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Africa: Foreign Relations

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 908822, tabled on 9 February 2017

Question

Oliver Colvile
Conservative
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support democracy in and (b) strengthen UK relations with countries in Africa.

Answer

Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Commons

Answered on

21 February 2017

The UK’s links with Africa are profound. We spend almost £5 billion a year supporting Africa’s stability and prosperity. My Rt. Hon Friend the Foreign Secretary (Mr Johnson) last week visited The Gambia which recently saw its first democratic transfer of power, and in May my Rt. Hon Friend the Prime Minister (Mrs May) will host a major conference to agree a new international partnership for Somalia, demonstrating UK leadership and commitment to democracy and stability in Africa.

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