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Masisi forced to court Ramaphosa after Tshisekedi fails to back Botswanan candidate for top SADC post

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President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi.
President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi. © REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Having hoped to persuade the Congolese president to back Botswana's candidate for SADC secretary-general, Masisi has returned from Kinshasa empty-handed. Now that he has done the rounds of most of the key influencers in this election, the Botswanan president has no choice but to pay a visit to his South African counterpart, with whom he does not have the best of relationships.

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Of all the directorates of the Southern African Development Community, the one charged with regional political, defence, and security issues is by far the most strategic. Headed by Angola's Jorge Cardoso, it has to humour the changing moods of the organisation's rotating presidents at a time when a SADC military response is increasingly expected in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province.

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Jorge Cardoso, head of the SADC Organ for Cooperation in Politics, Defense and Security.

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