Category: Aid

UK to provide £50m of emergency aid for vulnerable Syrians

Foreign secretary says Britain is also working diplomatically to secure better governance in Syria after ousting of AssadThe UK has announced £50m of humanitarian aid for vulnerable Syrians across the Middle East after the...

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Middle East crisis live: US wants Gaza fighting pause, Blinken says, but will not limit arms transfers despite Israel missing aid deadline

Humanitarian groups say almost none of the US’s demands that Israel improve conditions in Gaza have been metThe US wants real and extended pauses in fighting in Gaza so assistance can get to people who need it, US...

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‘Almost unparalleled suffering’ in Gaza as UN says nearly 70% of those killed are women and children

Head of the Norwegian Refugee Council calls for peace process to begin as new figures reveal civilians have borne the brunt of the warNearly 70% of the people killed in the ongoing Gaza conflict are women and children, according...

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Despair in Chad camps as violence and hunger in Sudan drive 25,000 across border in a week

Warning of ‘lost generation’ in Adré and Farchana camps as Sudan’s civil war drives huge numbers across borderWhat caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst...

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‘Scam and scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn Tory asylum contracts

The former top civil servant at the Department for International Development has warned a lack of oversight in spending echoes corrupt contracts awarded during CovidThe billions of pounds spent on housing asylum seekers is ripe...

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Family of British aid worker killed in Gaza call for independent inquiry

James Kirby was among seven WCK staff killed when an Israeli airstrike targeted their marked vehicle in AprilIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesUK politics live – latest updatesThe family of James Kirby, a World...

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UK should restore diplomatic presence to help Afghan women, says aid chief

Hugh Bayley says NGOs would also benefit as he releases report on impact of UK programme in AfghanistanThe UK should consider restoring its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan to support Afghan women and to help monitor the...

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Children die of malnutrition as Rafah operation heightens threat of famine in Gaza

Arrival of Israeli troops in the southern border town has choked aid supplies, as hunger deepens in southern GazaFayiz Abu Ataya was born into war and knew nothing else. Over his first and only spring, in a town stalked by...

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