Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders do not formally debate a report on afrophobia-related violence in South Africa after the document is reportedly withdrawn from the agenda of an Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit. Multiple outlets say the report was expected to be considered at the meeting, which focuses on issues viewed as sensitive and urgent within the region. Instead, the report’s absence prevents leaders from deliberating on the crisis in a structured, official forum, prompting questions about how SADC is responding to rising afrophobic violence. The articles frame the development as a sidestepping of a regional discussion that many observers consider necessary given the extent of the attacks and the cross-border concerns they raise. While the reports do not detail who removed the document or the reasons for withdrawing it, both accounts highlight that the decision reduces the opportunity for formal regional engagement on the afrophobia crisis during the summit. The issue is therefore left without the expected platform for assessment, coordination, or decision-making by SADC officials at that meeting.