Sadc and Ecowas

Despite significant socio-economic strides, the question of security – human, state and regional -- remains a persistent challenge in much of Africa. Foreign actors from all corners of the globe have had varying degrees of security presence on the continent, ranging from military interventions to capacity building, and from project funding to trade in arms and equipment. Much of this foreign presence, however, has come either from individual countries or else from already established regional organisations, like the European Union. Far less has involved cooperation between more disparate
actors, such as those representing either side of the North and South economic divide. This paper thus seeks to explore nascent trends in North–South security cooperation in Africa’s Atlantic region, with a particular focus on the regions
represented by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS). Is an Atlantic area for cooperation forming? Some progress in domains such as maritime security is already discernible. This paper also identifies further areas for cooperation. Atlantic cooperation in Africa is an idea with rich possibilities.

This paper probes into Zambia’s post-colonial history with the intent to briefly investigate the beginnings of Sino-Zambian trade relations and further evaluate the state and the benefits of the history of resource and value exchange between the two nations while slightly using the scenario as a glimpse into the holistic phenomena of China's Africa relations in the 21st century. Although this is a very wide and complex subject, the study narrows down the focus on the historical developments as a result of the trade cooperation and finalizes with the economic conditions of Zambia and Zimbabwe and their current relationship state with China. The study traverses the assessment of Zambia while comparing it with Chana’s involvement with neighboring Zimbabwe to gain a snapshot of understanding of the nature of China’s diplomatic foreign policy at play in the SADC (Southern Africa Development Community)  when using  Zambia and Zimbabwe as case studies.