SADC summit in Harare as the region faces multiple challenges

Heads of state and government from the 16-nation Southern African Development Community gathered in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, on Saturday for a scheduled summit.

It took placed as the region faces multiple challenges, including an ongoing drought, protracted fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the outbreak of a new and more deadly strain of the mpox virus.

The DRC has also been the epicentre of the…