Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the African Union on the hunger crisis in East Africa.

The UK and the African Union (AU) enjoy a strong relationship, collaborating across a range of shared priorities, including humanitarian response. At the UK's request, the AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Cessouma Minata Samate, took part in the high-level humanitarian pledging event on the Horn of Africa, co-chaired by the UK on 24 May 2023. The UK will continue to engage in discussions with the AU on a regular basis, including about the establishment of the AU's planned African Humanitarian Agency.