After a long period of mature behind closed doors and diplomatic negotiations, the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) chose Botswana's Elias Magosi as executive secretary on Tuesday, August 17, at the expense of Congolese Faustin Luanga. It was at the end of the 41st Summit of Heads of State and Government

The Permanent Secretary to the Presidency of Botswana, Elias Magosi succeeds Stergomena Lawrence Tax, becoming the 7th Executive Secretary in the history of this sub-regional organization. A position that he held for 4 years. For this new role, the challenges that await Elias Magosi are not the least of them. Among other things, the harmonization and strategic management of the very functioning of the SADC. In addition to the appointment of the new Executive Secretary, the 41st Summit of Heads of State and Government of SADC is taking place at a time when the organization has deployed, for the first time in its history, a military mission to combat armed groups operating in Cabo Delgado province, in northern Mozambique