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President Hage Geingob is expected to chair the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Organ Troika Extraordinary Summit plus the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) in Windhoek on Monday.

The Presidency in a media statement here Sunday said Geingob who is currently the Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation will open the Extra-Ordinary Summit that will discuss matters of peace and security in the Region and the security situation in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The SADC organ on Politics, Defense and Security Cooperation is responsible for promoting peace and security in the SADC Region and is mandated to steer and provide member states with direction regarding matters that threaten peace, security and stability in the region.

Heads of State and Government of the SADC Organ Troika, comprising Geingob, outgoing Chairperson of the SADC Organ President Cyril Ramaphosa, and the incoming Chairperson of the SADC Organ President Hakainde Hichilima will attend the Extra-Ordinary Summit plus the FIB TCCs.

“Additionally, Heads of State and government from the Republic of Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania are all expected to attend the Summit as well,” the Presidency indicated.

The Summit will be preceded by the Ministerial meeting on 07 May 2023.

The FIB, it said is the force deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo within the United Nations peacekeeping mission.

Meanwhile, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan arrived at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Sunday, ahead of the Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit plus the SADC Troika and FIB TCCs.

Hassan was received by Namibia's Deputy Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hilma Nikanor.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar took part in two extraordinary sessions of the Council of the League of Arab States at the Ministerial level held Sunday in Cairo.

These meetings focus on the latest developments in Sudan and Syria. The Palestinian cause, particularly on the commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Al Nakba will also be tackled.

During the meetings, Tunisia stressed the need to reactivate mechanisms for joint Arab action to resolve these crises, while respecting the values of solidarity and mutual assistance.

In the margins of these meetings, the Foreign Minister held talks with many of his counterparts and heads of delegation, as well as with the Secretary General of the League of Arab States.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Bar Association President Hatem Mziou met with a European Union delegation in the presence of a Tunisian IT expert, to discuss the implementation of the final touches of the project to digitise judicial procedures in the courts.

The meeting focused on the technical aspect of the platform dedicated to lawyers, which guarantees management and supervision for the bar, preserves the independence of the profession and ensures technical protection of data, according to a Bar Association press release.

The platform is likely to improve the working conditions of lawyers as well as all professionals in the justice sector insofar as it will allow the remote monitoring of cases in all courts and the sharing of reports, in addition to the administrative services that will be provided as part of the project, says the same source.

Funded by the European Union, the project will thus allow practising lawyers to access the platform and offer them one year's free membership, as part of the Tunisian justice development programme.

In another connection, the meeting offered an opportunity to review the further training and the new equipment needs of the Centre for Research and Documentation Studies for Lawyers and its local branches.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Somali authorities said yesterday that sustained military operations by government forces against al-Shabab have succeeded in reducing terrorist attacks across the country by 70 per cent.

Somalia's cabinet, which held its weekly meeting in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, said such operations launched in central and southern parts of the country, including Mogadishu, also succeeded in stabilizing the national capital.

The Council of Ministers said the relative stability witnessed in the restive city of Mogadishu ensured the safety of the residents observing the holy month of Ramadan.

'The Council of Ministers praised the achievements of the army in liberating the country, which made it possible to reduce 70 per cent of the terrorist attacks in the country,' said the cabinet, which is chaired by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, in a statement.

The al-Shabab militant group was routed from Mogadishu in 2011 by the allied forces and has had to abandon most of its strongholds, but it still controls vast rural areas and remains the key threat to peace in Somalia.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency