Today the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt announced a new package of support for the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), warning that 2018 could be the bleakest year since 1945, and pointing to UK aid successes this year …
British medics and firefighters funded by UK aid are this week flying out to Bangladesh to help deal with a deadly outbreak of diphtheria. They are stepping up to help the 600,000 plus Rohingya refugees who have fled their …
...Press Association, Minister Stewart, the Minister for Africa for the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said: "The reason why there are people displaced from their...
...maximum development impact and to protect against unintended consequences. A DFID spokeswoman said: ‘'We are investigating allegations made regarding poachers in Tanzania. The UK is committed to tackling the...
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt has chosen International Migrants Day – Monday, 18 December – to set out how UK aid is helping to tackle the root causes driving people to migrate. She also announced an additional package of support …
...Through Invest Africa, DFID has supported a UK-registered company Made in Africa to help create a business environment for much-needed direct foreign investment into underfunded sectors in Africa, creating the...
...study found that 90 per cent of the plastic waste polluting oceans came from ten rivers in Africa and Asia. The UK Government is a global leader in protecting oceans...
...suggests the aid Mozambique receives is therefore “freeing up funds”, which can be used on spending like the jet. The UK does not provide any funding directly to the Government...
Today, the BBC, Today Programme, Mail, Times and other newspapers reported on a Foreign Office aid programme in Syria run by contractor Adam Smith International (ASI).
Ahead of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on 2 December, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt announced new funding to tackle modern slavery.