Recommendation 70

To pre-empt and avoid further humanitarian crises, the UK Government should ensure its package of humanitarian assistance to the conflict in Tigray provides sufficient financial and technical resources to support communities in urgent need. We recommend that the FCDO builds a comprehensive picture of the sources of conflict and instability in East Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region using the reports and analysis from Posts in the region to synthesise a broader picture, drawing on and applying the expertise of the new Conflict Prevention Hub. The Government should use this analysis to adjust the allocation of the UK’s resources in the region to help prevent conflicts from spreading and destabilising more of the region. 144 GOV.UK, Development Tracker [accessed 11 March 2021] 145 GOV.UK, Statistics on International Development: Final UK Aid Spend 2019 [accessed 11 March 2021] 146 HL11061, 21 December 2021 147 Reuters, EU suspends Ethiopian budget support over Tigray crisis, 15 January 2021 148 Q23 [Dr Rogg] 149 Q20 [Paul Turnbull] The humanitarian situation in Tigray 27 Conclusion