The numbers below refer to the number of people affected. Click on a column heading to order incidents according to that column.
ID | Month | Day | Year Sort descending | ISO | Country | UN | INGO | ICRC | NRCS and IFRC | NNGO | Other | Nationals killed | Nationals wounded | Nationals kidnapped | Total national staff | Internationals killed | Internationals wounded | Internationals kidnapped | Total international staff | Total victims | Gender Male | Gender Female | Gender Unknown | Means of attack | Attack context | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Motive | Actor type | Actor name | Details | Verified | Source |
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2831 | Jan | 2 | 2020 | KG | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 42.874622 | 74.569763 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One female national UN humanitarian agency staff member was reportedly injured when a intoxicated individual struck the staff members head near My Shisha Bar & Cafe at the intersection of Kievskaia and Togolok Moldo streets. Authorities promptly reached the incident site and escorted the staff member to the hospital where she was reported in stable condition. The attacker was arrested and charged by police. | Yes | Official Report |
2837 | Jan | 3 | 2020 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 23.541667 | 89.63 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The body of a female NGO director was found in a sugarcane field in Modhukhali Upazila, Faridpur District. Reports indicate she had severe injuries to her head and body. There is no further information about the attack available at this time, police investigations are ongoing. | Yes | Media |
3254 | Jan | 6 | 2020 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 32.887222 | 13.191389 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One national male INGO staff member was assaulted and injured by another civilian in Tripoli. | Yes | Focal Point |
3162 | Jan | 8 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -2.5 | 28.866667 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male national INGO staff member was assaulted and injured by a group of men with machetes while walking from his home in Bukavu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3197 | Jan | 8 | 2020 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Public location | -18.25 | 35 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was injured after being attacked by two unknown robbers outside his home. | Yes | Focal Point |
3053 | Jan | 11 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35.933333 | 36.633333 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male national NGO staff member was wounded after the NGO centre was hit with a barrel bomb. | Yes | Official Report |
2826 | Jan | 13 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 1.510808 | 30.249844 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | Four Red Cross volunteers, part of a EVD response team, were attacked and assaulted by a group of community members in Bandibwane village, approx. 32kms east of Mambasa in Mambasa Territory. Official reports indicate the team were attempting to return a body to the family house in the village when rumors spread they had removed organs from the body. All four staff members were injured, 2 seriously, and all were taken to the Nyankunde Hospital, approx. 45kms West of Bunia. | Yes | Official Report |
2828 | Jan | 13 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 6.1266 | 31.1738 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN humanitarian agency Ugandan national truck driver was assaulted and taken to a local clinic Bunagok Payam when his convoy was attacked. The convoy of 24 trucks was travelling from Juba to Warrap through Awrerial county near Awachi village, at 11:45LT when unknown armed men ambushed the trucks. The staff member was beaten and robbed, along with other trucks in the convoy. | Yes | Official Report |
3047 | Jan | 15 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.93062 | 36.63393 | Incidental | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male national NGO staff member was killed during Syrian regime airstrikes of an industrial area in east Idlib. | Yes | Official Report |
3293 | Jan | 15 | 2020 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Raid | Office/compound | -0.083333 | 34.766667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female NGO staff member was sexually and killed with a knife after the NGO compound was raided by unknown criminals who stole computers. | Yes | Focal Point |
2827 | Jan | 15 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 4.859363 | 31.571251 | Economic | Criminal | Toronto Boys | One national INGO staff member was injured when their motorcycle was forced to crash after criminal perpetrators attempted to steal a backpack the staff member was wearing. The incident occurred near Seven Days' Roundabout by UN OCHA, and official reports indicate the perpetrators are likely associated with the Toronto Boys. The staff members minor injuries were treated at a local clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
2829 | Jan | 17 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 9.1385 | 30.0665 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO staff member was seriously injured when a group of armed men attacked a clinic in Kauch, Guit County. The injured staff was evacuated to Bentiu for treatment and 8 other INGO staff in the clinic were relocated from the site. Official reports indicate the suspected motive is a revenge killing. | Yes | Official Report |
2830 | Jan | 20 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.11111 | 19.183333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO staff member was injured when reportedly shot after their NGO vehicle was ambushed by unknown armed perpetrators near Dere/Kpakaya village, 26km south of Kaga-Bandoro on the Ndomete-Mbr | Yes | Official Report |
2833 | Jan | 20 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Mob violence | Unknown | 6.806 | 29.676 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Youths | One health worker was reportedly killed, along with 3 other civilians not counted here, during a clash between youth from Meen and Wundhiot, Rumbek East, over cattle. Reports indicate the staff member was an employee of a health centre in the area, but we are unable to confirm at this time whether or not it is INGO or NNGO run. | Yes | Official Report |
2839 | Jan | 20 | 2020 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 33.333333 | 44.383333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national and three international (French) INGO staff were kidnapped in Baghdad, with no ransom demands were reported. The staff were in the capital city completing administrative tasks with authorities when the organization lost contact. All four staff were released on March 26, 2020. | Yes | Media |
3167 | Jan | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.16 | 40.46 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national guard was injured when stabbed by an unknown person in the Areesha refugee camp in, Al-Hasakah. | Yes | Focal Point |
3320 | Jan | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Three NGO staff members were injured after their centre in Tallmins village was bombed by Russian Syrian coalition airstrikes. | Yes | Focal Point |
3321 | Jan | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Two NGO staff were injured when their centre in Maarat Al-Numan was hit with a barrel bomb by the Syrian Armed Forces. | Yes | Focal Point |
3322 | Jan | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 36.22 | 37.17 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Three NGO staff members were injured after their centre in Maaret Elartiq was targetted by Syrian Forces aerial bombardment. | Yes | Focal Point |
3323 | Jan | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One NGO staff member was wounded when the Syrian Armed forces bombed their centre in Maarrat Al Numan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3324 | Jan | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One NGO staff member was injured when the NGO centre was hit with a Syrian Armed forces barrel bomb. | Yes | Focal Point |
3255 | Jan | 26 | 2020 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 32.887222 | 13.191389 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One male national INGO staff member was injured after being assaulted by another civilian at the INGO office in Tripoli. | Yes | Focal Point |
3048 | Jan | 27 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Ambush | Road | 35.733333 | 36.7 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male national NGO staff member was killed and two others wounded after their vehicle was hit by a Syrian regime missle in Moataf village in the Idlib countryside. | Yes | Official Report |
3050 | Jan | 29 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.82 | 36.6 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One female NGO staff member was killed in her home after 3 consecutive air strikes hit the town of Ariha. | Yes | Official Report |
2832 | Jan | 29 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.45822 | 31.535433 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member suffered a gunshot wound to the leg when their INGO transport convoy of 10 trucks was ambushed and fired upon by unknown armed perpetrators. The convoy was in Duk Poktap area, Duk County, when the incident occurred and the other staff members were able to escape on foot. The injured staff member was treated in Poktap. | Yes | Official Report |
2834 | Jan | 29 | 2020 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.116667 | 72.466667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | A polio vaccination team, consisting of two female staff working in the Parmoli area of Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were attacked and shot by unknown armed men while assisting the community. One female staff was killed immediately and the other later died in the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar due to her injuries. | Yes | Media |
2840 | Jan | 29 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35.816667 | 36.6 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Official statements indicate Russian Syrian Military Coalition airstrikes completely destroyed an INGO supported hospital in Ariha town, Idlib governate. Four nurses were injured in the attack, and one female NGO employee was killed. | Yes | Official Report |
