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June 21, 2020

Faith-based international development agencies condemn DFID abolition

In a joint statement the charities describe the merger as an act of injustice that will have severe consequences for the world's poorest people.
October 6, 2019

Shift in Switzerland's aid and development policies prompts UN concern

UN expert says proposed new policies could clash with some of Switzerland's obligations under the 2030 sustainable development agenda
July 27, 2019

International complacency puts lives at risk as drought hits Horn of Africa, Oxfam warns

More than 15 million people are in need of aid as drought hits parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia again
June 21, 2019

National Audit Office report on the effectiveness of government spending on overseas aid

The National Audit Office says widening Official Development Assistance expenditure to other departments has increased risks to its effectiveness.
June 1, 2019

Migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina dying while seeking safety

Thousands of people trapped in Bosnia and Herzegovina desperately need humanitarian assistance and some are dying while trying to find shelter, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
May 30, 2019

UK must stop ignoring its shameful role in global tax avoidance, says Christian Aid

The UK must stop turning ‘a blind eye’ to its shameful role in tax avoidance, Christian Aid has warned, after a trio of UK Overseas Territories topped a new index ranking countries by their complicity in global corporate tax havenry.
May 20, 2019

Charter to protect children in conflict launched

Save the Children calls on governments around the world to recognise the role they have to play in ending grave violations against children, including ending arms sales to countries that bomb civilian areas indiscriminately.
May 14, 2019

IFAD and Republic of Korea sign agreement to help poor rural communities

The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Korea Rural Economic Institute have signed an agreement to strengthen their collaborative efforts to end hunger and poverty in developing countries around the world.
March 19, 2019

Mozambique: damage from Cyclone Idai 'massive and horrifying'

The scale of damage caused by cyclone Idai that hit the Mozambican city of Beira is massive and horrifying, say aid workers.
December 16, 2018

Christian Aid condemns UK 'double standards' and 'complicity' in Yemen

Christian Aid is calling out Britain as complicit in the war in Yemen, in direct violation of its own international commitments to regulate its arms exports to states acting illegally and repressively.