$2.7b Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/2-7b/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 $2.7b Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/2-7b/ 32 32 Food security to dominate SADC summit https://jjcornish.com/2016/08/food-security-dominate-sadc-summit/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/08/food-security-dominate-sadc-summit/ Food security is expected to dominate the summit opening in Swaziland today of the 14-nation Southern Africa Development Community. At least 27 million people – about nine percent of the SADC population – are food insecure this year as a result of the poor 2015/16 farming season. ends intro The current El Niño-induced drought in […]

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At least 27 million people – about nine percent of the SADC population – are food insecure this year as a result of the poor 2015/16 farming season.

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The current El Niño-induced drought in SADC is the worst in 35 years.

The  regional El-Niño response team has so far prepared a regional drought appeal for assistance.

SADC chairperson, President Ian Khama of Botswana launched the regional appeal amounting to US$2.7 billion.

Yesterday the SADC Organ on Peace and Security, now under Tanzania’s  chairmanship, discussed the security explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar and Lesotho as well as requests by Burundi and the Comores to join SADC.

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