Lesotho moves to establish SADC office in Madagascar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Reporter (Lesotho)
Lesotho Foreign Minister Limpho Tau took part in an extraordinary SADC meeting devoted to establishing its liaison office in Madagascar. The mechanism is intended to support the implementation of SADC decisions and strengthen its regional action, according to the Lesotho government.
Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Limpho Tau, took part on 7 November in a virtual extraordinary meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Troika of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, which he chairs as the incoming chairperson for 2026-2027. The meeting was to examine the establishment of the SADC liaison office in Madagascar, according to a statement from the Lesotho government cited by The Reporter.
The liaison office is to contribute to implementing SADC decisions and strengthening regional action on peace, security, democracy and governance in Madagascar, according to the Lesotho government.
The meeting comes after the decision to have Lesotho chair the SADC security organ for the 2026-2027 period, announced on 22 October 2026.