3137 | Jan | 30 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 5.933333 | 10.166667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 4 NGO staff members, 3 males and 1 female, were kidnapped from their organisation office by militants from an unknown armed group in Mankon, Bamenda. The perpetrators expressed political grievances behind the kidnapping, before releasing the staff the next day after negotiations. The staff were also seriously beaten while being held. | Yes | Focal Point |
3187 | Jan | 30 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.375 | -4.2625 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 6 national INGO staff members were kidnapped by an unknown militant group in Youwarou, Mopti. Information on their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
3055 | Jan | 31 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.863611 | 36.800556 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 6 male national NGO staff members were wounded after the NGO headquarters for eastern Idlib in Saraqib was targetted and hit by the Russian coalition airstrikes. | Yes | Official Report |
3221 | Feb | 1 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.651944 | -4.069722 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO contracted driver and his assistant were kidnapped while transporting food between Kounari and Severe. They were held for 4 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3129 | Feb | 2 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.4777935 | 31.5149689 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was shot and wounded when their aid convoy was ambushed between Panyagoor and Poktap in Jonglei. | Yes | Media |
2889 | Feb | 3 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 3.928611 | 41.876111 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Five NGO aid workers, 4 male and 1 female, were kidnapped while distributing supplies approximately 13 km outside of Belet-Hawa, Gedo. Media reports suspect Al Shabaab due to their strong prevalence in the area. All staff were released 10 days later. | Yes | ACLED |
3325 | Feb | 3 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.905833 | 36.8075 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Two NGO staff members were injured helping people trapped under rubble in Afs, Idlib when a Russian coalition double-tap airstrike targetted the same location. | Yes | Focal Point |
3220 | Feb | 4 | 2020 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 18.633333 | -74.3 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One INGO national male staff was killed after he was attacked over a programming benefits dispute in his home in Abricots. | Yes | Focal Point |
3051 | Feb | 6 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.93062 | 36.63393 | Unknown | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 3 male national paramedics traveling on the eastern outskirts of Idlib were killed after a Russian coalition airstrike hit the area. | Yes | Official Report |
2835 | Feb | 6 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 6.999293 | 19.182319 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One security guard at an INGO compound was stabbed when two unknown armed perpetrators broke into the Kaga-Bandoro site at 2:50am LT. A second security guard was hit on the head by the perpetrators, but the extent of his injuries are unknown at this time (not counted here). The staff in the compound were able to reach a 'safe room' and when MINUSCA later responded the unknown perpetrators fled. | Yes | Official Report |
3058 | Feb | 11 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.699167 | 36.689167 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Guardians of Religion Organisation | One male national engineer working with an NGO in the area was reportedly kidnapped by members of the al-Qaeda affiliate Guardians of Religion Organisation while traveling on the Dana-Sarmada road. His whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3186 | Feb | 12 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | Two INGO national staff were beaten and injured after security forces raided their project site accusing the staff of medically treating rebels. | Yes | Focal Point |
2836 | Feb | 12 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 6.691224 | 32.936938 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Youths | An INGO vehicle travelling between Lawol and Gumuruk at 10:00am LT, was involved in a collision that killed one youth. In response to the incident local youths in the area attacked and killed the driver. The other three national staff in the vehicle escaped the scene on foot and reports indicate they have all been accounted for. | Yes | Official Report |
3326 | Feb | 15 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.276 | 36.8225 | Unknown | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was injured in Russian airstrikes in Sahara, Jebel Saman. | Yes | Focal Point |
2940 | Feb | 16 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 10.294 | 22.782 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One humanitarian was killed according to official reports in Birao. No further information is available at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3198 | Feb | 17 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.282778 | 36.851944 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One guard working at an NGO hospital funded by an INGO, was injured after the hospital was hit by a Russian Syrian Coalition airtstrike in Daret Izza, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3049 | Feb | 18 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Incidental | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male national pharmacist and director of an INGO supported health centre was killed by regime shelling in Maarrat Al-Numan. | Yes | Official Report |
2841 | Feb | 19 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32.888889 | 36.043056 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two male national INGO staff members were killed, and 3 international staff wounded when their 3 vehicle convoy was ambushed by unknown armed perpetrators between the towns of Nawa and al-Yadudah, Daraa governate. | Yes | Media |
3228 | Feb | 20 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.95 | 68.7 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One UN humanitarian agency national staff member was ambushed by the Tablian on the Pul-e Khumri- Kabul road while travelling to a funeral in a private vehicle. He was released after 26 hours. | Yes | Focal Point |
2920 | Feb | 21 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.075433 | 28.981833 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff members, one female and two males, were reportedly kidnapped while travelling to a field mission in Kafulo 20km west of Baraka. The abduction occurred at approximately 3:00pm LT, but the driver of the INGO vehicle was released. Further information about perpetrators or any ransom requests is unknown at this time. | Yes | ACLED |
2843 | Feb | 21 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 7.443507 | 28.773288 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two national INGO staff were seriously injured when their organization vehicle was ambushed by unknown armed men on the Tonj-Cueibet Road, in Warrap. Reports indicate they were able to escape the attack in the vehicle. | Yes | Official Report |
3219 | Feb | 22 | 2020 | MG | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -25.173889 | 45.06 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff was shot and injured with an arrow standing outside another staff's house in Beloha. | Yes | Focal Point |
3026 | Feb | 22 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 4.85165 | 31.58247 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN agency staff member was injured after 4 criminals broke into his home in Juba, beat him with iron bars, and stole mobile phones and cash. He was treated at the local hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
3199 | Feb | 24 | 2020 | MX | Mexico | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 18.676111 | -96.645278 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 5 INGO staff members were beaten and injured after their aid truck was ambushed by unknown criminals in Rio Moreno, Veracruz. The perpetrators stole the truck and the goods. | Yes | Focal Point |
3059 | Feb | 24 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.699167 | 36.689167 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Guardians of Religion Organisation | One male national NGO staff member was kidnapped after leaving his house in Al-Dana, by al-Qaeda affiliate Guardians of Religion Organisation. His whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
2921 | Feb | 25 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 6.78124 | 29.60896 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Community members | One male INGO clinic medical clerk was killed by a group of community members from the Pakam community, a sub-set of the Dinka Agar in a suspected revenge killing. The armed raid occurred at the INGO project site in Malek and in addition to the killing, the drug store and food items were destroyed. | Yes | Official Report |
3238 | Feb | 25 | 2020 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Road | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One female international UN staff member was kidnapped in Port au Prince and held for 2 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
2845 | Feb | 25 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.719247 | 33.580573 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | The driver of an INGO vehicle was ambushed by a group of unknown armed men while travelling on the Kapoeta-Budi Road. The staff sustained a gunshot wound to the leg and was robbed once the vehicle stopped. | Yes | Official Report |
3229 | Feb | 26 | 2020 | PE | Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | -6.483333 | -76.366667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency male national was seriously injured in Tarapoto after an unknown perpetrator entered through a window and attempted to rape the staff member's girlfriend. | Yes | Focal Point |
3056 | Feb | 27 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.816667 | 36.6 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Two male NGO staff members returning from inspecting a bombing site in northwest Ariha, Kafr Najd suburb, were wounded and their van damaged from regime shelling. | Yes | Official Report |
