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From Closed organisation: Department for International Development (DFID)
  • Minister praises University of Cambridge’s global poverty research

    Research is helping to improve agriculture, education, medicine and technology across the developing world.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK steps up support to victims of Malawi floods

    UK to provide more food, blankets and essential supplies for the thousands of people who have lost their homes due to the floods in Malawi.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ebola heroes

    Meet the ordinary people doing extraordinary work to defeat the disease in Sierra Leone.

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  • William Hague launches new Women, Peace and Security Centre at LSE

    William Hague and Angelina Jolie Pitt spoke at the launch of the new Women, Peace and Security Centre at the London School of Economics (LSE).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Greening: Britain stands shoulder to shoulder with Jordan as UK pledges new support for Syria crisis

    International Development Secretary announces additional £100 million assistance during visit to Zaatari refugee camp with Prince of Wales.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Launch of Business Finance for the Poor in Bangladesh (BFP-B) project

    Speech during the launch of the UKaid funded project.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New deal to help businesses bounce back from Ebola in Sierra Leone

    The UK has backed a deal to help businesses in Sierra Leone who have been hit hard by the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • African communities called on to end FGM in a generation

    Voluntary and community African groups in the UK are being invited to bid for new grants to support their campaigns to end female genital mutilation in their countries of origin.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ending Female Genital Mutilation: Cardiff group praised for campaign

    Cardiff’s leading campaigners against FGM have been praised for their role in ending the harmful practice.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening: Education World Forum

    The International Development Secretary calls for greater global commitment on education at the Education World Forum evening reception.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Progress in development of a new Ebola vaccine

    Results from a trial of a new Ebola vaccine confirm it can progress to larger scale testing.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK partners with Islamic Development Bank on Arab Women’s business initiative

    New Memorandum of Understanding to help boost business opportunities and create jobs for thousands of women across the Middle East and North Africa.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain provides new humanitarian support for Sudan

    The UK will provide further life-saving food, water and support for families forced from their homes by recent fighting in Sudan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Helping people displaced by conflict in Iraq survive the winter

    In pictures: How humanitarian aid from the UK is helping Iraqi and Syrian people cope with freezing conditions in northern Iraq.

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  • Update on Ebola response

    Britain will continue to provide the leadership and resources Sierra Leone needs to contain and control Ebola.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Flooding in Malawi

    How the UK is providing support to those affected by the floods in Malawi.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Actions to counter ISIL

    The UK government sets out the actions it is taking to counter ISIL (also referred to as ISIS).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Further British aid for refugees fleeing South Sudan

    The UK will provide emergency food, shelter and sanitation to half a million refugees that have fled the ongoing fighting in South Sudan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government funded spider venom project to provide lifeline for bees

    UK businesses and universities to benefit from £16 million of funding to solve some of the world’s greatest agricultural challenges.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Over 70 NHS heroes fighting Ebola this Christmas

    British medics are being thanked for their work to defeat the disease in Sierra Leone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government