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House of Lords committee criticises UK’s Africa strategy
AFFORD gives evidence in report calling for fair visa policy, lower remittance costs and more trade The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has criticised the lack of a coherent UK strategy on Africa saying the current approach is just a collection of broad ideas with little clarity on how to put them into action. In a new report published today – The UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace…
African Diaspora and Development Day (AD3) 2020
Update AFFORD would like to thank our AD3 partners UNDP and Chatham House for enabling us to hold such a well-attended and interesting event despite the current circumstances. We would also like to thank all of you for attending. For those of you who…
AFFORD publishes guiding documents in Return of the Icons campaign
AFFORD is today launching two landmark publications in the Return of the Icons project, our programme to achieve restitution of stolen African artefacts and human remains from UK museums and other cultural institutions. The full project mapping report sets out…
African Spring: Building a Bridge of Solidarity
A statement by AFFORD’s Executive Director Onyekachi Wambu. On 25 May, the killing of an African American man in the USA triggered a wave of anger and uprising which many are describing as a kind of African Diaspora Spring. Like…
ABC Connect: Opportunities Benin
Commencez-vous à envisager un avenir dans les affaires en Afrique ? Avez-vous pensé au Bénin ? L’agriculture, le tourisme, le textile sont quelques-uns des secteurs clés au Bénin. Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus pour vous impliquer, ABC Connect est…