Women’s economic empowerment vital for regional cooperation
Women in business from 10 SADC countries converged on Botswana's capital, Gaborone in June to showcase their products in a move to strengthen trade co-operation and opportunities in the region.

Mauritius hosts SADC annual summit
Leaders of SADC member states will convene in Mauritius on 16- 17 August to review the socioeconomic and political situation in the southern African region since the last summit, held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania.

President Chissano hands over continent poised to achieve socio-economic integration
Mozambican President and former chairperson of the African Union (AU), Joaquim Chissano, in July presented to his successor, a continent poised to achieve socio-economic integration through poverty reduction and participation in the global economy.

Economic Summit highlights Africa’s positive changes
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Af r ic a Economi c Summit, held early June in the Mozambican capital Maputo, came out strongly against repeated negative imaging of Africa, noting that there are many positive changes that are often ignored.

ACP countries seek real instruments of development in future relations with EU
SADC launched its negotiations with the European Union (EU) on 8 July in Windhoek, Namibia, a process that is being done within the cooperation framework of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.

DRC: The search for peace continues
SADC has declared that it would not tolerate any activities to destabilise the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or against the transitional government.