DFID has now merged with the Foreign Office to create the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This channel is no longer active but you can keep up to date with the latest UK aid news and announcements by following @FCDOGovUK. #FCDO

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Foreign Secretary commits to more effective and accountable aid spending under new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

RT @foreignoffice: With UK Government support, start-up Ganni in #SouthSudan are using local expertise and materials to develop affordable….

Three years after the Rohingya people fled Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, #UKaid has been helping tackle coronavirus in the camps. @UKEMT emergency team of 🇬🇧 experts has helped build isolation and treatment centres and is supporting local staff to save lives.

RT @DFID_UK: Fantastic news! @WHO has announced the end of wild polio in Africa. Thank you to all the donors, governments, health workers….

“I am so happy that with today’s announcement, the world is one step closer to a polio-free world”. Jim Bailey, who contracted polio in Belfast in 1957, reacts to today’s news that Africa has been declared free of wild polio. The UK is a global leader in the push to end polio.

Fantastic news! @WHO has announced the end of wild polio in Africa. Thank you to all the donors, governments, health workers and @Rotary members who have done so much to achieve this. #UKaid is proud to support you.

Andy Kent is a surgical adviser for the @UKEMT, which is funded by #UKaid. He says coronavirus is now the major medical challenge in Lebanon following the devastating port explosion. The UK government is deploying a second team of medics today to help coordinate the response.

A second team of UK medics is being sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut. The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion. @UKEMT @UKMed_NGO #UKaid .

RT @DFID_UK: Andy Kent is a surgical adviser for the @UKEMT, which is funded by #UKaid. He says coronavirus is now the major medical chal….

RT @DFID_UK: A second team of UK medics is being sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut. The team will help tackle the coronavirus….

Andy Kent is a surgical adviser for the @UKEMT, which is funded by #UKaid. He says coronavirus is now the major medical challenge in Lebanon following the devastating port explosion. The UK government is deploying a second team of medics today to help coordinate the response.

A second team of UK medics is being sent to support hospitals in blast-hit Beirut. The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion. @UKEMT @UKMed_NGO #UKaid .

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RT @ZacGoldsmith: The devastating oil spill in Mauritius has affected many marine wildlife + fishing communities. This week the UK sent eco….

British experts deployed to help Mauritius protect coral reefs from oil spill:

RT @morton_wendy: In 2018, malaria killed over 400,000 people worldwide, two-thirds of them under age 5. Through the @GlobalFund, #UKaid is….

RT @DFID_UK: Today is #WorldHumanitarianDay. A day to say ‘thank you’ to aid workers around the 🌍. #UKaid supports you 365 days a year, an….