2864 | Feb | 28 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 6.068974 | 31.605935 | Incidental | Host state | Youths | One national INGO community facilitator was injured during mob violence between a group of youth and police. Official reports indicate armed youth attempting to raid cattle near Aluakluak were met by police and three youths were killed in the clash. In retaliation, the mob of youth responded on the community killing two people including the INGO staff member, who received medical attention for his injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
3327 | Feb | 29 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.884722 | 36.290833 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Two NGO staff members were injured in regime shelling. | Yes | Focal Point |
2922 | Mar | 2 | 2020 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 14.6370201 | 43.0550499 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Houti Forces | One suspected UN agency truck carrying relief supplies reportedly exploded injuring the driver when it struck an IED allegedly planted by pro-Houti Forces on the Durayhimi road, Al Hudayah. | Pending | ACLED |
2846 | Mar | 2 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 7.9 | 31.883333 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Youths | One INGO driver was injured and one local contractor killed, when the INGO vehicle carrying 1 other staff member was attacked by a group of unknown armed perpetrators thought to be youths conducting cattle raids in the area. The aid workers were travelling between Yuai to Pieri in the vicinity of Chueideng. The national staff driver was able to reach Pieri where he received medical attention. The last staff member was unharmed. | Yes | Official Report |
2937 | Mar | 7 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 8.409167 | 20.653056 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two humanitarian staff members were hit with stray bullets during clashes in Ndele at the beginning of March (exact date unknown). One staff member was killed and the other injured. More information is unavailable at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
2865 | Mar | 7 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.39534 | 29.1377907 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO driver travelling few kilometers away from Sebele village, approx. 12km E of Baraka, was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators. Reports indicate he was travelling from Kazimia to Baraka when he was taken. The NGO vehicle was left on the road. No further information is available at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3179 | Mar | 9 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 16.089722 | -3.235278 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO national male staff members were injured after being assaulted when unknown perpetrators raided an organisation field guest house at night. | Yes | Focal Point |
3057 | Mar | 9 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 36.46744 | 36.88608 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Armed Opposition | One male national NGO staff member was kidnapped by armed opposition NSAG while working in Trinda village, Afrin. His whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
2930 | Mar | 14 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 36.1389 | 36.83 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | One male Qatar Red Crescent ambulance driver was reportedly shot and killed when Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) gunmen raided his brothers house in al Atareb city in Aleppo governate. | Yes | Official Report |
3171 | Mar | 14 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Office/compound | 6.1805 | 34.3888 | Political | Unaffiliated | Youths | One male INGO national staff member was assaulted and injured by an angry mob of youths over contracts with a measles vaccination campaign in Boma. | Yes | Focal Point |
3307 | Mar | 17 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 8.164722 | 32.053333 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | One female INGO national staff was injured breaking up a fight in the medical clinic. | Yes | Focal Point |
2888 | Mar | 19 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 32.626434 | 36.1033061 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male UN national staff member was killed during an outbreak of violence in the western suburb of Jilin, Daraa. | Yes | Media |
2887 | Mar | 20 | 2020 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 12.7794399 | 45.0366707 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two Emirates Red Crescent aid workers were reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators in the port city of Aden and later found dead. | Yes | Media |
2923 | Mar | 29 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 6.80619 | 29.6774197 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | The administrator of a UN supported hospital in Rumbek town was reportedly killed by an unknown gunmen in his residential compound. | Yes | Official Report |
2924 | Mar | 31 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.382258 | 31.419555 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Murle Tribesman | One UN agency contracted truck was ambushed by suspected Murle Tribesman while travelling from Pajut to Bor. The driver's assistant was shot during the ambush, but the truck was able to return to Pajut where the assistant received medical attention and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3263 | Mar | 31 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 33.13 | 68.78 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO staff member was injured by a VBIED on the road in Sharana. | Yes | Focal Point |
2919 | Apr | 3 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 7.3008199 | 18.2833004 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Anti-Balaka | Two NGO guards were injured during a raid of the NGO premise in Batangafo by anti-Balaka militants. The perpetrators stole communication equipment, electronics, and cash. Both victims were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. | Yes | Focal Point |
2918 | Apr | 5 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 8.169358 | 32.105211 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NGO national staff was shot dead by unknown armed assailants walking on the road from Motot to Waat in the afternoon of April 5. | Yes | Official Report |
3256 | Apr | 5 | 2020 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 15.500556 | 32.56 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male national staff member was assaulted and injured after a road ambush robbery in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
3217 | Apr | 6 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 7.4 | 32.066667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was killed after the commercial bus he was traveling in was ambushed by unknown perpetrators in Jonglei state. | Yes | Focal Point |
2926 | Apr | 11 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.822778 | -3.698611 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four national staff members of a local NGO, one contracted were reportedly kidnapped in Oraya, Niafunke. They were released 2 weeks later. | Yes | Official Report |
2928 | Apr | 12 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7.1703 | 31.40858 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was reportedly killed by a group of perpetrators stealing cattle from the Pamot cattle camp in Twic East county. Further information is unknown at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3040 | Apr | 16 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | 3 national INGO staff members were kidnapped after their vehicle was ambushed and stolen near Kajembwe neighbourhood in Sange rural commune. They were released on the 31st of May in Kigurwe village, Uvira territory, South-Kivu. | Yes | Focal Point |
2927 | Apr | 17 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.200656 | 29.024874 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped while travelling in two vehicles in between Fizi and Baraka in South Kivu. Their whereabouts and the perpetrators are unknown at this time. | Yes | Media |
2925 | Apr | 20 | 2020 | MM | Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 20.3667 | 93.2667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN Agency driver and a non-UN passenger travelling in a marked UN vehicle from Sittwe to Yangon were ambushed by unknown perpetrators near Yar Maung Bridge, Min Bya Township, Rakhine. The victims were reportedly carrying COVID19 related items. They were both evacuated to Minbya hospital where the driver succumbed to his wounds. | Yes | Official Report |
3216 | Apr | 20 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 6.3 | 10.4 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female NGO staff member was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators and in Bambui and held for 3 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3209 | Apr | 23 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 4.633333 | 9.45 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 5 INGO staff, one international and four national, were abducted by an unknown NSAG after negotiations into access. They were released after 36 hours. | Yes | Focal Point |
3227 | Apr | 23 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 7 | 21 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 4 INGO staff, 3 national males and 1 international female, were assaulted and injured during an armed robbery of the INGO office and guesthouse. | Yes | Focal Point |
3201 | Apr | 24 | 2020 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | -16.85 | 36.983333 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO national staff member was attacked by a disgruntled community member with a machete. | Yes | Focal Point |
3239 | Apr | 24 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.1014349 | 28.2058768 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male UN contracted truck driver was shot dead during an ambush by an unknown perpetrator in Nahr Jur. | Yes | Focal Point |
