Ebola response funding, UN Gaza findings, India’s cyclone evacuations

Africa’s disease control chief seeks over $2bn in unpaid Ebola pledges

Jean Kaseya says more than $2 billion of the $3 billion pledged for the Ebola response remains unpaid. Africa CDC says about 80% of recorded cases in Congo are outside monitored contacts, indicating transmission chains health authorities have not identified. Kaseya plans to seek leaders’ agreement in November to let response teams reach communities safely.

India evacuates at least 180,000 as Cyclone Arnab makes landfall

India evacuated at least 180,000 people from two states before Arnab’s October 28 landfall. India’s weather agency downgraded the storm after it moved inland, while its forecast of a surge up to 1.5 metres above tide level warned of flooding in low-lying areas.

Nepal secures $20m aid approval after flood kills at least 1,500