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<p>We are deeply concerned about the food security situation in East Africa, where
nearly 25 million people are at crisis levels of food insecurity. Existing humanitarian
need will be exacerbated by climate change, the desert locust outbreak and the impact
of Covid-19.</p><p>The UK is working across East Africa to provide life-saving assistance,
cash transfers where markets are still functioning, and tools and seeds to build a
longer-term ability to respond to shocks. We are working through both our country
programming and multilateral responses, which includes through the World Food Programme
(WFP). In 2019, DFID has provided almost USD 700million to support WFP's operations.
In 2020, our contribution so far is USD 254million (this includes a USD 19million
contribution to WFP's global services in response to Covid-19).</p>
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