Global Issues News Headlines for “Aid”

‘This is a fire’: DRC Ebola outbreak is fastest-growing ever, warns WHO

2026-07-14T05:00:00-07:00

Infections of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached record highs and a majority of new cases are coming from “unknown chains of transmission”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.

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Afghanistan: 3.7 million young lives at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns

2026-07-13T05:00:00-07:00

Some 3.7 million children under five in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition due to food insecurity, poor diets and inadequate access to basic services as the peak season for life-threatening wasting looms.

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Reviving communities home by home in Gaza

2026-07-12T05:00:00-07:00

Displacement has drastically reshaped every aspect of daily life in war-ravaged Gaza for 24-year-old Mayyada, who is seven months pregnant with twins and caring for her two-year-old daughter, but now she and her family are getting settled into a temporary home of their own.

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‘We face a new ordeal’: Gaza's search for the dead goes on

2026-07-11T05:00:00-07:00

After thousands of buildings were destroyed in the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, local teams and civil defense personnel continue the arduous and delicate mission to remove rubble and search for the remains of missing persons believed to still be buried under the debris of homes destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

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World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela

2026-07-10T05:00:00-07:00

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps, warning in a Friday report that many developing countries are spending more on debt servicing than on schooling their children.

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South Sudan: UN acts ahead of drought to protect thousands

2026-07-10T05:00:00-07:00

As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take hold.

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New cholera outbreak alert for Sudan’s war-weary communities

2026-07-10T05:00:00-07:00

In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening serious concerns for vulnerable communities including in besieged El-Obeid, where daily drone attacks have continued to hamper aid access.

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Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support

2026-07-10T05:00:00-07:00

At least one million women and girls have lost access to critical humanitarian support since January 2025 as unprecedented aid cuts push women's organizations in crisis zones to the brink of collapse, the UN’s gender equality agency, UN Women, said on Friday.

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Diplomats go virtual to witness Gaza displacement site up close

2026-07-09T05:00:00-07:00

Representatives from 12 countries carried out a “virtual diplomatic field visit” to a displacement site in the Gaza Strip and heard from some of the residents about their pressing needs, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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World must move faster on Ebola response for DR Congo: UN relief chief

2026-07-09T05:00:00-07:00

The world must move faster to contain the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN relief chief Tom Fletcher said on Thursday.

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