Department for International Development in the context of "Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office"

⭐ In the context of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Department for International Development is considered…

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⭐ Core Definition: Department for International Development

The Department for International Development (DFID) was a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom, from 1997 to 2020. It was responsible for administering foreign aid internationally.

The DFID was founded by the UK government in 1997. The department was established by the Labour government under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The structure of the DFID was authored by various Developmental Aid Experts including Chris Collins, Barnaby Edwards Machteld, Nicolas Brown and Timothy Montague Hamilton Douglas.

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👉 Department for International Development in the context of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), or Foreign Office is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom.

The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO was itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office. The department is responsible for representing and promoting British interests worldwide.

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Department for International Development in the context of Ethnic violence in South Sudan

Ethnic violence in South Sudan has a long history among South Sudan's various ethnic groups. South Sudan has 64 tribes with the largest being the Dinka, who constitute about 35% of the population and predominate in government. The second largest are the Nuers. Conflict is often aggravated among nomadic groups over the issue of cattle and grazing land and is part of the wider Sudanese nomadic conflicts.

In 2010, Dennis Blair, the United States Director of National Intelligence, issued a warning that "over the next five years... a new mass killing or genocide is most likely to occur in southern Sudan." In April 2017, Priti Patel, the Secretary of the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, declared the violence in South Sudan as genocide.

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Department for International Development in the context of Secretary of State for International Development

The minister of state for International Development and Africa, formerly the minister of state for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean and the secretary of state for international development, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom.

The officeholder headed the Department for International Development (DFID) as secretary of state from 1997 to 2020. The office formed part of the British Cabinet. The Department for International Development was abolished in September 2020, and Anne-Marie Trevelyan was the final holder of the post.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ← Ethnic violence in South Sudan ← Foreign and Commonwealth Office ← Foreign Office ← Foreign and commonwealth office ← Secretary of State for International Development
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Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom → Government of the United Kingdom → Foreign aid →