{"id":37808,"date":"2026-06-23T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37808"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:22:31","slug":"sadc-adopts-madagascar-report-greenlights-drc-mission","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sadc-adopts-madagascar-report-greenlights-drc-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"SADC adopts Madagascar report, greenlights DRC mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Malawi and fellow Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states have adopted a crucial report on the political situation in Madagascar, while approving the deployment of a regional goodwill mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo\u00a0(DRC)\u00a0to bolster peace and stability.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The decisions were finalised on Monday during an Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Organ Troika on Politics, Defence, and Security Co-operation, which was hosted virtually by Malawi.<\/div>\n<div>The SADC summit has urged Madagascar&#8217;s transitional authorities to maintain human rights, foster conditions for free, fair, and credible elections, and guarantee an inclusive, democratic transition over the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>Delegates noted that adopting this report reaffirms SADC&#8217;s dedication to a peaceful transition in Madagascar through constitutionalism, dialogue, and democratic governance.<\/p>\n<p>The report itself was presented by former Malawian President Joyce Banda, who is currently leading the Elders Council&#8217;s diplomatic mission to Madagascar.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Her briefing highlighted progress toward restoring constitutional order and facilitating active dialogue among key stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>In his closing remarks, Malawi&#8217;s Second Vice President, Enock Chihana, confirmed that the summit also endorsed proposals to dispatch a high-level Goodwill Mission to the conflict-affected eastern region of the DRC.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34432,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37808","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"SADC member states adopt crucial report on the political situation","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37809,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37808\/revisions\/37809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}