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Vol 66 No 25

Published 19th December 2025


Policies? What policies?

Diplomats consulted 47 governments and 25 multilateral institutions, but Britain’s new Africa policy is still seen as a damp squib

‘A new approach to Africa’ was the promise of Britain’s Labour government, led by Sir Keir Starmer, ahead of its 16 December launch. Yet after six months of consultations with African governments, multilateral and United Nations institutions, as well as civil society organisations, the ‘new approach’ so far amounts to little more than a speech by Baroness Jenny Chapman, the Minister of State for Development and Africa.

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