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19/11
Today is World Toilet Day, a day on which the world is reminded that more than 2.5 billion people - over 40% of the world’s population - still have no access to basic sanitation.
19/11
Millions of people in Nigeria will be given free healthcare for the first time and provided with the means to protect themselves against HIV, International Development Minister Ivan Lewis announced today.
18/11
African Statistics Day is celebrated annually on 18th November. This year, the focus of the day is on the role of statistics in addressing the challenges of rising food prices and agricultural development.
18/11
International Development Minister for water and sanitation, Mike Foster, speaks out as the world prepares to mark World Toilet Day
18/11
Visually impaired students in Kenya were given a boost yesterday when British High Commissioner Rob Macaire donated DFID computers to Nairobi's Kenyatta University.
14/11
On Saturday 15 November representatives of the world''s largest economies will gather in Washington D.C. to consider a global response to the most pressing global financial issues.
09/11
DFID Secretary of State Douglas Alexander laid a wreath at a remembrance service at the military headquarters in Basra during his recent visit for soldiers who had died in the current campaign in Southern Iraq.
09/11
Two planes carrying urgent humanitarian relief items from the UK have arrived in Goma, Eastern Congo, with additional flights expected to land in the coming days.
07/11
The UK will provide £2 million food aid for those affected by the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), International Development Secretary, Douglas Alexander, announced today.
06/11
Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander today attended the formal launch of the new Basra Investment Commission (BIC).
