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UK international development minister Anneliese Dodds said on Friday she was resigning from the Labour government over cuts to overseas aid ordered by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to boost defence spending.

‘There was a waiver for Ebola, but USAID funds have never been back online,’ a current official said

About 19 million children under 5 around the world suffer from severe acute malnutrition every year. This life-threatening condition kills 400,000 of them – that’s one child every 10 seconds.

Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’

As fighting continues in South Kivu between M23 rebels and Congolese forces in the eastern regions bordering Rwanda, uncertainty surrounding the future of the Democratic Republic of Congo grows. This week, we discuss how the African Union can assist with a International Crisis Group expert and address humanitarian risks with…

Sarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan's Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a "killing field".

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

An aid agency is receiving ‘horrific reports’ of violence against children

The Boeing 787-9 was flying from Amsterdam to San Jose in Costa Rica

Delay comes amid little progress over negotiations and Israeli official calls the move a violation of ceasefire deal

Breastfeeding is so important for child health that the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef recommend that babies should be breastfed within an hour of birth, be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, and then continue breastfeeding in combination with other foods for two years or more.