In a December 2021 Chatham House speech Africa Minister Vicky Ford said that Britain had committed £548m to the international Covax initiative which delivered 214 million doses of vaccine to 44 African countries as well as £20m to the African Union's Covid-19 Response Fund...

In the latest reshuffle the Africa minister changed again as Vicky Ford who was beginning to gain some popularity in the job was moved after a year in post to Minister for Development...

After standing to one side western powers in the shape of United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee and Britain's Minister for Africa Vicky Ford sent an unequivocal message to get on with the elections...

Vicky Ford Britain's new Minister for Africa tweeted that Britain 'shares the concerns' of its international partners about due process in the case...