Tag Archives: SADC

ACCRA, GHANA | THE INDEPENDENT | The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreement, is now due to come into force on Thursday following the attainment of the required number of ratifying member countries. The treaty states that for the Agreement to take effect, at least 14 out of the 29 States …

GOMA, DRC | Xinhua | The military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday announced in Goma, the capital of the eastern province of North Kivu, the start of joint military operations with military elements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc, in the …

Goma,  DR Congo | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) Regional Force has started to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Kenyan contingent, part of the EAC Regional Force, departed from the Goma airport in the eastern North Kivu province on Sunday morning, following the …

  North Kivu, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The deployment of Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) troops in North Kivu province will make the Democratic Republic of Congo government understand that it is a wrong move, Bertrand Bisimwa, the president of the March 23 Movement has warned. The DR Congo government …

Luanda, Angola | Xinhua | During a summit meeting held Saturday in Luanda, the capital of Angola, heads of state from various Southern African countries expressed their concern about the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), saying the M23’s attacks are a “clear violation of …

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT |  The regional economic blocs in Africa have agreed to harmonise regional and national road transport regulatory instruments in Africa, as they bid to reduce transport costs. At a 4-day workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa organised by the African Union Commission, the RECs examined how …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwean media should take an editorial stance against the Western sanctions on Zimbabwe and help expose ways through which Zimbabweans have been affected by the embargo, a cabinet minister said Monday. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said it was time for Zimbabwean …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabweans on Monday marked the Anti-Sanctions Day with demonstrations around the country to urge the United States of America to remove sanctions it imposed on the southern African country about two decades ago. The Anti-sanctions Day was set aside by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) …

  UN report points at ADF, ISIL, al Qaeda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aug. 26: A suspected suicide bomber identified as Katumba Abdul aka Ben was arrested by military intelligence personnel in Pader Town Council with an assortment of home bomb making materials. These included already assembled bombs, …

How natural gas blessing is turning into a curse | THE INDEPENDENT | When dozens of local and foreign citizens were killed in an assault by insurgents in the northern Mozambique town of Palma in Cabo Delgado province in the last week of March, security observers described it as a …