare [Zimbabwe], November 6: Zimbabwe will host an extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government later this month in Harare, the country's capital, to discuss emerging issues of regional significance, a cabinet minister said Tuesday.
Jenfan Muswere, minister of information, publicity and broadcasting services, said at a post-cabinet media briefing that the gathering is scheduled from Nov. 16 to 20.
"The summit is expected to be briefed on political events in the region, including the recent elections in Mozambique and Botswana and the upcoming polls in Namibia," Muswere said.
Preparations for the extraordinary summit are at an advanced stage, with technical sub-committees expected to ride on the already established protocols that facilitated the successful hosting of the 44th Ordinary SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Harare in August when Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the SADC rotating chairmanship.
The SADC is a 16-member Southern African regional bloc, whose member states include Angola, Botswana, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Source: Xinhua
