Written question asked by Sarah Champion (Labour) on Friday, 14 October 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 October 2022 (named day). It was answered by Gillian Keegan (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 October 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Horn of Africa

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries his Department includes in its definition of the Horn of Africa.

Answer: Governments and international organisations interpret the term 'Horn of Africa' in a variety of ways, to include different countries. This ambiguity also applies to the ongoing Horn of Africa humanitarian crisis. The FCDO does not have a strict definition for the 'Horn of Africa'. Where the FCDO refers to regional humanitarian activity, for example, it uses the term 'East Africa', and includes within it those countries in the region that have bilateral humanitarian programmes (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda,).

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