International Development Secretary speaks about Jo Cox's humanitarian...
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt spoke passionately about MP Jo Cox yesterday as she paid tribute to her legacy as a humanitarian ahead of International Women’s Day. In an opinion...
View ArticleUK-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...
View ArticleInternational 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...
View ArticleSyria: 7 years on
International Development Secretary and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson issued a joint statement today to mark seven years of the conflict in Syria. They drew particular attention to the dire...
View ArticleMail on Sunday claims on aid to China
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 gives aid to China. To be...
View ArticleDFID response to International Development Committee report on monsoon...
Today (Tuesday 20 March), 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...
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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 Penny Mordaunt has launched an £11 million fund to find innovative ways to deliver aid in war zones....
View ArticleDFID 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 need in Chad. In a High Court...
View ArticleThe 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). The pieces explain the...
View ArticleExplaining British support for Palestinian education
Today’s Sunday Times and Daily Mail report that UK aid money is spent by the Palestinian Authority on textbooks that could incite hatred against Israel. As International Development Minister Alistair...
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