· The 500,000 COVID -19 doses is a bilateral agreement between the UK and Uganda to further support Uganda’s COVID-19 response. · This latest batch of donations is the first tranche of the 1 million COVID-19 vaccines which the UK committed to donating in January 2022. Kampala: On 27 February the UK delivered a further 500,000 […]
Schools will be encouraged to improve the biodiversity of their grounds and innovative ‘Energy Pods’ to provide net-zero heating and hot water to schools will be piloted Young people to be recognised for climate action through new Duke of Edinburgh-style award scheme Young people will be empowered to take action on the environment as part […]
Kampala; Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in partnership with the British High Commission Kampala and the Ugandan High Commission London, will host a cross-country Arabica coffee competition. The event will be hosted simultaneously in Kampala and London. The aim of the competition is to bring quality Ugandan coffee to an international market, increase UK interest […]
· Dominic Raab will highlight the growing threat of Daesh-linked groups in Africa · New UK funds will support efforts to combat terror in the Lake Chad Basin region · Foreign Secretary will also voice concern at recent violence in north-east Syria The UK Foreign Secretary will announce today (Monday) new UK funding to fight the growing threat […]
Kampala: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) commended various donors for increasing their initial funding pledges for 1.26 million refugees in Uganda and urged more donors to step forward to prevent deeper cuts in food assistance for them. WFP Country Director El-Khidir Daloum thanked the European Union, Ireland and the United Kingdom for providing an […]
The UK Prime Minister will announce today 12th December that the UK will end direct government support for the fossil fuel energy sector overseas, as he opens the Climate Ambition Summit. The world-leading policy will see the UK end export finance, aid funding and trade promotion for new crude oil, natural gas or thermal coal projects, […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed the former Secretary of State for International Development, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, as the UK’s International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP26 Presidency. With one year to go until COP26 is held in Glasgow, the role of the Champion will be to drive forward global ambition and […]
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on nations to make ambitious commitments to secure the planet for the next generation. He made the call yesterday while addressing a UN Climate Action Roundtable hosted by the UN Secretary General António Guterres. Boris Johnson was attending the virtual roundtable to push for action on climate […]
UK aid package will help control millions of locusts attacking crops across East Africa, Yemen and South West Asia Funding of £18 million will increase pesticide spraying, monitoring and surveillance International Development Secretary calls on countries to work together to tackle the crisis New UK-aid support will be used to tackle this year’s unprecedented locust […]
UK aid is supporting Commonwealth veterans and widows living in poverty in developing countries with two healthy meals a day. Coronavirus is the biggest threat the world has collectively faced in decades, with many Commonwealth veterans staying at home to stay safe. The Commonwealth Veterans Programme has quickly adjusted to register staff as essential workers, […]
