Mea culpa

How will the Blair Commission change British policy?

At the launch of the Commission for Africa report on 11 March, a week after Africa Confidential published an exclusive report on its main findings, British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that he was prepared to change policy to meet the report's recommendations. That implies a major shift in British policy on trade, aid, defence and debt that would have heavy financial and political ramifications. It will also means that Whitehall would have to be capable of implementing the Commission's recommendations.

Article Tags:
Tony Blair, South Africa, Ann Grant, Paul Boateng, Sudan, Congolese, John Bredenkamp, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, USA, Mali, Chad, Peter Mandelson, Uganda, Ghana, Ephraim Kamuntu, Nigeria

end of preview

To read the rest of the article you need to either log in or do one of the following:

Subscribe to Africa Confidential Find out more
Purchase this article on its own Find out more

If you have a print subscription already please click here for full access to the website.
If you have already logged in and believe you should have access to this article please contact customer services.