At the end of a long matured closed door and diplomatic negotiations, the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) chose this Tuesday, August 17, the Botswanan Elias Magosi as  executive secretary to the detriment of the Congolese Faustin Luanga. This 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 he will hold for 4 years. For this new role, the challenges that await Elias Magosi are not the least. 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 Sadc Summit of Heads of State and Government 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.