Infectious diseases such as hantavirus and Ebola becoming more frequent and damaging, say experts
Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreak
Infectious diseases such as hantavirus and Ebola becoming more frequent and damaging, say experts
Pandemic report warns of growing global threat as health teams in Africa move to contain Ebola outbreak
Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025
The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around world
Internal displacements caused by violence or conflict at record high in 2025
The 32.3m surpasses those caused by disasters for the first time, as 82.2m people displaced in total around world
Cuba is running out of time. We need fuel now to save lives
With the US blockade cutting off oil, the island’s healthcare has been wrecked, access to clean water lost and babies put at risk, says Francisco Pichón
Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz as Iran war hits vital aid
Soaring oil prices and the blockade are preventing food, fuel and medicine being delivered to millions of people in desperate need, say NGOs
US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN
Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets
Cuba says it will ‘do everything’ to find aid boats missing en route from Mexico
Two sailing vessels were part of Our America Convoy bringing food and medicine to island in face of what it called ‘the criminal US blockade’
UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’
Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income
ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work
Development charity’s new co-chairs signal shift from controversial sponsor a child scheme launched in 1972 to long-term grassroots funding
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