The meeting featuring leaders from the host nation, Namibia, Zambia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, DRC and Lesotho, ends on Tuesday. South Africa currently holds the chairmanship of the 16-member SADC bloc. Botswana hosts the SADC Secretariat while Namibia will take over the bloc’s chairmanship from South Africa later this year. Following a deal brokered by the Catholic Church, President Kabila agreed that new elections would be held by the end of 2017. The law allows President Kabila to remain in office until a successor is elected.

Source: Daily Nation April 22, 2018 16:07 UTC