Kate Foster

Kate Foster is a British diplomat. In 2021, she became the United Kingdom's ambassador to Somalia, where she served in post until 2023.

Life From 1999 to 2004, she was employed by private companies before she joined UNHCR working in Liberia and Sierra Leone supporting youth work with refugees. In 2006, she left to work for the International Rescue Committee, and by 2011 she was working for the charity Save the Children She also worked for the International Rescue Committee across Africa. Foster meeting the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Francisco Madeira, and the AMISOM Commander, Lt. Gen. Diomede Ndegeya in 2021 In 2014–15, she led the United Kingdom's response to the Ebola outbreak in Africa as their Director of Operations. She returned to work for the Department for International Development leading work in Africa and Yemen in particular. Foster was the ambassador based in Mogadishu but there are no consular services. At the end of 2021, she was having discussions with Galmudug President Ahmed Abdikadir Qoorqoor at a time when the national elections were delayed and the American government was threatening to retaliate against anyone who was preventing the country's transition to peace.