Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is working on the creation of the Regional Development Fund, a financial reserve which will support studies and projects approved by the organisation. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The extraordinary session of the Southern Africa Development Full text...

Brasília, Brazil (PANA) - Angola, represented by its ambassador in Brazil, Nelson Cosme, on Sunday assumed the chairmanship of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) group of countries accredited to Brazil.Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) has declared its willingness to co-operate with the armies of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to efficiently control HIV/AIDS in the region. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A ministerial troika meeting, called by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will be held 14-15 September in Madagascar aimed at finding a lasting solution to the political crisis in Madagascar. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos has expressed satisfaction at the large turn-out of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to the 31st summit of the organisation which kicked off here Wednesday.Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The 31st ordinary summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) opened in Luanda, Angola, Wednesday.Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The 31st Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) holding Wednesday in the Angolan capital, Luanda, is expected to endorse a regional strategy to eliminate piracy in the western Indian Ocean, it was officially disclosed here.Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Three more leaders, the vice-president of Botswana, MompatiFull text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola on Monday assumed the chairmanship of the Council of ministers of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), a position previously held by Namibia. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The political impasse in Zimbabwe will come under the spotlight at the 31st Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Luanda, Angola on Wednesday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The better provision and management mechanism of the statistic Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Standing Committee of experts of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on Thursday began preparations for the 31st Summit of Heads of State and Government of the organisation. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to make democratic reforms ahead of scheduled elections. Full text...

Lubango, Angola (PANA) - The 29th Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum officially opened here Thursday in Lubango city, Angola's southern Huila province. Full text...

Lubango, 06/09 (Angop) – The parliamentary leader of the opposition National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), Ngola Kabango, said here Thursday that Angola had the material, political and human resources to host the future headquarters of the parliament of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Rupiah Banda was due to leave Monday for Botswana, where he is expected to chair a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mediation meeting on Madagascar, a statement issued by State House here disclosed. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has accused leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), who met in Windhoek, Namibia, Friday, of ignoring the recommendations of an independent study commissioned by SADC itself, after the summit suspended the work of the SADC Tribunal.Full text...

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chicoty will represent President Jose Eduardo dos Santos at the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) starting here Friday. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam departed the island Thursday for Namibia, to attend the extraordinary summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), scheduled for Friday in Port Louis, the Namibian capital. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to act decisively to halt what it called the Swazi government’s campaign of terror against its own citizens, following Tuesday’s violent crackdown on peaceful protesters and brutal attacks on innocent people in Swaziland. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika summit of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation that met in the Zambian tourist town of Livingstone has called on Laurent Gbagbo to hand over power to the internationally-recognized winner of the Ivorian presidential elections, Alassane Ouattara, with immediate effect in order to avoid further bloodshed. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma will attend Thursday's Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Troika Summit in Zambia, according to the Department of International Relations and Co-operation. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian President Rupiah Banda will Thursday chair a Heads of State summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika in the country's tourist capital, Livingstone. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The ministers in charge of local governments in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) have commended the Angolan people and President José Eduardo dos Santos, for the achievements in the national reconstruction process.Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Ministers in charge of local governments in member states of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) opened a meeting here Monday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, and the executive secretary of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), Tomaz Salomão, here Tuesday reviewed the activities of the regional organ. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Heads of State from the Southern African Development Com munity (SADC) have unlawfully sabotaged the SADC Tribunal and undermined the rig h t of citizens to access justice, according to a legal opinion by a group of resp e cted legal and human rights organizations. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Egyptian Ambassador to Angola, Alaa El-Din M. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The Angolan delegation to the meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of ministers arrived in Windhoek, t he Namibian capital, Thursday, PANA reported quoting the Angolan News Agency (AN G OP) Led by the Planning Minister, Ana Dias Lourenأ§o, the team also includes the Min ister of Geology and Mining, Joaquim David, and that of Trade, Idalina Valente. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) parliamentary team of observers for the Mauritius elections, scheduled for 5 May, resumed work Wednesday and held meetings with the outgoing National Assembly Speaker and members of the National Electoral Commission. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Discussions on a single visa (UNIVISA) in the Southern A frica Development Community (SADC) region will top the agenda at a meeting of th e organization's Public Security Sub-Committee, set for 13-14 April, in Maputo, M o zambique. Full text...

