Chimpreports.com-Uganda News: Special SADC Delegation Arrives In Uganda

Special SADC Delegation Arrives In Uganda
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Dorothy Aine on 03/05/2012 08:20:00

President Yoweri Museveni has received a delegation from the Southern Africa
Development Community (SADC), led by the Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Bernard Membe.

During the meeting that took place on Wednesday at State House, Entebbe, and
attended by State Minister for International Affairs, Mr. Okello Oryem, the
President and his guests discussed issues pertaining to developments in the SADC
bloc.
The SADC bloc comprises 15 member countries – Angola, Botswana, the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe –
with a combined total population of nearly 300 million with 39% living in urban
areas.
Headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana, SADC is an inter-governmental organization
with the aim of furthering socio-economic co-operation and integration as well
as political and security co-operation among the member states as this
complements the role of the African Union.