Windhoek, ANGOLA, August 18 - Angolan President João Lourenço left Saturday at 11.15 local time the city of Windhoek (Namibia) back to Luanda, after attending the 38th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which took place from 17 to 18 this month.,

At this summit, João Lourenço, who led the SADC Organ of Political Cooperation, Peace and Security during the year, passed the presidency to his counterpart from Zambia, Edgar Lungu.

Even today, on the sidelines of the summit, the Angolan president met with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emerson Mnangagwa, with whom he addressed issues of bilateral interest. The summit was also marked by the transition of the organization's presidency to the head of state of Namibia, Hage Geingob, a position previously assumed by the President of South Africa, Ciril Ramaphosa.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) emerged with the transformation of the then SADCC in 1992 with a set of 15 nations. Its GDP totals about 226 billion dollars and a population of nearly 210 million people.

The regional bloc groups Angola, South Africa, Comoros, Botswana, Namibia, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius, the Seychelles, Malawi, eSwatini, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zambia.

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