2964 | Apr | 26 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.408056 | 32.575 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency contracted truck carrying food items in the Hokuma-Mafi area between Kapoeta and Torit was ambushed by unknown armed men, shot at and robbed. The assistant driver was shot in his stomach, but managed to reach the hospital in Kapoeta for care and is reported in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3202 | Apr | 29 | 2020 | IN | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 22.1983 | 88.7139 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One male INGO national staff member was assaulted and injured by a group of 4 men after the staff member and others stopped a child marriage arranged by the group the day before. | Yes | Focal Point |
2931 | Apr | 30 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 6.317222 | 16.378333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was injured after being physically assaulted by a group of armed young men in the central Bozoum market, for unknown reasons. The staff member was treated at the local city hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
3330 | Apr | 30 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 7 | 21 | Economic | Police or paramilitary | Not applicable | Three INGO male staff members were threatened, assaulted, and injured after the organisation office and guesthouse was raided by criminal military elements. | Yes | Focal Point |
3215 | May | 3 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 11 | 39 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was seriously injured during an armed robbery by an unknown criminal in Chiro Kebele, Legambo. | Yes | Focal Point |
2965 | May | 7 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 9.26 | 29.8 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency male national staff member was injured after an unknown perpetrator broke into his home in the Bentiu PoC site and assaulted him with a spear. The perpetrators stole 2 mobile phones and a radio that were later recovered in the PoC. The UN staff victim was treated at the UNMISS level II clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
3065 | May | 8 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.270477 | 42.479039 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Three NGO staff members travelling in Kismayo between Hoosingow and Dhobley town, were reportedly kidnapped by Al Shabaab militants. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Yes | Media |
2938 | May | 9 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 4.859363 | 31.571251 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was held at gunpoint at the compound in Juba by a group of unknown intruders. After cutting the fence the intruders cut cables to the AC units and demanded the security guard produce keys for another gate he did not have. The perpetrators then proceeded to drag and beat the security guard. Another guard on duty was able to alert the rapid response team and the perpetrators fled. All AC units were accounted for and the security guard was referred to the local hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
2939 | May | 9 | 2020 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 11.016667 | 29.716667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN Agency staff member was reportedly shot in his shoulder, hand and stomach, as he tried to intervene in a robbery near his home in Kadguli. He was taken to the hospital where he is reported to be in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3001 | May | 9 | 2020 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.531389 | 34.656944 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Karamojong Militia | One male INGO staff member and doctor was shot and killed in Turutuko, Napak District, by Karamojong perpetrators while on his way home. Initial reports indicate it is likely the attack was planned, but motive is unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3180 | May | 11 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 15.279167 | -5.552778 | Incidental | Host state | Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) | One INGO national male staff was injured after Malian Armed Forces fired at the humanitarian vehicle at a checkpoint in Nampalari, Niono, Segou. | Yes | Focal Point |
2961 | May | 12 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO midwife was killed and 3 other staff injured when armed assailants raided the maternity ward of a hospital in Kabul. The attackers opened fire on the patients and staff resulting in a total of 24 deaths, including 16 mothers. Neither the Taliban nor ISIS have claimed responsibility. | Yes | Media |
2999 | May | 12 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Unknown | Home | 2.410556 | 42.976667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO staff member was injured after an unknown perpetrator threw a grenade at his house in Waaberi area of Dinsoor. | Pending | ACLED |
3081 | May | 13 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 8.25 | 34.583333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO male staff member was injured after unknown perpetrators jumped over the organization compound fence and attacked the staff with a knife causing serious damage to his hand. | Yes | Focal Point |
2941 | May | 14 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7 | 19.183333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO driver was critically shot and later died in hospital after his NGO vehicle was ambushed on the road in Yagarandji Forest, 15km south of Kaga-Bandoro by an unknown armed group. The three other passengers were unharmed. | Yes | Official Report |
2962 | May | 14 | 2020 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 12.333333 | 23.416667 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Sudan National Security Service | One INGO staff member was shot after different sections of the Sudanese security forces, engaged in fire in Central Darfur, entered the INGO hospital in Rokero while shooting. The staff member shot in the crossfire was severely injured. Reports indicate it was an accidental weapon discharge. | Yes | Official Report |
3045 | May | 14 | 2020 | TR | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Project site | 38.658333 | 43.989444 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | Two aid workers were reportedly killed while delivering aid amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ozlap district of Van province. Media reports indicate Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants attacked the community as they received aid. | Yes | Media |
2963 | May | 17 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 8.0412978 | 32.0298672 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were injured and one killed, after intense intercommunal clashes and cattle raids broke out in Pieri, Uror country. The INGO had to temporarily suspend operations in the village. | Yes | Official Report |
2966 | May | 20 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 5.593275 | 16.336487 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Fulanis tribe | One NGO driver was reportedly ambushed and beaten at 9:00LT by seven armed Fulanis tribesmen near a village 90km east of Bouar. The perpetrators stole cash, documents and other personal items. The driver is being treated at the Bouar hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
2970 | May | 24 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 6.8001687 | 33.126717 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Youths | One INGO truck driver was assaulted after he was forced to remain with a truck having mechanical problems through the night near Gumuruk Payam. During the night, 30 armed youths reportedly assaulted and robbed the driver, and the next day he was able to receive medical treatment at a clinic in Pibor. | Yes | Official Report |
3274 | May | 24 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 3.116667 | 43.65 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN male national staff member was wounded after a remote-controlled explosive device targeting a traditional dance group performing during an Eid celebration detonated. | Yes | Focal Point |
2967 | May | 25 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 7.413557 | 18.25028 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Fulanis tribe | 6 INGO national staff members, 3 women and 3 men, were reportedly kidnapped by suspected armed Fulanis tribesmen in Bokita village 3km north of Batangafo. The group were ambushed while returning from a cash work activity on the Kabo axis. MINUSCA contacted the assumed tribe leader and one female INGO staff member was released (not counted here). The rest are still being held, and all humanitarian activities in the area have been temporarily suspended. The following day the 5 staff were moved to the Mouvement Patriotique pour la Centrafrique/ Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de la Centrafrique (MPC/FPRC) base in Batangafo where negotiations for their release continue. All staff were released on May 31 following negotiations by local authorities between anti-Balaka and the Fulani community. | Yes | Official Report |
3188 | May | 27 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 34.17359 | 68.26808 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff was kidnapped by an NSAG while on leave visiting his family in Day Mirdad. He was released along with 27 other prisoners during a prisoner exchange on June 11, 2020. | Yes | Focal Point |
2969 | May | 27 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Office/compound | 2.22733 | 45.65257 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | 7 NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped by unknown masked perpetrators from the NGO centre in Gololey, Balcad. On May 28 the bodies of the 7 staff members, and one other civilian, were returned to the centre. Investigations into the murders are ongoing. Conflicting reports point blame to the Somalia Armed Forces for retaliation over the death of soldiers, while other officials blame the group Al Shabaab. | Yes | Official Report |
3226 | May | 27 | 2020 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4 | -72 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One INGO national male staff was attacked and injured while walking his dog with his partner. Reports indicate he was robbed, but the civilian perpetrators also used homophobic language during the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
3002 | May | 30 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.333333 | 10.5 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male humanitarian staff member was kidnapped by an separatist armed group in Northwest Cameroon. He was tied to a tree, beaten, then released the following day. | Yes | Media |
