Evidence is published at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/360/international-relations-and-defence-committee/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (0207 219 3074).
Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in the chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.
Andrew Mitchell MP, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, Secretary of State for International Development 2010–12 |
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David Lammy MP, Member of Parliament for Tottenham |
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Harriet Mathews OBE, Director for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
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Jane Edmondson, Director, East and Central Africa Division, Department for International Development |
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Dr Nick Westcott, Director, Royal African Society |
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Baroness Amos, Director, School of African and Oriental Studies |
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Dr Dirk Willem te Velde, Principal Research Fellow and Director of Programme, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute |
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Tom Pengelly, Director, External Secretariat for All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty, and Managing Director, Saana Consulting |
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Professor Tim Murithi, Head, Peacebuilding Interventions and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, University of Free State, South Africa |
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Dr Dambisa Moyo, author and economist |
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Myles Wickstead CBE, Visiting Professor (International Relations), King’s College London, and former Head of the Secretariat, Commission for Africa (2004–05) |
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Dr Comfort Ero, Programme Director, Africa, International Crisis Group |
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Colin Buckley, General Counsel and Head of External Affairs, CDC Group |
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Peter Maila, Investment Director, Africa Coverage Team, CDC Group |
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Professor Gibril Faal OBE, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, and Director, GK Partners |
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General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE, former Commander, Joint Forces Command, and Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute |
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-lweala, African Union Special Envoy to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges African countries will face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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James Duddridge MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, (Minister for Africa) |
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Harriet Mathews OBE, Director for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
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Debbie Palmer, Director, West and Southern Africa Division, Department for International Development |
The African Trade Policy Centre, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
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Africa Regional Office, Open Society Foundations |
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Africa |
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Baroness Amos, Director, School of African and Oriental Studies (QQ 36-48) |
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Dr James Angove, University of Oxford |
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Dr Seife Ayele, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies |
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General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE, former Commander, Joint Forces Command and Distinguished Fellow, Royal United Services Institute (QQ 95–101) |
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Dr Rachel Bennett, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Gloucestershire |
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Lord Boateng PC DL, former UK High Commissioner to South Africa, and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury |
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British Council |
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Colin Buckley, General Counsel and Head of External Affairs, CDC Group (QQ 82–88) |
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Catholic Agency for Overseas Development |
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CDC Group |
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Centre for a Spacefaring Civilization |
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Professor Tony Chafer, Professor of French and African Studies, Portsmouth University |
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Christian Aid |
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Climate Policy Initiative |
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Coalition for Genocide Response |
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Commonwealth Secretariat |
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Dr Daniel Mulugeta, Department of Politics and International Studies, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London |
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Dr Carl Death, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, University of Manchester |
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Bob Dewar CMG, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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Elizabeth Donnelly, Deputy Director and Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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James Duddridge MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development, (Minister for Africa) (QQ 118–142) |
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Dr Charles Ebikeme, London School of Economics and Political Science |
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Jane Edmondson, Director, East and Central Africa Division, Department for International Development (QQ 12–28) |
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Environmental Investigation Agency |
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Dr Comfort Ero, Programme Director, Africa, International Crisis Group (QQ 75–81) |
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Professor Gibril Faal OBE JP, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics, and Director, GK Partners (QQ 89–94) |
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
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Freedom Now |
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Dr François Gaulme, Associate Research Fellow, African Studies Center, Institut français des relations internationales |
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Dr Linda Gibson, Associate Professor of Public Health, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University |
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The Global Campaign for Peace and Justice in Cameroon |
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Health Poverty Action |
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Mark Higham, former Director, the Africa Centre London |
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Dr Georgina Holmes, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading |
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Human Rights Watch |
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Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust |
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Dr Stephen Hurt, Reader in International Relations, Oxford Brookes University |
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Dr Eka Ikpe, African Leadership Centre, King’s College London |
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The International Department of the Conservative Party |
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International Organisation for Peace and Social Justice (PSJ UK) |
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Dr Lyn Johnstone, Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London |
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Dr Will Jones, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London |
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David Lammy MP, Member of Parliament for Tottenham (QQ 1–11) |
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
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London Stock Exchange Group |
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Peter Maila, Investment Director, Africa Coverage Team, CDC Group (QQ 82–88) |
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Dame Rosalind Marsden, Associate Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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Harriet Mathews OBE, Director for Africa, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (QQ 12–28) and (QQ 118–142) |
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Dr Terence McSweeney, Southampton Solent University and the London School of Economics and Political Science |
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Dr Peace A. Medie, Senior Lecturer in Gender and International Politics, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol |
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Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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Andrew Mitchell MP, Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, former Secretary of State for International Development (2010–12) (QQ 1–11) |
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Yemisi Mokuolu, Director, Hatch Africa |
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Dr Dambisa Moyo, author and economist (QQ 64–74) |
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Professor Tim Murithi, Head, Peacebuilding Interventions and Extraordinary Professor of African Studies, University of Free State, South Africa |
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Dr Lars Otto Naess, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies |
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Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich |
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Dr Sarah Njeri, Africa Leadership Centre, King’s College London |
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-lweala, African Union Special Envoy to mobilise international support for Africa’s efforts to address the economic challenges African countries will face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Sandy Oliver, Director, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education , University of London |
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Dr Modupe Oshikoya, Department of Political Science, Virginia Wesleyan University |
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Overseas Development Institute |
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Chief Uzo Owunne, INGO Africa Ambassadors Interactive Forum |
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Debbie Palmer, Director, West and Southern Africa Division, Department for International Development (QQ 118–142) |
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Tom Pengelly, Director, External Secretariat for All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty, and Managing Director, Saana Consulting (QQ 49–55) |
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Remote Warfare Programme, Oxford Research Group |
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The Royal African Society |
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Search for Common Ground |
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Ben Shepherd, Consulting Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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Ahmed Soliman, Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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The Southern Africa Network of Democrats |
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Ruth Stewart, Director, Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg |
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Dr Andrew Edward Yaw Tchie, Senior Research Fellow for Africa Security, and Obasanjo Fellow, the Royal United Services Institute |
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Jodie Thorpe, Cluster Leader, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies |
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Rebecca Tinsley |
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Christopher Vandome, Research Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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Dr Alex Vines OBE, Managing Director, Ethics, Risk & Resilience and Director, Africa Programme, Chatham House |
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Onyekachi Wambu, Executive Director, The African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) |
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Dr Philippa Waterhouse, Lecturer in Health and Social Care, the Open University |
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Dr Nick Westcott, Director, Royal African Society (QQ 29–35) |
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Myles Wickstead CBE, Visiting Professor (International Relations), King’s College London, and former Head of Secretariat, Commission for Africa (2004–05) |
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Dr Dirk Willem te Velde, Principal Research Fellow and Director of Programme, International Economic Development Group, Overseas Development Institute (QQ 49–55) |
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Dr Roxana Willis, University of Oxford |
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World Food Programme, London Office |