The Head of States of the Southern African Development Community are set to meet on the 12th of January to review progress in Mozambique.

 

The summit will be held from 11 to 12 January in Lilongwe and President Lazarus Chakwera, in his capacity as the Chairperson of SADC, will chair it.

The Extraordinary Summit and its preceding meetings will also include Extra-Ordinary Council of Ministers.

 

The summit was initially scheduled to take place virtually from 5 to 7 January.

 

Last year, Malawi hosted the 41st Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government.

 

Prior to the Extraordinary Summit, His Excellency Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa and Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation will, on 11 January, 2022, convene an Extraordinary SADC Organ Troika Summit, comprising Heads of State and Government from Organ Troika members namely; Botswana, Namibia and South Africa and will be attended by the Republic of Mozambique.

Sadc deployed its Standby Force to Mozambique’s restive northeastern province of Cabo Delgado last July to help government forces to ward off an Islamic rebel insurgency that has killed thousands and displaced thousands of others in the last three years.

 

The mission’s mandate was set to expire in October last year, but the regional bloc later agreed to extend it so that troops can create a conducive environment for the resettlement of the displaced population and facilitate humanitarian assistance operations and sustainable development.

 

 

Below is the full statement:

 

SADC informs that the Extraordinary Summit and its preceding meetings will now take place in Lilongwe, Republic of Malawi from 11th – 12th January 2022

 

6th January, 2022, Gaborone, Botswana: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) informs that the Extraordinary Summit and its preceding meetings that were scheduled to take place virtually from 5th – 7th January 2022 had been rescheduled. The meetings will now take place in Lilongwe, the Republic of Malawi from 11th – 12th January 2022. 

 

The Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held on 12th January 2021 will review progress of the SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) which was deployed to support Mozambique to combat terrorism and acts of violent extremism.

 

Read more from from the SADC website at: https://www.sadc.int/news-events/news/sadc-hold-extraordinary-summit-heads-state-and-government-review-progress-sadc-mission-mozambique-samim/