3240 | May | 30 | 2020 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.4108 | -1.0522 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A 15 truck UN contracted convoy was ambushed in Bilalogo village near Barsalogho, 2 contracted NGO drivers and a Red Cross nurse were shot and killed along with 10 other civilians. 2 aid workers were also kidnapped and have not been released as of February 2021. | Yes | Focal Point |
3112 | May | 30 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national male staff of an INGO contracted by a UN agency in Jarabulus city, Aleppo, was seriously injured after a vehicle he was travelling in contained an IED which exploded. The aid worker was travelling with a government official in Jarabulus city and suffered a double leg amputation after the explosion. | Yes | Official Report |
2978 | May | 31 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.80801 | 31.649172 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO vehicle with 3 staff was ambushed in Cuiecok village between Terekeka and Awerial by unknown armed perpetrators demanding money. When the staff refused, the driver was shot in the hand as they left the area. | Yes | Official Report |
3000 | Jun | 1 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Road | 36.8189943 | 38.0075815 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One director of a local NGO travelling in Jarabulus city, rural Aleppo, was injured after a VBIED on the underside of the vehicle detonated. | Yes | Official Report |
3181 | Jun | 2 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 7 | 19.183333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unite pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC) | One INGO driver was assaulted and injured by a member of the UPC NSAG while working. Reports indicate the attack was for personal reasons. | Yes | Focal Point |
3182 | Jun | 3 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 7.616667 | 16.983333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national male staff member was assaulted by an unknown criminal while staying in a private home during a field visit. | Yes | Focal Point |
3165 | Jun | 8 | 2020 | CL | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -33.45 | -70.666667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff was beaten and robbed by an unknown armed individual in Santiago. | Yes | Focal Point |
3183 | Jun | 8 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 7 | 19.183333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO national male staff members were beaten when their convoy was ambushed by unknown armed men in Grivae-Pamia, Kaga-Bandoro. | Yes | Focal Point |
3003 | Jun | 8 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.224042 | 29.166706 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN Agency truck drivers transporting food to Abiemnom were ambushed and shot by unknown perpetrators after getting stuck in the mud. They managed to drive to Mayom for medical attention. | Yes | Official Report |
3004 | Jun | 8 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 12.382928 | 13.161392 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State of West Africa Province | Three NGO staff members, a security guard and a government employee (latter two not counted here at this time) were kidnapped after being ambushed by a splinter group of Boko Haram, the Islamic State of West Africa Province, while travelling from Maiduguri to Monguno. They were all killed sometime during the week of July 20th and an execution video was released on the 22nd showing that the men were all shot. | Yes | Media |
3034 | Jun | 9 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.633333 | -3.233333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO staff members and their driver were kidnapped by unknown gunmen from an inter-community meeting on peace in Mopti, at the Maison des jeunes de Baye. Their whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3007 | Jun | 10 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.683333 | -6.016667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped in Diabaly commune by an NSAG, due to reports a female staff was allegedly not complying with a dress code imposed by the armed group. They were released after 3 weeks. | Yes | Official Report |
3169 | Jun | 11 | 2020 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national male staff member was kidnapped after being ambushed on the road near Port au Prince. He was later able to escape. | Yes | Focal Point |
3286 | Jun | 13 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Complex attack | Raid | Office/compound | 12.683333 | 13.6 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | During an ISWA militant raid of the humanitarian hub compound in Monguno town, one UN staff sustained injuries while escaping to the bunk during the attack. The staff died several weeks later due to the trauma. | Yes | Focal Point |
3008 | Jun | 14 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.312222 | 48.954167 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | One driver of an INGO rented vehicle with INGO staff as passengers, was shot and killed when unknown perpetrators ambushed and took the vehicle in Bilcil village and heading towards Awr-bogays village. Motive is suspected as either a carjacking or revenge killing. | Yes | Official Report |
3168 | Jun | 15 | 2020 | CG | Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | -3.7275 | 14.52111 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Two male INGO national staff members were injured after being attacked by an ex-NSAG militant with a machete in Makana. | Yes | Focal Point |
3066 | Jun | 16 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.1322 | 0.6795 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO vehicle driver was kidnapped in Karou village, Gao after his vehicle was ambushed by unknown gunmen. The other staff in the vehicle were left, but the driver was taken along with the NGO vehicle. | Yes | Media |
3113 | Jun | 16 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO national male staff member suffered burns and suffocation after trying to put out a fire in Mazout Market, al Bab city caused by an IED placed in a truck loaded with fuel. | Yes | Official Report |
3210 | Jun | 19 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 11.5 | 13 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | 3 INGO staff were ambushed by ISWA militants in Borno. One INGO was detained and killed and the other was injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
3230 | Jun | 20 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 10.616667 | 13.383333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency contracted truck leaving a project site in Bazza, Michika, was ambushed by unknown perpetrators. The contracted site engineer was shot and passed away 10 days later from his injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
3231 | Jun | 20 | 2020 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Unknown | 12.8 | 45.033333 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One UN agency international staff member involved in the medical evacuation of a COVID-19 patient that deceased during the evacuation was ambushed and taken by a group of community members in military vehicles. The staff was seriously injured while in their care and was released later that day after a security/military mission to retrieve him. | Yes | Focal Point |
3025 | Jun | 20 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Public location | 7.1703 | 31.40858 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member, while gathering his cattle in Maboir village, was caught in a cattle raid and killed. The motive is not related to his status as an aid worker. | Yes | Official Report |
3046 | Jun | 20 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.068333 | -3.081389 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO national male staff were reportedly kidnapped along with two vehicles a few kilometers outside of Koro, Mopti. The perpetrators ambushed the aid convoy, released the female staff, and kidnapped the male staff with two drivers. Further information on their whereabouts or the perpetrators is unknown. | Yes | Media |
3027 | Jun | 22 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.238586 | 29.799701 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency male staff member was injured after being attacked by unknown individuals while walking from the market to his accommodation in the Bentiu PoC. He was sent to an INGO clinic for treatment, but later evacuated to Juba on June 23. | Yes | Official Report |
3022 | Jun | 24 | 2020 | NE | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.349 | 1.306 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 11 male NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped in the village of Bossey Bangou on a lean season targeting exercise. No group has claimed responsibility, but due to activity in the region, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) or an Al Qaeda linked group is likely and suspected. All 11 were released on September 26, 2020. | Yes | Media |
3032 | Jun | 27 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.2125 | 31.560833 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency contracted truck driver sustained three gunshot wounds when his truck was ambushed by unknown armed men in Bor. The truck was damaged and the driver was taken to the hospital where he is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3028 | Jun | 28 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Project site | 7.055605 | 29.230077 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO ambulance driver was transporting a civilian with a gunshot wound from Manakol village when he was ambushed on the road by unknown armed assailants. He was shot and killed by the assailants in a suspected revenge killing. The wounded passenger escaped. | Yes | Official Report |
3029 | Jun | 28 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female international INGO staff member was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators in Lulimba Fizi territory, approximately 210km South of Uvira. She was released on June 30 after reported payment of ransom. | Yes | Official Report |
3203 | Jul | 2 | 2020 | IN | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 26.1225 | 85.390556 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO staff member was injured after he was attacked by an intoxicated individual after an argument. | Yes | Focal Point |
