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Chancellor announces funding in speech on science’s role in building a more balanced and resilient economy.
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FCO Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds welcomes results of the first democratic elections in Guinea-Bissau since the 2012 coup.
FCO Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds condemns killings in Bentiu and Bor, South Sudan.
FCO Minister says Syrian presidential elections, conducted against backdrop of regime attacks and in a climate of fear, will have no credibility.
Mark Simmonds meets President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and experts to answer your questions on Twitter.
Foreign Secretary and Minister for Africa attend genocide commemorations in Kigali.
Implementing the Government's commitment, an independent feasibility study on resettling the British Indian Ocean Territory has begun.
Escalation of violence in Darfur, Sudan, leads to displacement of hundreds of thousands civilians.
Today the UK begins its Chairmanship of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, for one year.
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds has updated parliament on the UK Chairmanship of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds commends 15 years of UN peacebuilding in Sierra Leone.
Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds welcomes the recent offensive by the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).
Mark Simmonds gave a speech to the London Diplomatic Corps on international cooperation in offshore wind energy
Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, calls for unhindered access for UN and humanitarian agencies following escalation of violence in Darfur.
Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds updated Parliament on work to protect the environment of the British Indian Ocean Territory
Mark Simmonds spoke on 'African choices in a new Nigerian century.'
Minister for Africa arrives in Nigeria today for visit to Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja, where he’ll join the centenary celebrations
Mark Simmonds condemns recent fighting in Malakal as a serious violation of the Cessation of Hostilities.
Union flag raised at Port Lockroy to commemorate 70 years of continuous British presence in Antarctica
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