DAR ES SALAAM, July 21 -- TANZANIA is hosting the 27th Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Opening today in Dar es Salaam, it will start with the Senior Officials Meeting, which will run until tomorrow and will be chaired by the Ministrys Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador Samwel Shelukindo.

It will then be followed by the high-level meeting, scheduled for this Thursday and Friday, bringing together Ministers and Senior Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Home Affairs and Public Security from all 16 SADC member states.

The 27th MCO wil...