Melanie Ward, Head of Public Affairs at ActionAid said: "The Government deserves real credit for protecting the aid budget but it is extremely disappointing that their promise to enshrine the 0.7% commitment in law did not appear in the Queen’s Speech."

As the world’s biggest energy businesses prepare to discuss ‘clean’ energy with ministers from 23 countries, ActionAid's report warns Cameron’s government against attributing environmental or social benefits to biofuels.

On April 26th the verdict in the war crimes tribunal of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will be delivered. Here is ActionAid’s response to the verdict.

With ten thousand people affected by the worst flooding in Rwanda for thirty years, Actionaid is urgently assessing the immediate needs of the most vulnerable.

"Wise, witty, visionary and compassionate - no one deserves the support of the international community and her country people more than Aung Sun Suu Kyi."

The people of Jersey are helping to provide vital relief to thousands of people facing drought and severe food shortages in The Gambia.

Developed alongside comedy viral filmmakers Don’t Panic, ActionAid UK’s new video highlights the absolute lunacy of biofuels.

Watch the video of ActionAid ambassador Emma Thompson meeting the fellowship programme in Myanmar.

Statement from ActionAid on the 2012 Budget.

The festival brings to life human rights abuses through storytelling in a way that challenges each individual to empathize and demand justice for all people.

As the drought in West Africa’s Sahel region deepens, ActionAid has warned that The Gambia is also facing severe food shortages as rains have failed.

ActionAid has been chosen to be part of a new expert group that can be called on to mobilise instantly and help save lives when an international disaster strikes.

Ahead of the most important austerity budget in a generation, the government plans to open up a huge new tax loophole that will cost ordinary people around the world billions warns ActionAid in a new report ‘Collateral Damage’.

Are men and women equal? What does equality look like? This International Women's Day on March 8 we will be asking some tough questions about women's rights, and we want young people to join the debate and let us know whether they think sex discrimination is still a problem today.

ActionAid is providing emergency relief to thousands of people affected by the recent heavy flooding in Mozambique and Malawi, where torrential rains have destroyed essential infrastructure and left thousands of people homeless.

This March, the UK government plans to quietly introduce new tax legislation that will damage developing countries and reward big business. We can’t let them get away with it, says ActionAid’s tax justice campaigner, Chris Jordan.

The collapse of British company Sun Biofuels has left thousands of Tanzanians landless, jobless and in despair for the future. Villagers thought their dreams had come true as they were promised jobs, schools and more, but after the company went bust, they were left with nothing.

Olympic fever is on its way! In a couple of months everyone – and we mean EVERYONE – will be talking sport, doing sport or watching sport. How will you cope? By having your own mighty sporting challenge to throw into the mix, that’s how! Be virtuous, be generous, be incredible and be morally superior to all your friends – 2012 is THE year to sign up for an ActionAid challenge.

Car drivers in the UK will pay up to £2 billion more on the forecourt in 2020 if the government decides to increase the proportion of biofuels in petrol, ActionAid UK and Friends of the Earth warn today.

ActionAid is disappointed that the government has decided to delay a law which would require the UK to spend at least 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) on development aid from 2013 onwards.

ActionAid is responding to fierce storms which have killed 25 people and left tens of thousands homeless.

The worst flooding for decades has affected up to seven million people in Thailand and Cambodia, and more than five months on, people are still relying on emergency relief from charities such as ActionAid.

Two years on from the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010, ActionAid Haiti's response continues, helping the most vulnerable to rebuild their shattered lives.

Two years ago, in the aftermath of the earthquake, Paul Murray decided to sponsor a little girl in Haiti. As a sixtieth birthday present to himself, he decided to go out and meet her.

Marking two years since Haiti’s devastating earthquake which killed around 220,000 and left 1.5 million people homeless, 7,500 people will next week march through the centre of Port au Prince to demand access to land and adequate housing.