The Guardian, BBC’s Focus on Africa and BBC Newsday have reported on new UK support to tackle the devastating locust outbreak in East Africa, featuring a UK-funded supercomputer that is helping countries in the region to track and predict the …
The Times, The Independent and the Daily Express have published articles today claiming a leaked letter shows the Prime Minister has “secretly moved to strip the Department for International Development of its power to determine how the overseas aid budget …
Read our response to a report about UK aid money going to a group, which invests in fossil fuel projects in developing countries.
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has spoken of his ambition to put the rights of women and girls around the world at the heart of UK aid. His words came in an op-ed in the Huffington Post last Friday (October …
This week at the UN General Assembly, the International Development Secretary announced new UK aid support for women's sexual and reproductive health and rights. The announcement received positive coverage in The Telegraph and The Guardian. Both articles run online while …
There has been further coverage this weekend of the UK’s response to Hurricane Dorian across print, broadcast and online outlets. Dr Jon Stone, who is leading the field team of humanitarian experts deployed to the Bahamas, appeared on the BBC …
Today (Tuesday 30 July), David Miliband, President and Chief Executive of the International Rescue Committee wrote in The Times’ Red Box column on the importance DFID’s independence. He wrote “DFID is a British success story of impact and influence” and …
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart presented the UK’s first Voluntary National Review (VNR) into progress towards the Global Goals (Sustainable Development Goals) at the United Nations in New York.
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart announces new support to deal with outbreak - ahead of the World Health Organisation calling it a public health emergency of international concern.
The Daily Mail has today run a critical report and leader on the UK aid funded Connecting Classrooms programme which helps children in the UK and developing countries to learn from each other via the internet. Connecting Classrooms is training …