News stories

Afghanistan: clearing the devil's garden

20 January 2010

Families can live and work again on land left littered with landmines

Britain keeps its promises to poor countries

15 January 2010

Bill makes 0.7% promise legally binding from 2013

Polls show Afghan people are more confident and prosperous

12 January 2010

More Afghans say they are happier with foreign troops and are rejecting the Taliban

UKaid to help earthquake victims in Malawi

11 January 2010

DFID today announced £950,000 emergency UK aid to help victims of the Karonga Earthquake in Malawi

Nepal's rural roads go global

11 January 2010

DFID-funded programme wins 2009 Global Road Achievement Award

Measuring work on voice and accountability

08 January 2010

A new working paper for development practitioners interested in measuring voice and accountability work

UK to help released child soldiers in Nepal

07 January 2010

The UK is set to help ex-child soldiers reintegrate back into local communities across Nepal following the release of 3000 former combatants from Maoist military camps over the coming weeks.

Humanitarian and elections support for Sudan

06 January 2010

A £54 million package of aid from the UK to help Sudan, along with a renewed call for support to the country’s peace process on its fifth anniversary this week, was announced today by ministers Baroness Kinnock and Gareth Thomas.

Ed Miliband reports on Copenhagen talks

05 January 2010

Ed Miliband reports to Parliament on what Copenhagen achieved

Gordon Brown on commitment to Yemen

04 January 2010

Gordon Brown said Britain has been working closely with the United States to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation in Yemen.

Pioneering polio vaccine launched in southern Afghanistan

30 December 2009

DFID-funded vaccine is 30% more effective against two remaining poliovirus strains

Bednets save 80,000 children from malaria

29 December 2009

UK on target to save 110,000 children's lives from the scourge of malaria

UK backs fight against extremism with new support for Gaza

28 December 2009

Copenhagen: a vital step forward

23 December 2009

The Copenhagen summit on climate change has ended with an agreement that is an important first step towards a low carbon world

New CDC website

22 December 2009

CDC today launches its new website.

Gaza humanitarian crisis - one year on

22 December 2009

Twelve months since the launch of hostilities, see how DFID has been helping Palestinians rebuild their lives and livelihoods

Tsunami - five years on: building back better

22 December 2009

Five years on from the 2004 tsunami, we look at how UKaid has helped rebuild people's lives

New climate change deal for Uganda

18 December 2009

Jane Davidson today announced a new deal between the Welsh Assembly Government and the Mbale region of Uganda to help prepare the area for the impacts of climate change.

Gareth Thomas in Chingford

18 December 2009

Development Minister Gareth Thomas has linked up with international footballers to send a message on the importance of volunteering to improve the lives of people in Africa.

Hexham’s life-saving global health links

18 December 2009

Mike Foster meets Surgeons making use of ground-breaking video technology to train medical staff at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Tanzania.