GOV.UK: New U.K. aid package to provide life-saving help to millions of Yemeni children at growing risk of famine “The U.K. is providing a major new U.K. aid package to help screen, prevent, and tackle malnutrition in Yemen, Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt announced today. … Today’s U.K.…

The Guardian: WHO voices alarm as academics denied visas to visit U.K. conference “The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed alarm about the impact of the U.K. government’s immigration policy on international academic cooperation after several foreign scholars were denied visas to attend a conference. The organizers of the Global…

Financial Times: U.K. seeks reforms on overseas aid spending “The U.K. wants to change the international definition of government aid spending to include profits from overseas investments, in the latest effort to increase the role of the private sector in development programs…” (Mance, 10/9). The Guardian: Penny Mordaunt’s planned shake-up…

Devex: U.K. aid funding headed for ‘part privatization’ after new announcement, observers say “The United Kingdom aid chief wants to recycle profits from its private sector investments in a controversial move that could reduce the amount of funding the government puts toward official development assistance. In a speech delivered Tuesday…

WHO: Representatives from cities around the world gather for Healthy Cities Conference “Representatives from 60 countries and more than 200 cities — roughly half of them located in the WHO European Region — have gathered in Belfast, United Kingdom, for the WHO International Healthy Cities Conference, taking place on 1-4…

European Commission: E.U. steps up Ebola response with preparedness measures in Rwanda and Uganda “In response to the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the E.U. is assisting the Red Cross to reinforce preparedness in Uganda and Rwanda. … The E.U. will provide humanitarian funding amounting…

The Telegraph: U.K. pledges funding to speed up TB treatment “The U.K. government has pledged £7.5million for the development of three new treatments for tuberculosis, the world’s biggest infectious disease killer. International development secretary Penny Mordaunt made the announcement after the high-level meeting on TB, held during the United Nations…

The Guardian: Emmanuel Macron: ‘More choice would mean fewer children in Africa’ “Emmanuel Macron has said many African women would choose to have smaller families if they had greater access to education and family planning. The French president, who has come under fire over his views on Africa in the…

The Guardian: Calls for U.K. to overturn aid freeze to Zambia despite corruption claims “A leading charity has called for Zambia to be given the benefit of the doubt as allegations of corruption and uncontrolled spending threaten to plunge the country into crisis. Fraud allegations that led to the suspension…

Devex: The new politics of aid “As the United Kingdom’s main political parties meet for their annual conferences over the next two weeks, there should be plenty for the aid community to digest — from ministerial speeches to topical fringe events — at a time when the key parties are…