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Former Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba, Founding President Sam Nujoma and Vice President Nickey Iyambo met former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and wife Grace on Friday. The Namibian delegation was in that country for the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa.
President Robert Mugabe, Africa’s longest serving president must have shocked the world when he poured a tribute for the outgoing Namibian president Hifikepunye Pohamba for a “smooth transfer of power.”
The outgoing Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership.
In Maputo, Malawi’s President Joyce Banda was inducted as the newest member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state, a group that had, until now, been an exclusive old boys’ club.
Below is the full text of the communiqué from the Extraordinary Session of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held in Luanda, Republic of Angola on 1st June 2012.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met with Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Monday, with growing evidence that Defence Minister Emerson Mnangagwa and a clique of military, police and state security chiefs are now effectively running the country while sidelining the coalition government.