The UK emergency response in the Horn of Africa

When the rains failed in the Horn of Africa in 2010-11, a chronic situation became a crisis affecting over 12 million people. This report looks at the effectiveness and value for money of the UK’s £200 million emergency response.

Score: Green/Amber
  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 14 September 2012
  3. Type: Other
  4. Subject: Humanitarian assistance
  5. Assessment: Green/Amber
  6. Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
  7. Lead commissioner: Mark Foster

Government response

The government publishes a response to all ICAI reviews, indicating whether they ‘accept’, ‘partially accept’ or ‘reject’ each of ICAI’s recommendation and setting out the management actions that they propose to take in response.

The government’s response to our review of the UK emergency response in the Horn of Africa is available to read online.

 

Timeline

Review publication

Published 14 September 2012

Government response

Published 22 May 2013

ICAI follow-up

Published 12 June 2014