Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Africa)

Organisations: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

• Africa
• Caribbean and Small Island Developing States
• Latin America
• conflict, stabilisation and mediation
• international finance (except Clean Green initiative, concessional finance and investment)
• safeguarding
• global education, gender and equality, and scholarships (except LGBT conference)

Previous holders of this role

1. Vicky Ford MP

   2021 to 2021

2. James Duddridge MP

   2020 to 2021

Announcements

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• Sudan: Quad statement, December 2021
  • 16 December 2021
  • Press release
• Africa and the UK: Priorities for engagement in 2022 - Minister for Africa speech at Chatham House
  • 14 December 2021
  • Speech
• UK aid supports vulnerable people in Chad using millions of pounds recovered during corruption case
  • 29 November 2021
  • News story
• Minister for Africa and Armed Forces Minister travel to Senegal to strengthen economic and security ties in West Africa
  • 26 November 2021
  • Press release
• Government urges British nationals to leave Ethiopia now
  • 24 November 2021
  • Press release
• Green Growth Compact agreement between the UK and Zambia
  • 05 November 2021
  • Press release
• End of coal in sight as UK secures ambitious commitments at COP26 summit
  • 03 November 2021
  • Press release
• Sudan: Quad statement, November 2021
  • 03 November 2021
  • Press release
• UK commits new support to African-led projects to protect vulnerable communities at the frontline of climate change
  • 02 November 2021
  • Press release
• Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union is vital: Vicky Ford's statement
  • 28 October 2021
  • Speech

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