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  • USAID and UK aid signed a partnership for primary education in the DRC

    USAID and UK aid signed an innovative partnership agreement to improve primary education in the DRC

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

  • First British Ministerial visit to Cuba in 10 years

    Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire has become the first UK Minister to visit Cuba in almost ten years.

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

  • RFA Argus arrives in Sierra Leone

    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) aviation support ship Argus has begun offloading vital equipment and stores to aid the fight against Ebola.

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

  • Afghanistan Monthly Progress Report for September 2014

    Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has updated Parliament with the progress report on developments in Afghanistan.

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

  • UK Minister visits Somalia to promote the rights of women and girls

    Lynne Featherstone re-affirms strength of UK partnership with Somalia on visit to Mogadishu.

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

  • UK Minister visits Somaliland to promote the rights of women and girls

    Lynne Featherstone re-affirms strength of the UK’s partnership with the region.

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

  • Baroness Anelay opens event to mark 150 years of International Humanitarian Law

    The FCO today co-hosted an event with the British Red Cross marking 150 years of Geneva Conventions and International Humanitarian Law.

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

  • UK government will match public donations to Ebola appeal

    The first £5 million of public donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal on the Ebola outbreak will be matched by UK aid.

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

  • Foreign Secretary congratulates Tunisians on election

    Foreign Secretary congratulates Tunisians who voted in election on 26 October

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

  • "We must not allow the crack down on women’s rights to go unheeded. Women must be part of the solution."

    Statement by Ambassador Peter Wilson, Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative of the UK Mission to the UN, to the Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

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

  • Common Assessment Framework for municipal administration in Macedonia

    British Embassy completes project support on Common Assessment Framework for municipal administrations in Macedonia.

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

  • Addressing violence against women and girls in Bangladesh

    International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone launches Safe Cities for Women campaign and sees how UK aid is making a difference

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

  • Hugo Swire's speech at the Asia Business Leaders Awards 2014

    Opening remarks from Rt Hon Hugo Swire, Minister for Asia, at the Asia House Gala.

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

  • Bye-bye Bastion

    Building and packing up the largest operational UK military base to be built since the Second World War.

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

  • UK statement on the ‘unlawful killing’ of Dr. Abbas Khan

    FCO Minister Tobias Ellwood statement following the finding of unlawful killing in the case of Dr. Abbas Khan in Syria.

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

  • British troops leave Helmand province for the last time

    UK forces have left Camp Bastion in Helmand Province for the last time, handing the base over to the Afghan National Army (ANA).

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

  • Bangladesh Girl Summit 2014

    Speech by the Rt Hon Lynne Featherstone MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development

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

  • UK international development minister Lynne Featherstone visits Bangladesh

    The Minister is visiting Dhaka to see for herself action being taken to end child marriage and prevent violence against women and girls.

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

  • UK ends combat operations in Helmand

    UK Armed Forces end combat operations in Helmand, paving the way for the final transfer of security to the Afghan National Security Forces.

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

  • UK urges Iran to reconsider death penalty

    Following the execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari, Foreign Office Minister, Tobias Ellwood MP, calls on Iran to end the use of the death penalty.

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