The Government presented the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill on 18 March 2020, thereby meeting its 100-day self imposed deadline. Second Reading has been scheduled for 23 September 2020. Aspects of the Bill are already generating controversy.
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Mali in crisis: a political and security overview (718 KB, PDF)
Mali has been in crisis since March 2012, when the military overthrew the government of Amadou Toumani Touré. Within weeks of the coup, a coalition of Tuareg rebels and militant Islamist armed groups with links to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb pushed the national army out of the north of the country. A weak and ineffective transitional government has been in existence in the south of the country since April but the north remains beyond its control. During October 2012 there has been growing momentum behind proposals to create a military intervention force, under the auspices of the Economic Community of West African States, which would attempt to retake the north. However, many questions remain about the wisdom and feasibility of such a course of action.
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Mali in crisis: a political and security overview (718 KB, PDF)
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A general debate on the Rohingya humanitarian crisis and the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has been scheduled for Thursday 24 September 2020 in the Main Chamber. This debate was selected by the Backbench Business Committee.
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This paper provides a timeline of notable events in relations between the UK and China.