Lilongwe- Malawi (PANA) -- The Southern Africa Development Community Regional Env ironmental Education Programme (SADC-REEP), in conjunction with the Mulanje Moun t ain Conservation Trust (MMCT) and the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Sout h Africa (WESSA) will run a Learning Support Materials Skills Development Worksho p in Malawi from 29 to 31 March 31. Full text...

Western Cape- South Africa (PANA) -- Rising from their three-day conference on mu lti-grade education, Education experts from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and L atin America on Wednesday urged national governments to take concrete actions to ensure that multi-grade education was fully embedded into their education polici e s. Full text...

als Western Cape- South Africa (PANA) -- A national study on multi-grade education conducted here reveals that there is an indifference towards rural people amongst government officials, resulting from a strong urban bias on the part of politicians and policy makers, while officials in most district offices are poorly informed and trained in multi-grade pedagogies. Full text...

Western Cape- South Africa (PANA) -- The University of New England in Australia has embarked on projects in Uganda and Zambia to assist the two countries train teachers in multi-grade pedagogy to fill the gap created by the lack of training for teachers in multi-grade education, PANA reported from here Monday. Full text...

Western Cape- South Africa (PANA) -- A three-day International conference on Multi-grade Education got underway Monday in Western Cape, South Africa, with participants debating multi-grade teaching as a strategy to help countries address teacher shortages in developing nations. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The defence chiefs of member states of the Southern Afri ca Development Community (SADC), will meet in Arusha, Tanzania, from 10 to 13 Fe bruary to finish drafting the inspection manual of the regional organisation, PANA reported, quoting the Angolan news agency, ANGOP. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Efforts to foster socio-economic cooperation and integra tion within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and to better mana g e migration in the region are being hampered by weaknesses in the collection and measurement of international migration data, International Organization for Migr a tion (IOM) said Friday. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- A global ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, has said the southern African region faces the spectre of power outages, warning that there a r e no quick fixes to the woes suffered by most SADC countries, PANA reported from here Friday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on Thursday reaffirmed the candidacy of Malawi for the presidency of the Africa Uni o n (AU), reported the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) from Maputo, the Mozambican cap i tal. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Countries of the Southern Africa Development Communit y (SADC) are dodging the implementation of some frameworks of the Free Trade Are a (FTA), a grand intra-regional trade liberalisation programme which, despite its far reaching broad ambitions, is progressing at a snail's pace. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) - â" The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Poli tical and Diplomatic Committee is scheduled to meet in Maputo, Mozambique, on 7 J anuary, to amongst other things, prepare for the African Union (AU) Summit and E x ecutive Council. Full text...

Victoria Falls- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Thursd ay his country backed moves to create a common parliament for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc to further integrate the 14 countries in the grouping. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- About 100 election observers from the Southern Africa n Development Community (SADC) arrived in Namibia Wednesday to observe the count r yâ?s 27 and 28 November elections. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said here Friday that the regional Southern African Development Community (SADC) would hol d a special summit on the political crisis in the country. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D RC), Joseph Kabila, on Monday became the Chairman of the South African Developme n t Community (SADC), for a one-year term. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Southern African countries are behind the targets whi ch will allow them to implement a customs union in 2010 and a single currency in 2016, monetary and trade experts have sai d. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Angola, Namibia and South Africa will stage peace kee ping exercises in Namibian waters next month to strengthen the countriesâ? respo nsiveness to military aggression, defence officials said Tuesday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The total direct spending by visitors to South Africa, from member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SAD C ), amounted to 43 billion Rands last year, up from just over R 35 billion in 200 7 , according to government statistics released here Tuesday. Full text...