Southern Africa: SADC Trains Election Observers Ahead of Zambia Polls

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has launched a pre-deployment training programme for more than 100 short-term election observers ahead of Zambia’s General Elections scheduled for August 13, 2026.

The four-day training, running from August 1 to 4 in Lusaka, forms part of preparations for the deployment of the SADC Election Observation Mission (SEOM), which will monitor the conduct of the polls across the country.

The programme has brought together observers drawn from SADC Member…