HC Deb 20 May 1986 vol 98 cc158-9W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by country the current levels of British aid to African countries; and how much of it is targeted to famine relief.

Mr. Raison

In 1985 gross bilateral aid disbursements to Africa totalled £306 million; this includes £31 million of disaster relief aid and £25 million of food aid (not all directly famine-related). The amounts to individual countries are as shown. In addition, substantial British aid funds are channelled through multilateral aid agencies and the European Community to support long-term development and disaster relief in Africa; figures for 1985 by individual countries are not yet available.

Gross bilateral aid to Africa 1985
(£000)
Algeria 96
Angola 164
Benin 187
Botswana 8,775
Burkina Faso 276
Burundi 81
Cameroon 7,460
Cape Verde Islands 27
Central African Republic 38
Chad 1,448
Congo 120
Egypt 19,101
Ethiopia 28,058
Gabon 14
Gambia 3,613
Ghana 11,555
Guinea 296
Ivory Coast 2,615
Kenya 34,438
Lesotho 2,382
Liberia 1,055
Madagascar 469
Malawi 13,825
Mali 744
Mauritania 888
Mauritius 2,187
Morocco 91
Mozambique 8,366
Namibia 605
Niger 331
Nigeria 6,240
Rwanda 94
Senegal 1,025
Seychelles 1,136
Sierra Leone 3,626
Somalia 1,737
St. Helena and dependencies 9,354
Sudan 42,296
Swaziland 3,376
Tanzania 17,967
Togo 112
Tunisia 1,380
Uganda 9,171
Zaire 738
Zambia 25,579
Zimbabwe 23,636
Africa-unallocable by country 512
Regional East Africa Community 8,964
South of Sahara-unallocable by country 95
306,343

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