1st Report - The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation
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Select Committee · International Relations and Defence Committee
The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa
Status: Closed
Opened: 29 Jul 2019
Closed: 8 Sep 2021
1 report
Inquiry scope
In August 2018 the then Prime Minister said the UK was "seeking to work more closely with the more than 50 nations of Africa to deliver our shared security and prosperity, and through this strengthening a global system that is capable of delivering lasting benefits for all”. She emphasised the importance of inclusive growth, and said the Government would “put our development budget and expertise at the centre of our partnership". In 2015 the African Union outlined, in Agenda 2063, its strategy to achieve the Pan African Vision of "An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens, representing a dynamic force in the international arena". In February 2019, the UK and the AU signed a Joint Communiqué on the African Union-United Kingdom Partnership. This set out "a broad range of shared priorities in support of the African Union’s objectives for the Continent and a shared vision for a prosperous, secure and innovative future for Africa, tackling common challenges such as climate change, and making the most of opportunities such as increasing trade links and the dynamism of Africa’s youthful population". The Committee’s inquiry will focus on how the UK can best support the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the areas for co-operation set out in the 2019 AU-UK Joint Communiqué. African Union Agenda 2063 UK/African Union Joint Communiqué on the African Union-United Kingdom PartnershipReports
Oral evidence sessions
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| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2020 | Debbie Palmer · Department for International Development, Harriet Mathews OBE, James Duddridge · Foreign and Commonwealth Office & Department for International Development | View ↗ |
| 15 May 2020 | Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala · the African Union | View ↗ |
| 12 Mar 2020 | General Sir Richard Barrons · Strategic Defence Review | View ↗ |
| 11 Mar 2020 | Colin Buckley · British International Investment, Peter Maila · CDC Group, Professor Gibril Faal OBE · London School of Economics | View ↗ |
| 4 Mar 2020 | Dr Comfort Ero · International Crisis Group, Dr Dambisa Moyo, Myles Wickstead · King's College London | View ↗ |
| 12 Feb 2020 | Dirk Willem te Velde · Overseas Development Institute, Tim Murithi · University of Free State, South Africa, Tom Pengelly · External Secretariat for All Party Parliamentary Group on Trade Out of Poverty | View ↗ |
| 5 Feb 2020 | Nick Westcott · Royal African Society, The Rt Hon. the Baroness Amos LG CH | View ↗ |
| 29 Jan 2020 | No witnesses recorded | View ↗ |
| 22 Jan 2020 | No witnesses recorded | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
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| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Buckley · Managing Director and General Counsel | British International Investment | 1 |
| Debbie Palmer · Director, West and Southern Africa | Department for International Development | 1 |
| Dirk Willem te Velde · Director of Programme, International Economic Development Group | Overseas Development Institute | 1 |
| Dr Comfort Ero · Program Director (Africa) | International Crisis Group | 1 |
| Dr Dambisa Moyo | — | 1 |
| Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala · Special Envoy to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges African countries will face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic | the African Union | 1 |
| General Sir Richard Barrons · Reviewer | Strategic Defence Review | 1 |
| Harriet Mathews OBE | — | 1 |
| James Duddridge · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa) | Foreign and Commonwealth Office & Department for International Development | 1 |
| Myles Wickstead · Visiting Professor | King's College London | 1 |
| Nick Westcott · Director | Royal African Society | 1 |
| Peter Maila · Investments Director, Africa Coverage team | CDC Group | 1 |
| Professor Gibril Faal OBE · Visiting Professor in Practice | London School of Economics | 1 |
| The Rt Hon. the Baroness Amos LG CH | — | 1 |
| Tim Murithi · Head, Peacebuilding Interventions and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies | University of Free State, South Africa | 1 |
| Tom Pengelly · Director | External Secretariat for All Party Parliamentary Group on Trade Out of Poverty | 1 |
Correspondence
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Meetings & visits
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| Date | Type | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 2020 | Formal meeting | — · Room 4, Palace of Westminster | |
| 22 Jan 2020 | Formal meeting | — · Room 1, Palace of Westminster |