...hold the UN to account for this. Further actions we have taken in the last week include the creation of a new Safeguarding Unit. We have also promoted our whistleblowing...
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....
...to peacekeeping missions from 7% to 15%. In October last year, the DAC agreed to a new “reverse graduation” mechanism which means that countries previously too wealthy to qualify for...
...fortnight. Families have lost their homes, lives have been ripped apart, and the victims of Hurricane Irma are now facing the new threat of Hurricane Maria. But they should know,...
...well – it cannot be better spent. Penny Mordaunt’s five pledges, outlined in an op-ed in the Telegraph yesterday, will see DFID: create a bold new Brexit-ready proposition to boost...
There are reports in the news today on how the UK’s international development budget could be used to tackle plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. This comes as a scientific...
Last week (Wednesday 24 July) Alok Sharma MP was appointed Secretary of State for International Development and welcomed his new Ministerial team to DFID. On his arrival, Mr Sharma said:...
A patient, who wished to remain anonymous, photographed at the VODA-supported Namuganga Health Center. Credit: SAAF International Development Minister Baroness Sugg last week announced a new UK aid package to...
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...
...be invested in Indian enterprises, while the rest funds technical expertise. Together these help develop new markets, whist creating jobs for some of India’s poorest and marginalised people. At the...