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The AU says it will not recognise Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar’s president if he wins July’s presidential election, pilling more pressure on the incumbent leader not to stand.
The SADC has urged Madagascar leader Andry Rajoelina not to run in upcoming elections to ensure peace and stability on the troubled island.
Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina will run in July's election, an official list of presidential candidates shows, reneging on an agreement he would not do so.
Zambia has arrested former president Rupiah Banda for abuse of authority over a Nigerian oil deal, a spokesperson for the government’s investigative team says.
With a new constitution approved, Zimbabweans are now looking toward a fresh general election, while wondering whether the polls will be free and fair.
Southern African health officials and international agencies will sign an agreement in Swaziland to reduce TB and HIV in the region's mining sector.
The SADC has handed the Zimbabwe constitutional referendum a clean bill of health despite isolated incidents of violence ahead of the vote.
Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai says there seems to be "no political will" from President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party to fully implement the peace deal brokered by SADC.
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment on whether South African courts could enforce rulings made by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) tribunal against Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is not ready to hold fair and free elections this year as there is little space for opposition politics in the country, the Institute for Democracy in Southern Africa says, according to a report.
Truant teachers have been absent for close to 7.5 million days last year, according to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga.
Southern African leaders meeting to discuss the DRC crisis are at an advantaged stage of military planning but there are still disagreements about whether to send a stand-alone SADC force or join the UN mission.
Leaders from southern African countries are set to gather in the Mozambican capital for an extraordinary summit to discuss the crisis in DRC, an official says.
A delayed UN-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of DRC is now broadly agreed and could be ready for signing later this month, officials say.
SADC military inspectors have converged in Zimbabwe to attend a training course set to improve the operation and proficiency of the military component of the SADC Standby Force in war times.
