The 40th Heads of State summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), meeting in Maputo on Monday, pledged "commitment to support Mozambique in addressing terrorism and violent attacks". This follows Militants linked to the Islamic State group have seizing heavily defended port in Mozambique. The summit received an Assessment Report on emerging Security Threats in the region, and instructed the SADC Secretariat "to prepare an action plan for its implementation that will among others prioritize measures to combat terrorism, violent attacks and cybercrime; and to address adverse effects of climate change".
To help us unpack the discussion for the day, we are joined by:
* Egidio Vaz Raposo
Political Analyst
* Liesl Louw-Vaudran
Africa analyst and senior researcher at the Institute of Security Studies
