Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who met in Tanzania have agreed to address rising security threats facing the region, including terrorism. Leaders urged SADC member states to implement comprehensive response plans to tackle the recurrent drought and food insecurity in the region.
There was an overall decline in food production in the region during 2018-2019 crop seasons. Furthermore the leaders noted with great concern the slow growth in the intra-SADC trade levels, saying the region continued to export unprocessed raw materials to the rest of the world, forfeiting the potential benefits of the resource endowments.
To help us with this discussion we are now joined on the line by:
• Dr Shinagi Mutizwa-Mangiza is from the political sciences department at the University of the Western Cape .
