News Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/category/news/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, ĢƵ responders warn https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168182 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168182 As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s history continued spreading on Friday, ĢƵ responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Mpox: Children account for half of suspected cases in Guinea-Bissau https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168176 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168176 Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, account for half of the 46 suspected mpox cases identified in Guinea-Bissau – with 16 of them under the age of four. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168174 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168174 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the ĢƵ’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too? https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168172 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168172 What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Ebola: Motorbike riders carrying the sick may hold key to response boost https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168157 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168157 From the frontlines of the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the ĢƵ World Health Organization (WHO) shared details on Tuesday of a massive push for community engagement, a day after yet another ambulance attack. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168156 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168156 As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities — and rising seas are erasing territories — one environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the land beneath our feet. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168154 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168154 The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the ĢƵ’s World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168119 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168119 In northern Kenya, a herder scans the sky for rain that hasn't come. The grass his animals need is thinning by the day.  Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168146 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168146 Demobilised former combatants are actively joining the fight against Ebola by participating in public information campaigns in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168144 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168144 Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola outbreak spreading rapidly in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, ĢƵODC warns https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168142 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168142 Authorities in Iran intercepted 3,663 kilogrammes of methamphetamines headed for Europe and the Persian Gulf in the first quarter of 2026, according to the ĢƵ’s drugs and crime fighting agency (ĢƵODC). Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> ‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168148 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168148 The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – the fastest-growing on record and on track to become the deadliest – is killing one person every 30 minutes. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> ‘Warned but not protected’: Four in ten adults in England ignore heat alerts https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168149 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168149 As amber heat-health alerts spread across England this summer, a new study has found that the warnings are being received – but not changing behaviour. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Ebola tracing improves in DR Congo – but the virus is still winning the race https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168137 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168137 Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are tracking a growing share of people exposed to Ebola, but the epidemic in the country's restive east continues to outpace their ability to find and isolate the sick, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Colombia quake: In Cali’s ruins, an ‘overwhelming sense of humanity’ https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168139 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168139 In one of the cities hardest hit by the earthquake that struck Colombia, hundreds of people are still waiting for news of missing relatives, friends and neighbours. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168124 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168124 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday upheld the safety of childhood vaccines in response to a new directive from the White House to overhaul the recommended inoculation schedule. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168125 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168125 Cholera is spreading rapidly across West and Central Africa, with active outbreaks now in six countries and millions of children at growing risk, ĢƵ children’s agency ĢƵICEF has said. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> World marks second warmest July on record https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168115 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168115 As multiple regions contend with unbearable heat, drought, wildfires and other extreme weather, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Tuesday underlined the crucial need for stronger forecasts and early warning systems to protect lives and livelihoods.  Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168117 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168117 Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that number in the last 20 days. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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]]> Colombia earthquake: ĢƵ joins national response https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2026/08/1168112 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/08/1168112 As earthquake rescue efforts across western Colombia continued on Tuesday, ĢƵ agencies said that they stood ready to help “with everything we've got”, in coordination with national authorities. Read Full Story on ĢƵ News

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