Africa

This Insight looks at the effectiveness of responses to coronavirus in Rwanda and Tanzania and the wider political and economic impacts.

The Library has published a series of briefings on international dimensions of the coronavirus pandemic since March 2020, ranging from general surveys of its impact on developing countries to assessments of its effects in specific situations. Links to these briefings can be found here.

What is aid? What is the UN 0.7% aid target and why has the UK adopted it? Which government departments spend UK aid? What impact does UK aid have? What will be the impact of Brexit on UK aid? These and other questions are answered in an accessible way in this briefing paper.

The UK is sending 250 soldiers to Mali to join the UN peacekeeping mission in 2020. This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the deployment and the situation in Mali.

The battle for control of Libya has continued inconclusively since Colonel Gaddafi’s rule ended in 2011. Over the last year conflict has intensified again, with a surge in violence recently, despite the threat presented by coronavirus.

The FCO has advised against all non-essential global travel and has urged Britons travelling abroad to return to the UK as soon as possible. MPs have questioned the government's response. Here we look at what the FCO has done to help British travellers return home and reaction from MPs and the media. The paper provides information on how to access FCO travel advice.

A Westminster Hall debate on ‘Freedom of religion or belief’ has been scheduled for Thursday 12 March 2020 from 1.30pm to 3.00pm. The debate has been initiated by Jim Shannon MP.

A General debate in the Main Chamber on ‘Persecution of Christians’ has been scheduled for Thursday 6 February 2020.

A Westminster Hall debate on ‘UK co-operation with Tanzania’ has been scheduled for Wednesday 9 October 2019 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. The debate has been initiated by Jeremy Lefroy MP.

A Westminster Hall debate on the 'Political situation in Sudan’ has been scheduled for Thursday 20 June 2019, from 1:30-3:00pm. The debate will be led by Dr David Drew MP.

The stand-off between demonstrators and the authorities in Algeria continues.

Relations between the largely Anglophone regions of Cameroon and the country’s dominant Francophone elite have long been fraught. Over the past three years, tensions have escalated seriously and since October 2017 violent conflict has erupted between armed separatist groups and the security forces, with both sides being accused of committing human rights abuses.