3031 | Jul | 2 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Public location | 7.45822 | 31.535433 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One humanitarian staff member was reportedly killed in a cattle raid in Duk Payuel while grazing his own cattle. | Yes | Official Report |
3044 | Jul | 3 | 2020 | UG | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 0.347596 | 32.58252 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male UN national staff member was assaulted and robbed after departing public transport used from the Rwamwanja refugee settlement to Kampala. The incident occurred in the Bwaise suburb of Kampala and the staff member was treated a local hospital for an injury to his left eye. | Yes | Official Report |
3080 | Jul | 6 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.659444 | 0.501667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped in Ansongo town, Goa. They were released two days later. | Yes | Media |
3308 | Jul | 7 | 2020 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 36.191188 | 44.009189 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO national staff member was injured after being assaulted by an unknown intruder in the office. | Yes | Focal Point |
3033 | Jul | 8 | 2020 | PK | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 33.6671 | 70.9547 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Police | One UN Agency staff member, after examining a polio patient at the hospital in Orakzai District, was followed and physically assaulted by a group of policemen. He received a series of injuries, lost consciousness, and experienced blurred vision. | Yes | Official Report |
3035 | Jul | 9 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 4.2408 | 9.2634 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Amazonia seperatists | One NGO national staff member was kidnapped in the town of Banga Bakundu, Southwest region, by suspected separatists of the self-declared Amazonia region. The staff member was later reported as dead to the organization by the perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report |
3041 | Jul | 10 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | -0.358056 | 42.545278 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One UN agency contractor was injured after a suspected Al Shabaab militant threw a grenade into a restaurant in Sinnay Junction of Farjano village, Lower Juba. The contractor was treated at the local hospital for a laceration and a fragment injury. A child was also killed in the incident and 3 civilians seriously injured (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3272 | Jul | 12 | 2020 | MZ | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -12.35 | 40.633333 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One male national UN staff member was assaulted by Security Forces personnel after they raided his home. | Yes | Focal Point |
3114 | Jul | 12 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.225642 | 36.70011 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two male national staff members of an NGO were killed after a large vehicle-borne IED exploded in the area of Dawaar Sejjo Idlib, 1 km from the Bab al Salama Syrian-Turkish border crossing. | Yes | Official Report |
3222 | Jul | 13 | 2020 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Mob violence | Project site | 14.205556 | 24.65 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Arab Tribesmen | One INGO senior national staff was seriously injured after he was shot twice in the Fato Borno IDP Camp by raiding Arab Tribesmen. | Yes | Focal Point |
3030 | Jul | 13 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.85165 | 31.58247 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO hired taxi driver in Juba was ambushed by three unknown men who claimed he was involved in a traffic accident the previous day. Upon denial, the perpetrators assaulted the driver with a pistol handle, robbed him, and ordered him to leave the area. The staff member was referred to a hospital for his injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
3036 | Jul | 13 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 7.44456 | 31.4121 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO national staff members were shot and killed after being caught in an unknown armed groups attack on the Pajut village in Duk county. The staff were administering health and nutrition services when the indiscriminate gunfire hit the village. 4 other civilians were killed. | Yes | Official Report |
3042 | Jul | 13 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -5.94749 | 29.19471 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency consultant was injured after three unknown men with machetes raided his home in Kalemie and assaulted him. The assailants stole a TV, laptops, and cellphones. The consultant was treated at the hospital and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3166 | Jul | 15 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 34.341944 | 62.203056 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff was stabbed after unknown males attacked him and attempted to steal his car on the driveway of his home. | Yes | Focal Point |
3225 | Jul | 16 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Unknown | Unknown | 33 | 65 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was raped in Afghanistan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3037 | Jul | 19 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 7.9404 | 28.03041 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member was kidnapped along with 8 civilians travelling in a private vehicle near Jebel Thiik in River County. Reports indicate the perpetrators are suspected NSAG rouge elements active in the area. The staff was released on August 19 2020 following community interventions. | Yes | Official Report |
3043 | Jul | 20 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.25722 | 29.79833 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN Agency national staff member was assaulted and injured by unknown criminals in a failed robbery attempt. The staff member was walking back from the market in the Bentiu PoC site when he was attacked. He was treated at a local INGO clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
3224 | Jul | 21 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Office/compound | 8 | 38 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Police | Two INGO male national staff were assaulted and injured by the local police after they were arrested in the INGO office. Reports indicate the mistreatment was over the delay of a construction project and the payment of daily laborers. | Yes | Focal Point |
3038 | Jul | 21 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15 | -2.95 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO staff member was reportedly abducted while traveling between Boni and Douentza in Mopti. Further information on their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3039 | Jul | 22 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.538399 | 33.331256 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A UN agency convoy was ambuhsed on the Budi-Kapoeta Road near Camp 15 by unknown criminals. The staff were robbed and one humanitarian staff suffered a non-life threatening gunshot wound and was evacuated to Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
3204 | Jul | 23 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.333 | -4.417 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO driver was injured by broken glass after their vehicle, travelling on the Bandiagara-Bankass road, was hit by crossfire between national forces and unknown militants. | Yes | Focal Point |
3265 | Jul | 25 | 2020 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national male staff member was shot and killed in Ag Geneina. | Yes | Focal Point |
3241 | Jul | 27 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.756984 | -4.221508 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 UN national staff members were kidnapped after their boat travelling on the river between Mopti and Timbuktu carrying food was ambushed by unknown armed men. They were released 3 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
3218 | Aug | 4 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 6.8 | 33.133333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national male staff was shot and injured after unknown attackers entered his home in Pibor. Two other family members were shot and killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
3061 | Aug | 5 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.2418 | 9.1612 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO national staff members were shot and wounded after their aid convoy was ambushed by a NSAG after they finished delivering aid in Munyenge village. While they were in the village, the NSAG shot a beneficiary. | Yes | Official Report |
3076 | Aug | 5 | 2020 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.9107 | -1.634 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | An NGO driver and his assistant transporting supplies were ambushed and kidnapped near Gaskinde, Soum. They were released two days later on August 7. | Yes | ACLED |
3068 | Aug | 7 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Home | 5.8358 | 9.8553 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NGO staff member and local pastor was reportedly taken from his home in Batibo on August 7 by unknown armed men and found murdered the following day. Motives and perpetrators are unclear at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3067 | Aug | 8 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.35 | -3.611111 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | A convoy of NGO trucks transporting food were travelling 25 km south-west of Bandiagara, when they were ambushed by unknown armed elements near the Parou/Songobia bridge. The aid convoy was forced by the militants to drive to Diallo village. The drivers apprentice was shot and killed and the remaining 4 staff members were kidnapped and released on August 15, 2020. | Yes | Official Report |
3062 | Aug | 9 | 2020 | NE | Niger | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.3106 | 2.576 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State | 7 INGO staff members, 3 women and 4 men, 6 French international staff and1 national staff, were shot and killed in the Koure Wildlife reserve park. The INGO group were in the area to observe the popular tourist destination of West African giraffes when the group was ambushed. The perpetrators also burned their vehicles. No group has yet claimed responsibility. | Yes | Official Report |
