Canada and sub-Saharan Africa

Canada's fundamental interest in sub-Saharan Africa is to help reverse the region's social and economic marginalisation from the rest of the world.

What's new

• A new government in Canada
  Canada's 22^nd Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, was sworn in at Rideau Hall on February 6, 2006, along with our 28^th ministry. Read more about the new team...
• Great Lakes Region
  Statement by Ambassador Anne Leahy, Canadian Ambassador to the Great Lakes Region, to the Security Council open debate on the African Great Lakes Region
  (February 7, 2006)
• Black History Month: Message from the Governor General of Canada
  (January 31, 2006)
• Government of Canada statement on Côte d'Ivoire
  (January 19, 2006)