Jumuiya ya Maendeleo Kusini mwa Afrika

Jumuiya ya Maendeleo Kusini mwa Afrika (Kiing. Southern African Development Community kifupi: SADC) iliundwa huko Lusaka, Zambia, tarehe 1 Aprili 1980.

Jina la awali "Southern African Development Community Conference" (SADCC) lilifupishwa kuwa Southern African Development Community tarehe 17 Agosti 1992.

Nchi wanachama
Wanachama ni: Afrika Kusini, Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Komoro, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Lesotho, Madagaska, Malawi, Morisi, Msumbiji, Namibia, Shelisheli, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Hivyo ina nchi takribani 16 ndani yake. Pia Burundi imeomba kujiunga.

Makao makuu yake yako Gaborone nchini Botswana.

Sababu za kuundwa kwa SADC
Malengo ya SADC:
 kuleta ulinzi na usalama katika nchi husika
 kuleta mshikamano baina ya nchi wanachama
 kuongeza na kukuza biashara baina ya nchi hizo

 Tazama pia 
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
East African Community (EAC)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

 Tanbihi 

 Marejeo 
Gabriël Oosthuizen, The Southern African Development Community: The organisation, its history, policies and prospects. Institute for Global Dialogue: Midrand, South Africa, 2006
John McCormick, The European Union: Politics and Policies. Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado, 2004.
Muntschick, Johannes, The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the European Union (EU). Regionalism and External Influence. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. 2017. ISBN 978-3-319-45330-9
Ramsamy, Prega 2003 Global partnership for Africa. Presentation at the human rights conference on global partnerships for Africa’s development, Gaborone: SADC

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