{"id":65389,"date":"2025-12-17T21:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T21:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:01:39","slug":"lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>The Kingdom of Lesotho, represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. Lejone Mpotjoane, participated in an Extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) virtual summit held on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In his opening remarks, SADC Chairperson and President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa said that the purpose of the meeting was for Heads of State and Government to consider a report on the prevailing political and security situation in Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>President Ramaphosa noted that, as part of its mandate, SADC is tasked with ensuring that peace, stability and constitutional order are restored in the island nation.<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated that a SADC technical mission has been deployed to Madagascar to conduct a fact-finding exercise and assess the situation on the ground. The mission is expected to engage with key stakeholders and provide recommendations that will guide the regional bloc\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>President Ramaphosa emphasised the importance of dialogue and cooperation among all parties in Madagascar, adding that SADC remains committed to supporting efforts aimed at achieving lasting peace and stability in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Madagascar is facing a political and security crisis following youth-led protests over worsening living conditions, including power and water shortages, unemployment and poverty. The unrest escalated into violent clashes with security forces, resulting in deaths and injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Regional bodies, including SADC, have expressed concern and are urging dialogue, restraint and a peaceful resolution, while closely monitoring the situation due to its implications for regional stability and democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, Mr. Lejone Mpotjoane, participated in an Extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) virtual summit held on Tuesday. In his opening remarks, SADC Chairperson and President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa said that the purpose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-65389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represe ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-17T21:11:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-17T22:01:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-17T21:11:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-17T22:01:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\",\"name\":\"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis - Lesotho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-17T21:11:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-17T22:01:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"-article-header-tag\\\"> Africa-Press - Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represe ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"caption\":\"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/\",\"name\":\"Lesotho\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis - Lesotho","description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represe ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis","og_description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represe ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis","og_site_name":"Lesotho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-12-17T21:11:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-17T22:01:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis","datePublished":"2025-12-17T21:11:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-17T22:01:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis"},"wordCount":267,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg","keywords":["Lesotho"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis","name":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis - Lesotho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg","datePublished":"2025-12-17T21:11:24+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-17T22:01:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"-article-header-tag\"> Africa-Press - Lesotho. The Kingdom of Lesotho, represe ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/12\/sm_1766008426.755714.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-joins-sadc-meeting-on-madagascar-crisis#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lesotho Joins SADC Meeting on Madagascar Crisis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/","name":"Lesotho","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}