Michaël Randrianirina and Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria in January 2026. The Madagascar case is on the agenda of an extraordinary SADC summit to be held online today. The Madagascar crisis returns to the forefront of the regional agenda. The heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will meet this Monday, June 29, by videoconference, as part of an extraordinary summit devoted notably to the political and security situation in Madagascar. Scheduled for 17:00 (Botswana time), thus 16:00 in Madagascar, this meeting will be chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the current president of the SADC. The leaders of the sixteen member states will examine, to this effect, the evolution of the Madagascar crisis on the basis of the report presented by the Organ of Cooperation on Politics, Defence and Security, responsible for monitoring stability issues in the region. This meeting takes place in a context where the political transition undertaken in Madagascar since October 2025 remains under close surveillance by regional partners. By placing the Madagascar issue on the agenda of an extraordinary summit, the SADC reaffirms that the stability of the Great Island is a major issue for all of Southern Africa. The SADC summit, the supreme decision-making body of the regional bloc, brings together heads of state and government to define the major orientations of the organization in terms of regional integration, economic development and cooperation for peace and security. The conclusions of this meeting could thus weigh on the continuation of the Madagascar political process and on relations between Antananarivo and its regional partners. In any case, the Madagascar government has already presented to SADC leaders, at the end of February, an indicative calendar for resolving the current crisis in the country, with the organization of the next presidential election constituting a key point on the agenda. Rule of Law Eyes are already turned to the next ordinary SADC summit, scheduled for August 2026 in South Africa. The participation of the Madagascar head of state, Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, remains at the heart of diplomatic questions, while recognition and support for the transition by regional organizations remain sensitive subjects. Relations between Pretoria and the new Madagascar authorities have been the subject of particular attention since the meeting of January 16 between Michaël Randrianirina and Cyril Ramaphosa at Mahlamba Ndlopfu, the official residence of the South African president in Pretoria. Following this meeting, the South African presidency had reaffirmed its commitment to a "peaceful resolution of the situation, based on democracy, rule of law and sustainable development," thus setting the principles that continue to guide the position of the region's leading power on the Madagascar issue. The extraordinary summit this Monday should thus make it possible to measure the degree of SADC involvement in seeking a lasting political solution to Madagascar, a few weeks before a regional meeting that could prove decisive for the diplomatic and institutional future of the Great Island.