The Southern African Development Community's 35th Summit ended in Gaborone Botswana yesterday, and Amnesty International has urged Botswana President, Ian Khama, to use his tenure and leadership position as chairperson of the organization to prioritise finding solutions to the human rights crisis in the region. Amnesty says the most pressing issues President Khama should address, include the ongoing suppression of dissent in Angola and the killing and torture of police and soldiers accused of leading a mutiny in Lesotho. That's following his take over from President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. To look at what the SADC is all about, and to scrutinize the outcomes of the 35th Summit that has just concluded, we are joined on the line by Knox Chitiyo: Associate Fellow at Chatmam House based in London, Muluka Miti-Drummond: Regional Advocacy Director: Southern Africa Litigation Centre, Colleen Lowe Morna : Gender Links Chief Executive Officer, and Dewa Mavhinga: Senior Researcher, Zimbabwe/Southern Africa, Human Rights Watch:
