East Africa: Food Supply
(asked on 23rd May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
What recent assessment she has made of the level of food security in east Africa.
This question was answered on 23rd May 2018
More than 20 million people are experiencing acute food shortages in East Africa. The situation is most severe in Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan, with a risk of famine in South Sudan. The UK has recently provided assistance to over 13.6 million people and has allocated £279 million for humanitarian aid to these countries this year.