UK’s Africa Policy Should be Guided by Rights

Click to expand Image United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson (front row, center) poses for a photo with African state leaders and international officials at the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, January 20, 2020. © 2020 Ben Stansall/Press Association via AP Images Sub-Saharan Africa offers a test of the United Kingdom government’s ambition to be a force for good in the world. A new report by the UK House of Lords international relations committee on policy towards the continent offers an opportunity to reflect on how that ambition could be realised. The UK has a difficult and…

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