Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to support peace and stability across Africa.

The Foreign Secretary recently engaged on these issues with President Ruto and CS Mutua in Kenya, Prime Minister Abiy in Ethiopia, and FM Pandor during the South African State Visit. He raised the conflict in DRC with President Tshisekedi and Rwandan FM Biruta and exchanged views with President Hassan Sheikh on Somali security and stability. At the Münster G7 meeting, he underlined the importance of G7 partners supporting African-led solutions. The majority of FCDO ODA in Sub-Saharan Africa is spent in Fragile and Conflict Affected States. The UK contribution to UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa was £227.5m FY 2021/2.