There has been coverage in The Telegraph, The Times, the Daily Star, Jewish News and Jerusalem Post today (Wednesday 30 May) of a new UK aid package of life-saving support...
...refugees, independent monitors in the settlements to verify the new registration processes and better reporting systems and referral mechanisms for allegations of corruption and sexual harassment by aid workers and...
...not be spent better. Ms Mordaunt said: “The UK’s commitment to spend seven pence out of every £10 of income on the world’s poorest people is absolutely in line with...
...pay £16m to promote African trade with China”. This is poorly described. Whilst PIGA does support trade and investment between Africa and China, it is part of a wider programme...
Today the Mail on Sunday published an article referencing DFID’s work through partner organisations in Syria: Charity begs for foreign aid from Britain to use 3D printer to build new...
...a devastating drought last year – but also saw the potential for technology and innovation to deliver aid in new ways. A piece on The Guardian website describes how the...
Today, DFID has announced £50 million of new funding to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the largest investment ever made to end FGM worldwide. The funding will support the African-led...
...is better though than our current assessment on when we will end malnutrition – we are looking at least a century before delivering that. And we’ll be well into two...
...4,000 maternal deaths 1.5 million unintended pregnancies and; more than 250,000 unsafe abortions. We have consistently been clear we do not face a stark choice between spending on international development...
...if it ‘gains the freedom to define aid as it sees fit’; · UK peacekeeping operations should largely be funded through overseas aid; · the BBC World Service should be...