News | SADC
| Observers Hail Successful DR Congo Elections | |
Congo News Agency - December 1, 2011 | |
 | In a joint statement released on Wednesday, elections observers from the AU, SADC, ECCAS, COMESA and the ICGLR hailed the successful holding of Monday's presidential and parliamentary elections in DR Congo. The observers called on Congolese political leaders "to continue to show a high sense of responsibility by accepting the outcome of the polls." |
| President Jacob Zuma ends working visit to the DRC | |
thepresidency.gov.za - June 21, 2011 | |
 | South Africa and the DRC signed in 2004 the General Cooperation Agreement that actively promotes political, economic and social cooperation between the two countries and the agreement has over the years enabled the countries to sign several sectoral agreements and memoranda of understanding, including the Agreement on Cooperation in the Water Sector that was signed today. |
| SADC Summit to Discuss Zimbabwe's Political Progress | |
VOA News - August 16, 2010 | |
 | The Southern African Development Community is expected to discuss the political progress in Zimbabwe during its annual two-day summit beginning Monday. Regional heads of states are taking part in the meeting in the Namibian capital, Windhoek. |
| Congo Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Independence | |
Congo News Agency - June 30, 2010 | |
 | An impressive parade of the Congolese Armed Forces, the national police and civilians took place on Wednesday in Kinshasa, on the new Triumphal Boulevard, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s accession to national and internationally sovereignty. |
| Southern African countries move to single visa zone | |
Xinhua - February 26, 2010 | |
 | The establishment of a single visa for all the member countries is one of the major objectives of the community, according to Raymond Tshibanda, the minister for international and regional cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| SADC Council of Ministers Meeting in DRC for Budget Approval | |
SADC News - February 22, 2010 | |
 | The SADC Council of Ministers will be meeting at the Grand Hotel in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February 2010 to consider the 2010/2011 SADC budget. |
| Southern African Ministers Prepare Report on Regional Crises | |
VOA News - January 7, 2010 | |
| Officials said the ministers believe that progress is being made toward easing the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and that reconciliation efforts between the government and various rebel groups were on the right track. |
| DR Congo, Zambia hold commission meeting on cooperation | |
Xinhua - November 6, 2009 | |
 | The 11th session of the joint commission was opened on Thursday in the DRC capital Kinshasa with an agenda to include the evaluation of agreements and existing projects in political, judicial, diplomatic, defense and security, economic-finance, commerce and industry fields. |
| SADC leaders to meet on Zimbabwe current crisis | |
Xinhua - November 5, 2009 | |
| The SADC Troika on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation will hold a summit in Maputo on Thursday, mainly to discuss the current crisis in Zimbabwe. SADC Executive Secretary Tomas Salomao told the reporters in Maputo on Wednesday that the three major players in Zimbabwean politics, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Deputy Prime Minister Arthud Mutambara, and President Robert Mugabe, will attend the meeting. |
| President Jacob Zuma to Co-Chair the 6th SA-DRC Bi-National Summit in Pretoria | |
dfa.gov.za - October 30, 2009 | |
 | South African President Jacob Zuma will, on 30 October 2009, co-chair the SA-DRC Bi- National Summit with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart, President Joseph Kabila at the Presidential Guest House in Pretoria. President Jacob Zuma will be supported by International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and 11 other Government Ministers and Senior Officials. |
