{"id":38501,"date":"2026-07-01T12:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38501"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:19:47","slug":"sadc-backs-madagascars-political-reforms","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sadc-backs-madagascars-political-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"SADC backs Madagascar&#8217;s political reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has approved a series of measures to strengthen its support for Madagascar&#8217;s political reform process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This include expanding the mandate of its panel of elders and establishing a liaison office in Antananarivo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">During an Extraordinary Virtual Summit, SADC Heads of State and Government agreed that the political reform process should serve as a transitional mechanism leading, within a defined timeframe, to the restoration of constitutional order and the holding of democratic elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The regional bloc also called on the SADC Organ Troika to meet more frequently to assess progress, monitor developments, and determine any additional interventions needed as Madagascar&#8217;s reform process unfolds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34432,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-38501","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 has approved a series of measures to strengthen its support for Madagascar'","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38501","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\/38501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38502,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38501\/revisions\/38502"}],"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=38501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}