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From Secretary of State for International Development
  • Britain's plan to tackle malaria and save women's lives

    DFID's plans to tackle malaria and prevent deaths during pregnancy and childbirth

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

  • Children in Africa get access to computers this Christmas

    DFID's work with Digital Links on recycling old computers and digital education materials to help schools and hospitals in Africa.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell visits Rwanda

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saw how British aid is helping to save lives when he visited a health centre in Rwanda last week

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

  • UK bolsters fight against HIV, TB and malaria

    The British government has announced that it will provide urgent support for life-saving HIV, TB and malaria supplies that will save the lives of millions of people in the world’s poorest countries.

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

  • DFID confirms new board appointments

    Vivienne Cox appointed to DFID's management board

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

  • Audit into use and management of education funds in Kenya

    Andrew Mitchell’s response to audit into use and management of education funds in Kenya.

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

  • Britain backs drive to lift millions out of extreme poverty

    Britain will help millions of people secure access to basic education, immunisation and clean water through an international programme aimed at the most impoverished countries in the world, International Development Secretar…

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

  • Written Ministerial Statement on Pakistan Floods

    Written Ministerial Statement on Pakistan Floods the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell.

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

  • UK Government to increase mine clearance in Cambodia and Laos

    Mines Advisory Group (MAG) awarded contract to remove and destroy mines in Cambodia and Laos

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

  • Mitchell pushes for EU aid transparency

    Andrew Mitchell's announcement at the European Development Days, the leading European forum on international development which took place in Brussels on 6 and 7 December.

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

  • Mitchell: Crops are key in fight against climate change

    Andrew Mitchell announces a new agricultural research programme through support to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

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

  • President of Somaliland visits UK

    Andrew Mitchell meets with the President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo during his first visit to the UK since his successful election.

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

  • UK to boost fight against cholera in Haiti

    The UK is to help supply more than a thousand trained medical staff and emergency supplies to Haiti to help fight the worsening cholera epidemic and prevent the infection from spreading across the region.

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

  • Lynne Featherstone new violence against women champion

    The coalition government today launched a strategic vision of how they plan to tackle violence against women and girls.

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

  • Ministerial statement on Sudan

    International Development Secretary issues written ministerial statement on Sudan

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

  • Ministerial statement on Sudan

    Ministerial statement on Sudan by the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell.

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

  • Britain to reinforce humanitarian support in Haiti

    Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate across Haiti. One thousand, one hundred people have already died from the disease, thousands of people are infected and the number continues to rise steeply.

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

  • Vital lifeline to British territory to be repaired

    A storm-damaged harbour on the remote British Overseas Territory of Tristan Da Cunha is to undergo emergency repairs in an effort to prevent the island from being cut off from its only access to outside supplies and help.

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

  • UK to help drive low carbon revolution

    Two new public-private partnership projects to generate renewable energy in developing countries, removing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and powering up to four million rural homes in Africa, will …

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

  • Climate change

    Speech by Andrew Mitchell, International Development Secretary, at a Climate and Development Knowledge Network event at British Council on 18 November 2010.

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