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Botswana, DRC, SADC
Kinshasa and Gaborone in two-way duel for top job at SADC

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Faustin Luanga Mukela, DRC's candidate for the post of executive secretary at SADC.
Faustin Luanga Mukela, DRC's candidate for the post of executive secretary at SADC. © Faustin Luanga Mukela

As the only two SADC member states entitled to put forward a candidate for the post of executive secretary at the next summit scheduled for August, the DRC and Botswana are gearing up for a fierce battle to land the four-year appointment.

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President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.

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Jorge Cardoso, head of the SADC Organ for Cooperation in Politics, Defense and Security.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Malagasy President Michael Randrianirina in Moscow, on 19 February 2026.
Spotlight | Madagascar The AU's plan to curb Russian influence within the junta Africa AfDB president gradually reveals his new financial blueprint
AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah in New York on 24 September 2025.
Palace Intrigues | Africa Mamadi Doumbouya, Alassane Ouattara, Faustin-Archange Touadéra DRC Chinese firm Chengtun Mining lying in wait for strategic Gécamines permit Sudan Tasis gambles on Osama Saeed to extend its influence in the East Nigeria Tycoon Prince EOC Eludoyin bolsters his influence over security apparatus Morocco As royal visit hangs in the balance, Rabat and Paris map out agenda
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his Moroccan counterpart, Aziz Akhannouch.
Botswana HB Antwerp mulls cutbacks in Gaborone after Duma Boko snub Egypt New UNESCO chief El-Enany strapped for cash Ethiopia Members of Amhara's Qemant community convicted of terrorism

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