The UK's response to escalating violence in the DRC
Last night’s BBC News at 10, this morning’s Radio Four Today Programme and BBC News Online are reporting on the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)....
DFID acquires £4.4 million from corruption case to tackle poverty in Chad
Today, The Times reports that £4.4 million recovered in a corruption case by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is going to be transferred to DFID to help people in desperate...
DFID in the News: Call for bold tech ideas to help deliver aid in conflict zones
The Daily Telegraph reports today (Thursday 22 March) that the International Development Secretary has launched an £11 million fund to find innovative ways to deliver aid in war zones.
DFID response to International Development Committee report on monsoon preparedness in Cox’s Bazar
The International Development Committee (IDC) published its report into monsoon preparedness in Cox’s Bazar, where almost a million persecuted Rohingya people are living in the fragile and cramped camps. This has been reported in the Mirror.
Mail on Sunday claims on aid to China
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Today’s Mail on Sunday reports that China is set to give the Russian government money as part of the country's aid and loan programmes, while claiming that the UK government...
Syria: 7 years on
...recent history. The impact on Syrians, above all civilians, has been devastating with an estimated 400,000 dead and 13 million in need of humanitarian assistance. “The Asad regime and those...
International aid support to corrupt countries
Today’s newspapers (Daily Mail, Telegraph) include coverage of claims that the world’s most corrupt countries should not receive international aid. These are valid concerns and we recognise the difficulties involved...
UK-Saudi Arabia development partnership
An editorial published by the Guardian yesterday (Monday 12 March) and a news story last week focussed on a partnership between Saudi Arabia and DFID to work in developing countries. It came after the visit to London last week by …
International Development Secretary speaks about Jo Cox's humanitarian legacy
...to grassroots organisations that work on issues that were close to her heart. There was support for the announcement across Parliament and Labour MP Alison McGovern wrote a piece for...
Penny Mordaunt's speech to the Bond Annual Conference
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt spoke to the aid sector at their annual gathering in London on 26 February.