Skip to main content
Humanitarian emergencies

News and communications

Skip to results

920 results

Skip to results
920 results sorted by Updated (newest)
  • First British Ebola treatment facility opens in Sierra Leone

    A new British Ebola treatment facility opens to patients today in Kerry Town, near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Norway to provide staff and equipment for Ebola centres

    Justine Greening welcomes a vital contribution from Norway to support UK's efforts to end Ebola in Sierra Leone.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK secures €1 billion European Ebola commitment

    David Cameron gets European leaders to pledge more funding to fight Ebola.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Greening: British support to help more Sierra Leoneans

    Justine Greening has visited Sierra Leone to see the early results of Britain's response to Ebola.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • A fleet of pickup trucks joins RFA Argus in Gibraltar

    The 32 UK-funded vehicles are on their way to Sierra Leone where they will transport staff, medicines and equipment to help defeat Ebola.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening and British Army medics fly to Sierra Leone

    Ms Greening will visit a treatment facility in Kerry Town and a DFID-funded Ebola Training Academy.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British aid flight carrying medical supplies for Ebola treatment facility lands in Freetown

    Britain’s latest Ebola aid flight carrying vital medical supplies has landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Swayne: return to status quo in Gaza not an option

    International community cannot continue to pick up the pieces in Gaza indefinitely, warns International Development Minister Desmond Swayne, as he sets out new UK support.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Further UK aid supplies arrive in Freetown to tackle Ebola outbreak

    Britain's latest Ebola aid flight - delivering beds, personal protection suits, tents and ten vehicles - landed in Freetown today.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British aid supplies arrive in Freetown to tackle Ebola outbreak

    Two flights containing ambulances, tents, incinerators and further UK aid to tackle Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived this weekend.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Eid message from Justine Greening

    The International Development Secretary wishes Muslims a happy Eid

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defeating Ebola conference in London: International community pledges more health workers, funding and supplies

    Britain rallies international support to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary co-hosts the Defeating Ebola Conference

    Foreign Secretary co-hosts the Defeating Ebola Conference to drive forward the international response to the epidemic in Sierra Leone.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone conference

    The conference rallied support to get countries and international donors to pledge beds, medical staff and money to help end Ebola in Sierra Leone.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ebola: UK support to protect health services in Sierra Leone

    A package of support to boost stretched public health services in Sierra Leone to tackle Ebola.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK boosts emergency aid for people displaced by conflict in Central African Republic

    The new £7 million package of funding will allow the World Food Programme (WFP), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UNHCR to increase the life-saving humanitarian assistance they offer to refugees from CAR who have fled to C…

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK increases support for humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

    Britain will provide life-saving support for thousands more people affected by the conflict in South Sudan, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • World must invest in Syria’s young, says Greening

    UK International Development Secretary announces £100 million in new UK funding for Syria and neighbouring countries at UN General Assembly.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK is leading the international drive against Ebola in Sierra Leone

    British military and humanitarian staff have arrived in Freetown to spearhead the UK’s £100 million mission to contain and control the outbreak.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK to increase support to Sierra Leone to combat Ebola

    Foreign Secretary announces further support to tackle Ebola in West Africa, including the UK leading on provision of 700 treatment beds in Sierra Leone.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government