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French President Macron and United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson were among the first to pledge to offer surplus vaccine supplies at the end of last week with Johnson also urging G7 leaders to support a treaty on pandemic preparedness through the World Health Organization at a virtual summit on Friday (19 February)...
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Duddridge got his old job back in Boris Johnson's government in February 2020...
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A year ago at its inaugural Africa Investment conference the United Kingdom's prime minister Boris Johnson hosted 16 African heads of state resulting in commercial deals across the continent worth £15 billion (US$20...
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The signs are however that Boris Johnson's government is not that ambitious...
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Already the spectre of vaccine nationalism is raising its head with both United States President Donald Trump and United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailing their advance purchases of millions more vaccine vials than they have people (AC Vol 61 No 8 The war for the cure)...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement that the Department for International Development (DFID) will be subsumed into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in September prompted equal measures of dismay from the development policy community and pleasure from most of his Conservative Party...
Choice: Lungu or Zelensky The Department for International Development has had plenty of time to prepare psychologically for the merger with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) a senior DFID staffer told Africa Confidential but Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement still took them by surprise...
The four-hour virtual pledging conference for GAVI the Vaccine Alliance hosted by United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 4 June was the latest in a series of glossy photo opportunities for world leaders...
Scotland was a Labour government minister under Tony Blair and a moderate but Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson is not a fan...
Vol 60 No 23 |
- AFRICA
- BRITAIN
Ever since Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016 successive prime ministers – Theresa May and now Boris Johnson – have promised expansive new trade deals with Africa...
Appointed as Home Secretary Patel is now one of the most senior ministers in Boris Johnson's government...
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This silence was especially apparent while new Prime Minister Boris Johnson was Foreign Secretary...