3063 | Aug | 10 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.010921 | 30.563761 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO driver of a two vehicle aid convoy (second vehicle was an ambulance) was shot and wounded between Yei and Lasu near Abegi. Unknown perpetrators ambushed the convoy and shot at the vehicles, striking the driver. All other staff members escaped, but two civilians are missing. | Yes | Official Report |
3064 | Aug | 10 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 7.783333 | 33.05 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO compound security guard was assaulted by a group of unknown perpetrators who broke into and robbed the NGO compound. The guard was treated for his non-life-threatening injuries. | Yes | Official Report |
3257 | Aug | 11 | 2020 | JO | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 32.339939 | 36.205166 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Youths | One male national INGO staff member was assaulted and injured by a youth in Mafraq. | Yes | Focal Point |
3094 | Aug | 12 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency male national staff was shot and killed in his home in Jalalabad. | Yes | Official Report |
3242 | Aug | 22 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.043 | 12.768 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One INGO staff member is still missing after his vehicle was ambushed by ISWA elements between Maiduguri and Damasak by Kaerto village. | Yes | Focal Point |
3072 | Aug | 26 | 2020 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.352222 | 43.379722 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN humanitarian agency female staff member was wounded when the vehicle, travelling near Bartilla, hit a roadside IED. | Yes | Official Report |
3243 | Aug | 27 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 5.8358 | 9.8553 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Four NGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown perpetrators while distributing food in Akulabei village of Batibo. They were released after 2 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3170 | Aug | 28 | 2020 | CI | Cote D'Ivoire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 5.766667 | -6.4 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO national staff member was injured after being ambushed by an unknown perpetrator while traveling in Trequetrequekro. She was also robbed of her belongings. | Yes | Focal Point |
3194 | Aug | 29 | 2020 | ZW | Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | -17.829167 | 31.052222 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO office compound guard was injured after being assaulted by an unknown intruder in Harare. | Yes | Focal Point |
3071 | Aug | 29 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.331692 | 31.065871 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO driver was shot and wounded after the NGO convoy of 5 contracted trucks were ambushed near Lainya while traveling from Juba to Kupera. The unknown armed perpetrators set fire to two trucks and looted supplies from the others. | Yes | Official Report |
3223 | Aug | 31 | 2020 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | -19.116667 | 33.45 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO guard was seriously injured after a failed robbery attempt of the INGO office in Chimoio. | Yes | Focal Point |
3211 | Sep | 1 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Mob violence | Road | 9.10378 | 30.4457 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Community members | One INGO national staff was shot and wounded after he was ambushed on the road in Thokchak by local armed youth fighting between community groups. Reports indicate the youth dispute began at a wedding where many were under the influence of drugs and alcohol. | Yes | Focal Point |
3086 | Sep | 3 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 14.31401 | -2.86074 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Dan Na Ambassagou Militia | One driver with an INGO was attacked by Dan Na Ambassagou militia, preventing the aid group from conducting humanitarian activities between Douma and Petaka, Mopti. Reports indicate the driver was severely beaten. | Yes | ACLED |
3200 | Sep | 4 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 4.565 | 28.375 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One female INGO national staff member was beaten by National Security personnel at the gate of the UNMISS compound due to an argument over who her employer was. | Yes | Focal Point |
3250 | Sep | 4 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.775 | 33.59 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN staff members were injured after their vehicle was ambushed 25km outside of Kapoeta. | Yes | Focal Point |
3258 | Sep | 6 | 2020 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 32.887222 | 13.191389 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One male national INGO staff member was assaulted and injured by another civilian at the office in Tripoli. | Yes | Focal Point |
3070 | Sep | 9 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.69664 | 27.9863 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was shot and killed on the road next to the Bhar El Ghazal hotel in Hai Daraja, Wau. He was also robbed of his motorbike by unknown armed criminals. | Yes | Official Report |
3328 | Sep | 9 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 32.633333 | 36.641667 | Political | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Three NGO staff members were injured after being hit by targetted regime shelling. | Yes | Focal Point |
3161 | Sep | 11 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 3.866667 | 11.516667 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Youths | One female INGO international staff was injured after being assaulted by a group of youths trying to steal her handbag in Yaounde, Centre. | Yes | Focal Point |
3259 | Sep | 14 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 4.85 | 31.6 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Not applicable | One male national INGO staff member was injured after being detained and in police custody in Juba. | Yes | Focal Point |
3069 | Sep | 14 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One Turkish Red Crescent staff member was shot and killed and another shot and wounded, when their marked RC vehicle was caught in crossfire on the road between Cobanbey and Al Bab. Perpetrator's are unknown, but official reports indicate they were dressed in militant attire. A third staff in the vehicle was unharmed. | Yes | Official Report |
3115 | Sep | 14 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO staff members were killed and one was seriously injured after a vehicle-borne IED driven by an unknown suicide bomber exploded near Dawaar Kawa in the city centre of Afrin. | Yes | Official Report |
3275 | Sep | 15 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 11.2558 | 14.1524 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | 4 UN contractors on route to install solar panels were injured after their civilian/UN/military convoy was ambushed by Boko Haram near Banki, Borno. As their vehicle escaped the gunmen ambush, it hit a roadside IED. 2 staff were in critical condition and airlifted for further treatment. | Yes | Focal Point |
3078 | Sep | 15 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Mob violence | Public location | 8.663734 | 32.74684 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One NGO male staff member was reportedly seriously injured during clan clashes between Ying Payam and Nyangore on September 15 on the Sobat river near Ulang town. The staff member succumbed to his wounds the following day at the NGO clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
3087 | Sep | 15 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.01498 | 40.51028 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was shot and killed while travelling in his car, by unknown perpetrators passing on a motorcycle in Dahleh village, Deir ez-Zor. | Yes | ACLED |
3117 | Sep | 15 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.518997 | 12.768246 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One aid worker was reportedly kidnapped while travelling with other civilians on the Maiduguri-Damasak road by Boko Haram militants, who also seized the 3 vehicles. Further information on their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3244 | Sep | 16 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -1.19209 | 29.15049 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN contracted truck driver carrying food from Goma to Mpati near Muhanga was ambushed and assaulted with a machete by unknown criminals. | Yes | Focal Point |
3292 | Sep | 16 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 10.440419 | 32.201529 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff members were assaulted and injured after their compound in Melut was raided. Reports indicate the host community was unhappy with some of the INGO's policies. | Yes | Focal Point |
3077 | Sep | 16 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.103685 | 29.297175 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One INGO male national staff was killed and another seriously injured, after their 2 vehicle convoy was ambushed 11km NW of Luofo on the Kasiki-Luofu road in Lubero, North Kivu, after returning from distributing humanitarian aid to IDPs. The convoy was reportedly intercepted by suspected local Mai Mai Militia. Two other staff were kidnapped, but released the following day after community support. | Yes | Official Report |
3083 | Sep | 18 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO national staff members were abducted from their project site in Irumu territory, not far from Bunia. The site (but not staff) have previously been attacked and damaged earlier in September by a coalition of armed actors. | Yes | Official Report |
3195 | Sep | 21 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 9.527889 | 45.5345 | Economic | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One female INGO international staff member was injured after unsatisfied aid recipients at a distribution site in Burco began throwing stones at the aid workers. She was injured on her hand and leg. | Yes | Focal Point |
