Somali Refugee Camp in Kenya The Biggest In the World

November 8th 2011: Question In The Lords about Somali Refugees In Kenya Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, has the Minister seen the reports of 4 November from the United Nations that the number of Somali refugees fleeing war and drought to the Dadaab refugee complex...

Congo – elections, and why it matters

On November 28th, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will hold elections. A delegation of Catholic bishops from the Congolese Episcopal Conference was recently at Westminster, to urge the international community to increase the number of international...

Britain Needs To Mind The Gap

Minding The Gap As they step from the platform to the train at London's Embankment tube station passengers are frequently told to "mind the gap." It's advice to which the Government should pay attention. This month saw a further disturbing widening of the gap between...

Lord David Alton

For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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Africa Minister response to Questions about Tigray; about the risk of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea; monitoring the implementation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement; about illegal gold mining and human trafficking in Tigray; and the continued presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray

Lord Collins of Highbury, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL5872): Questions by Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the...