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Ebola outbreak: five big questions
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

On 23 August, it will be 100 days since the Bundibugyo strain was first reported. How did it became the DRC’s most deadly outbreak and what must be done to stop it becoming the world’s largest?

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/21/ebola-outbreak-five-big-questions

#Globalhealth #Globaldevelopment #Ebola #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #Infectiousdiseases #Africa #Worldnews #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #Society #Humanitarianresponse #Vaccinesandimmunisation #Uganda #SouthSudan #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent

Ebola outbreak: five big questions https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/21/ebola-outbreak-five-big-questions #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #Ebola #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #InfectiousDiseases #Africa #WorldNews #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #Society #HumanitarianResponse #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Uganda #SouthSudan

Zomi Frankcom deserved more, slain aid worker’s family says, after Israel rejects criminal investigation
By Tom McIlroy Political editor

In strongly worded statement, family says IDF announcement an ‘insult’ to Australian woman’s memory

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/20/zomi-frankcom-deserved-more-slain-aid-workers-family-says-after-israel-rejects-criminal-investigation-ntwnfb

#IsraelGazawar #Humanitarianresponse #Israel #Australianews #TheGuardian #TomMcIlroyPoliticaleditor

‘I want the world to know my sister’s name’: friends and families of 17 aid workers killed in 2006 Muttur massacre demand justice
By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, and KA Shaji

Twenty years on, no one has been held accountable for the brutal killings of young Tamils working for a French NGO in Sri Lanka

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/06/i-want-the-world-to-know-my-sisters-name-friends-and-families-of-17-aid-workers-killed-in-2006-muttur-massacre-demand-justice

#Globaldevelopment #SriLanka #Humanitarianresponse #Aid #SouthandcentralAsia #Worldnews #TheGuardian #KatLay #Globalhealthcorrespondent #KAShaji

Arizona State University: ASU-led AI project aims to help humanitarian organizations identify food security risks in conflict zones. “When conflict disrupts agriculture, humanitarian organizations often face the critical challenge of making decisions with limited information about what is happening on the ground. A new initiative at Arizona State University seeks to provide earlier, more […]

Save the Children clashes with Labour after accusing Starmer of ‘complicity’ in Gaza deaths https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/15/save-the-children-accusing-starmer-of-complicity-in-gaza-deaths #Palestine #Gaza #ArmsTrade #TradePolicy #Charities #UkNews #IsraelgazaWar #Israel #HumanitarianResponse #Aid #Labour

Friday briefing: ​What do the cuts in aid mean for the fight against Ebola in the DRC? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/29/friday-briefing-what-do-the-cuts-in-aid-mean-for-the-fight-against-ebola-in-the-drc #Ebola #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Health #Aid #Africa #WorldHealthOrganization #HumanitarianResponse #Society #UsForeignPolicy

Infectious diseases such as hantavirus and Ebola becoming more frequent and damaging, say experts https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/18/infectious-diseases-hantavirus-ebola-more-frequent-damaging-pandemic-outbreak #GlobalHealth #GlobalDevelopment #Ebola #Mpox #WorldHealthOrganization #Health #InfectiousDiseases #WorldNews #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Africa #Coronavirus #VaccinesAndImmunisation #HumanitarianResponse #Science #Hantavirus

Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/internal-displacements-violence-conflict-record-high-2025 #InternallyDisplacedPeople #HumanitarianResponse #Sudan #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Iran #Lebanon #Africa #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives | Francisco Pichón https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/30/cuba-energy-crisis-us-blockade-fuel-humanitarian-disaster-healthcare-water #Cuba #Caribbean #Americas #WorldNews #GlobalHealth #AccessToWater #HumanitarianResponse #UnitedNations #HurricaneMelissa #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics #Aid #AccessToEnergy

Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/29/humanitarian-corridor-strait-of-hormuz-iran-war-hits-vital-aid #GlobalDevelopment #Aid #FoodSecurity #GlobalHealth #HumanitarianResponse #StraitOfHormuz #UsisraelWarOnIran #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Iran #India #Dubai #Yemen #Somalia #Afghanistan #Sudan #Bangladesh #Africa #SouthAndCentralAsia #WorldNews

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/20/us-spending-on-reckless-iran-war-could-have-saved-87m-lives-says-un #UnitedNations #WorldNews #DonaldTrump #Aid #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #HumanitarianResponse #UsNews

Cuba says it will do everything to find aid boats missing on way from Mexico https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/27/cuba-aid-boats-missing-en-route-mexico-our-america-convoy #Cuba #Americas #Caribbean #WorldNews #HumanitarianResponse #UsForeignPolicy #UsNews #Mexico

UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/19/uk-cut-climate-aid-budget-developing-countries-refocus #ClimateAid #Aid #YvetteCooper #EconomicPolicy #Environment #Politics #UkNews #ClimateCrisis #Conservation #HumanitarianResponse

