May. 09 2024
Source Page: South Africa: Knowledge Base profileFound: South Africa: Knowledge Base profile
Found: South Africa election 2024 lookahead
Dec. 19 2023
Source Page: South Africa: medical facilitiesFound: South Africa: medical facilities
Found: The Horn of Africa and the Red Sea
Found: Debt in Africa
Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) extremely grateful to the House authorities for allowing me to secure this crucial debate on debt in Africa - Speech Link
2: Claudia Webbe (Ind - Leicester East) less than what is taken out of Africa. - Speech Link
3: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) I think we all know that the crisis in Africa is real. - Speech Link
4: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) Friend the Member for West Ham (Ms Brown), said that Africa has a young, dynamic population. - Speech Link
May. 09 2024
Source Page: New UK Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea appointed: 2024Found: New UK Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea appointed: 2024
Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: UK-Africa Health Summit 2024: Minister Andrew Mitchell's speechFound: UK-Africa Health Summit 2024: Minister Andrew Mitchell's speech
Mentions:
1: Lord Mott (CON - Life peer) The year 2023 is the halfway point of the SDGs and, despite significant progress, sub-Saharan Africa - Speech Link
2: Lord Mott (CON - Life peer) in humanitarian aid for Sudan as part of our contribution at the UN Horn of Africa pledging summit. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mott (CON - Life peer) The Government continue to work closely with all countries in Africa. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blackstone (LAB - Life peer) Some 25% of the population of Africa will be under the age of 25. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the prolonged heatwave and drought on eastern and southern Africa, in particular on children, and what steps they are taking in response.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We closely monitor climatic conditions in Africa - including recent drought conditions in parts of Eastern and Southern Africa, where over 80 million people are experiencing crisis levels of food insecurity. In 2023 the UK was the 4th largest bilateral donor to humanitarian appeals in sub-Saharan Africa. Our programmes in the region are directly tackling food insecurity and poor access to safe water, in order to improve the nutritional and health status of children. The UK is also raising the profile of humanitarian needs with our international partners, maintaining a focus on the need for long-term solutions to climate related crises in the region, including drought.