Tshisekedi chairs SADC but banks on East Africa for trade, security
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi at the opening of SADC’s Heads of State Extraordinary summit on Mozambique in Lilongwe, on January 12, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
The Democratic Republic of Congo has signalled interest in remaining in the Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC), even as it cements its place in the East African Community.
Two months after it joined the EAC, President Felix Tshisekedi this week took over the mantle of SADC, indicating for the first time his country’s desires to remain in a bloc whose role in Kinshasa was mainly security issues.
