Community of Southern African States summit

Leaders of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, including Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan, are in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the 42nd heads of state summit.
This year’s summit coincides with the 30th anniversary of SADC’s establishment in 1992 and will be held under the theme: “Promoting industrialisation through agro-processing, mineral beneficiation and regional value chains for inclusive and resilient economic growth.”
It is part of SADC's strategy to help member country economies diversify from dependence on primary commodities to higher-value manufactured products. Discussions at the summit will also centre on progress in implementation of SADC’s plan to further deepen southern Africa regional integration in industrial development and market integration by 2030.
The summit comes at a time when the host country is faced with renewed violence in its east. Before fellow leaders, President Felix Tshisekedi denounced 'cowardly and barbaric aggression' against his country by Rwanda.
Some SADC member states such as Malawi and Tanzania are troop contributors to the UN's Rapid Intervention Brigade under MONUSCO.
At the end of the summit, Congo will take over the bloc's rotating presidency from Malawi.