Africa: Counter-terrorism
Commons · Question 28978 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of UK-funded counter-terrorism initiatives in Africa on trends in the level of terrorism in those count
Answer
Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 24 Feb 2025
UK funded counter-terrorism initiatives in Africa reduce terrorism risks to the UK and to British Nationals and UK interests overseas, as set out in the CONTEST Strategy published in 2023. Across Africa, the primary risks to the UK stem from Al Qaeda affi...