Neighbors Sign Security Pact
Southern African leaders ended a regional summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with a new mutual security pact that will permit member states to intervene in internal conflicts in other states to prevent them from destabilizing other countries.
Officials of the 14-member Southern African Development Community said they hoped the pact would prevent civil wars in the region.
An SADC body similar to the United Nations Security Council would make the hard decisions on intervention after reviewing each case, SADC officials said.
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