Israel bulldozes Unrwa headquarters in East Jerusalem https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/20/israel-bulldozes-unrwa-headquarters-in-east-jerusalem #Israel #Palestine #WestBank #UnitedNations #Aid #HumanitarianResponse #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

Guterres warns of ‘powerful forces’ undermining ‘global cooperation’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/antonio-guterres-warns-forces-undermining-global-cooperation-un-80th-anniversary-secretary-general-multilateralism-international-law #UnitedNations #AntnioGuterres #TrumpAdministration #ClimateCrisis #WorldNews #HumanitarianResponse #Environment #GlobalDevelopment #UsNews #UsForeignPolicy #Aid

US ‘adapt, shrink or die’ terms for $2bn aid pot will mean UN bowing down to Washington, say experts https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/01/us-aid-cuts-conditions-un-humanitarian-pledge-ocha #Aid #GlobalDevelopment #UsNews #TrumpAdministration #UsForeignPolicy #UnitedNations #Usaid #UsPolitics #WorldNews #HumanitarianResponse #Society #MarcoRubio #Haiti #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #Africa #Americas #Sudan #Afghanistan #Yemen

Whistleblower accuses Foreign Office of ‘censoring’ warning of Sudan genocide https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/03/whistleblower-accuses-foreign-office-of-censoring-warning-of-sudan-genocide #DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Humanitarianresponse #UnitedArabEmirates #Globaldevelopment #Conflictandarms #Foreignpolicy #UnitedNations #Humanrights #Humanrights #Warcrimes #Worldnews #Politics #Africa #Rwanda #UKnews #Darfur #Sudan #Law

UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/uk-mps-extra-aid-humanitarian-visas-jamaica-hurricane-melissa-dawn-butler #CommonwealthofNations #Humanitarianresponse #Immigrationandasylum #Globaldevelopment #HurricaneMelissa #Climatefinance #Climatecrisis #Environment #Colonialism #DianeAbbott #DawnButler #Greenparty #Hurricanes #Worldnews #Caribbean #Americas #Monarchy #Politics #Jamaica #Society #UKnews #London #Aid

Gaza’s children needed a ceasefire – now they desperately need the aid that will keep them alive | Alison Griffin https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/18/gazas-children-needed-a-ceasefire-now-they-desperately-need-the-aid-that-will-keep-them-alive #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Humanitarianresponse #Palestine #Worldnews #Children #Gaza

Proposed UK cuts to global aid fund could lead to 300,000 preventable deaths, say charities https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/16/proposed-uk-cuts-global-aid-fund-preventable-deaths-charities #Foreign,CommonwealthandDevelopmentOffice #Humanitarianresponse #Trumpadministration #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Medicalresearch #Foreignpolicy #Tuberculosis #Microbiology #USpolitics #Worldnews #Politics #Malaria #Society #Science #Biology #UKnews #Health #USnews #Aid #G20

Proposed UK cuts to global aid fund could lead to 300,000 preventable deaths, say charities https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/16/proposed-uk-cuts-global-aid-fund-preventable-deaths-charities #Foreign,CommonwealthandDevelopmentOffice #Humanitarianresponse #Trumpadministration #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Medicalresearch #Foreignpolicy #Tuberculosis #Microbiology #USpolitics #Worldnews #Politics #Malaria #Society #Science #Biology #UKnews #Health #USnews #Aid #G20

UN needs to cut $500m from 2026 budget and lose 20% of staff after US funding reductions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/18/united-nations-un-2026-budget-job-losses-us-funding-cuts #WorldHealthOrganization #Humanitarianresponse #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #AntónioGuterres #UnitedNations #Humanrights #USpolitics #Worldnews #Refugees #Unesco #USnews #Aid

I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/03/gaza-aid-israel-authorities-hospitals #Internationalcourtofjustice #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Humanitarianresponse #Israel #Gaza

I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/03/gaza-aid-israel-authorities-hospitals #Internationalcourtofjustice #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestinianterritories #Humanitarianresponse #Israel #Gaza

Sudan’s children face growing threat of deadly infectious diseases as vaccination rates halve https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/17/infectious-diseases-sudan-children-vaccination-rates-immunisation-routine-jabs-measles #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Vaccinesandimmunisation #WorldHealthOrganization #Humanitarianresponse #Infectiousdiseases #Globaldevelopment #Globalhealth #Worldnews #Children #Society #Science #Africa #Health #Sudan #MMR

Gizmodo: The Rise of AI Is Making Life Even Harder for Real People in Gaza. “Saeed Ismail is a real person. But no matter how much proof he posts online, people keep calling him fake. The 22-year-old has endured almost two years of war in Gaza, as Israel continues an assault that has killed at least 57,000 people and left the territory of 2 million on the brink of starvation. Saeed has been […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/gizmodo-the-rise-of-ai-is-making-life-even-harder-for-real-people-in-gaza/