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Horn of Africa food crisis - latest updates
03 February 2012
Lifesaving UK government help for more than a million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
Aung San Suu Kyi praises UK aid in Burma
02 February 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi praised the work of DFID in Burma during a high-profile visit to a UK funded project on Tuesday.
World must address failure in Somalia
30 January 2012
Britain will provide new support for health services, which will benefit over 100,000 women and children, and for weapons management that will see more weapons taken off the streets
UK and partners unite to combat tropical diseases
Private and public partners unite to combat 10 neglected tropical diseases by 2020
PM and Afghan President sign Strategic Partnership
28 January 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at Chequers, where they signed an Enduring Strategic Partnership between the UK and Afghanistan.
Private investment to help tackle climate change
27 January 2012
Britain will spearhead a new drive to bring major private investment to tackle the global threat of climate change
Minister answers pupils' questions on safer countries
26 January 2012
School presented with International Award by Minister for International Development, Alan Duncan
Innovative funding scheme delivers lifesaving vaccines
Private donations – to be doubled by the UK Government – will help immunise millions more children around the world
Emergency aid to tackle looming food crisis in Sahel
22 January 2012
Britain will send lifesaving emergency aid to help thousands of families facing severe food shortages caused by drought in the Sahel region of West Africa.
UK to protect 140 million people from tropical diseases
21 January 2012
UK aid will help global effort to rid the world of infectious tropical diseases
New support for Nepal's Gurkha communities
19 January 2012
UK aid will provide sanitation and clean water through the Gurkha Welfare Scheme for ex-servicemen and their families
New graduate development scheme launched
17 January 2012
Work for us and be part of our new graduate scheme - a paid, 50 week development programme
India passes one year without polio
13 January 2012
The country celebrates a whole year free from the crippling and potentially fatal disease that targets young children
Haiti earthquake – the UK response
12 January 2012
On 12 January 2010, a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, killing over 200,000 people. Follow Britain's response and see how UK aid helped more than a million people to recover.
Andrew Mitchell visits Greenwich school
09 January 2012
Minister visits Greenwich school benefiting from the international legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as Government marks 200 days to Olympics
World 'dangerously unprepared' for future shocks
27 December 2011
After a year of disasters, the UK urges more support for the international response system to make sure funding is fast and effective
New contraception drive will save women's lives
22 December 2011
The UK will help save thousands of lives and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions by providing much needed contraceptive supplies
Lifesaving aid for the Horn of Africa over Christmas
British funded food supplies and medicines for 800,000 people will arrive in drought zones over the festive period
Andrew Mitchell visits Gaza and announces education support
18 December 2011
UK to support 24,000 children to attend school, with half being girls, to address the education emergency
UK backs activist's call for a new Yemen
16 December 2011
William Hague and Alan Duncan pledged Britain's support for Yemen’s transition in a meeting with Nobel Laureate Tawakul Karman
