# Keir Starmer's exit: What next for UK-Africa relations?

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Podcast: [DW AfricaLink](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dw-africalink-200114)
Published: 2026-06-25T13:12:00+00:00
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## Resource

As UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves office, we examine whether his government delivered on its Africa ambitions or let another strategic opportunity slip away. Lucy Riley speaks to Alex Vines, Africa program director at the European Council on Foreign Relations and DW correspondent Dianne Hawker in Johannesburg.

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