3082 | Sep | 21 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.04417 | 29.18333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A convoy with two vehicles was intercepted by unidentified armed individuals near Kigurwe village, approximately 40km northwest of Uvira. Two INGO national staff members and a contracted driver were abducted and released after 2 nights. Valuables were also stolen from the vehicle. The staff had been returning from a mission in Rusabaki. | Yes | Official Report |
3205 | Sep | 23 | 2020 | PG | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Public location | -9.478889 | 147.149444 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Spouse | One female INGO national staff member was sexually assaulted at a bus stop after leaving work. Reports allege the perpetrator may have been the spouse's husband. | Yes | Focal Point |
3260 | Sep | 24 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 9.03 | 38.74 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Civilians | Two national male INGO staff members were assaulted and injured at the office in Addis Ababa by another civilian. | Yes | Focal Point |
3245 | Sep | 25 | 2020 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 16.4051720205875 | 45.6008985925226 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One NGO labourer was killed when a perpetrator drove a vehicle over people sleeping beside a truck in the Al Rayyan area. | Yes | Focal Point |
3084 | Sep | 29 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 4.643509 | 32.080228 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff travelling from Liria to Juba were ambushed in Korgana on September 29th. Despite their injuries, the driver managed to navigate the team to a nearby village where the two injured INGO members could be evacuated to Juba for medical treatment. The driver was given first aid treatment by SSPDF forces at the village. | Yes | Official Report |
3233 | Sep | 30 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national male staff was injured when stabbed during a street robbery in Mogadishu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3085 | Sep | 30 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 5.043572 | 32.456227 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male contracted security guard was shot and killed on 30th September by armed persons at a primary health care facility in Lopa/Lafon area. The staff were relocated to Torit Town. | Yes | Official Report |
3091 | Oct | 1 | 2020 | ZM | Zambia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -14.639679 | 24.814114 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national male staff from the Maheba Refugee Settlement was injured as the marked vehicle traveled through Chilombu, 11km from Kaoma. Unknown perpetrators stoned the vehicle causing the windshield to break and the staff sustained facial injuries which were both treated at the hospital. | Yes | Official Report |
3246 | Oct | 4 | 2020 | CO | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | 7.090278 | -70.761667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female UN staff member was sexually assaulted in her home. | Yes | Focal Point |
3088 | Oct | 5 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Public location | 6.98 | 30.58 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A convoy of UN Agency aid boats in the Shambe area, on route from Bor to Malakal was ambushed by unknown perpetrators on the water. One boat completely sank and a staff member passenger drowned after being shot. Two other staff members received some injuries and were treated locally. A fourth staff member was seriously injured and evacuated to Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
3253 | Oct | 6 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 35 | 71.2 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Two INGO staff members, one female and one male national, were kidnapped by the Taliban in Konar. | Yes | Focal Point |
3093 | Oct | 6 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | 3 NGO staff members travelling in Al Bab city were seriously injured, the male driver critically, after a truck bomb exploded. 18 other civilians were killed in the attack (not counted here), and no group has claimed responsibility although reports suspect the YPG/PKK. | Yes | Official Report |
3164 | Oct | 8 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -2.5 | 28.866667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff was attacked and severely beaten by a mob of unknown men in Bukavu. He was left unconscious and his belongings stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
3185 | Oct | 8 | 2020 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Road | 20.866667 | 92.3 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One female national staff member of an INGO was sexually assaulted by security forces at a road checkpoint in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar. | Yes | Focal Point |
3206 | Oct | 11 | 2020 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 2.781667 | 32.299167 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national guard was seriously beaten by a group of intruders who raided the office compound in Gulu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3090 | Oct | 11 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 5.448926 | 31.752398 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One national NGO male staff was reportedly killed after being caught in crossfire while harvesting crops from his farm. Reports indicate the gunfire is attributed to disputing clans in the area. | Yes | Official Report |
3163 | Oct | 15 | 2020 | NE | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 16.786111 | 6.933611 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO national staff members travelling in a vehicle in Amataltal, were ambushed by a mob of unknown men. One staff was injured after the mob tied up both staff, confined them to the car trunk, and drove the vehicle into the desert where the staff were left and the car was stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
3247 | Oct | 15 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 33.577222 | 68.185556 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One NGO staff was kidnapped from his home in Jaghatu district while he was on annual leave. He was released on November 30, 2020. | Yes | Focal Point |
3261 | Oct | 15 | 2020 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 36.191188 | 44.009189 | Incidental | Staff member | Not applicable | Two male INGO national staff members were wounded by another staff member in the INGO office in Erbil. | Yes | Focal Point |
3287 | Oct | 15 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.933333 | 36.633333 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | US Coalition | 4 NGO staff members were injured and 1 female staff member was killed after a vehicle beside them on the highway was hit by a US coalition missile in Idlib. | Yes | Official Report |
3089 | Oct | 15 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.104123 | 29.094035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff driver was reportedly kidnapped in Baraka town. He was released 48 hours later by his unknown abductors. | Yes | Official Report |
3110 | Oct | 15 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.133333 | 36.45 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Unknown | Two NGO staff members were injured, one critically, when their vehicle was struck with shrapnel after a drone attacked a nearby car. Due to the method of a drone attack foreign or coalition forces is the most likely perpetrator. | Yes | Official Report |
3092 | Oct | 19 | 2020 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.348333 | 44.206389 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male Turkish Red Crescent staff member in Yemen was wounded by an unknown armed perpetrator. He was treated in Aden. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Yes | Media |
3111 | Oct | 19 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.744444 | 11.961111 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female humanitarian worker was reportedly kidnapped along Damaturu - Maiduguri road near Damaturu town, Yobe, by unknown armed perpetrators. Further information on her whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3109 | Oct | 20 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 35.613889 | 36.561111 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | One NGO staff member was reportedly taken by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Kafranbel city, Idlib. He was released after 3 days. | Yes | Official Report |
3096 | Oct | 23 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.908848 | 29.481506 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One NGO driver was shot and killed while travelling on the Cueibet-Rumbek road in Cueibet County. Official Reports indicate the incident is due to armed intercommunal cattle clashes. | Yes | Official Report |
3132 | Oct | 24 | 2020 | BW | Botswana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | -24.866667 | 25.816667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN humanitarian agency staff member picked up two unknown individuals while driving between Ramotswa to Otse. The staff member was drugged, blacked out, and woke up on the ground in a field after being robbed. | Yes | Official Report |
3232 | Oct | 25 | 2020 | IQ | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Public location | 33.038056 | 40.284444 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN contractor was kidnapped from a construction site by unknown perpetrators. He was killed on or around November 5, 2020. | Yes | Focal Point |
3264 | Oct | 27 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 9.55 | 31.65 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One national male INGO staff member was assaulted and injured by civilians on the road in Malakal. | Yes | Focal Point |
3097 | Oct | 27 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Two NGO staff members were reportedly killed after a vehicle-borne IED exploded in the capital Mogadishu. Media reports indicate a polio vaccination campaign group consisting of health workers, humanitarian staff, and government officials was attacked by Al Shabaab militants. The militants first attacked with guns shooting and killing an official and a health worker, before fleeing and triggering the VBIED. | Yes | Media |
3212 | Oct | 28 | 2020 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 3.465 | 31.245 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Youths | 7 INGO national staff were injured after a group of intoxicated youths raided the office compound in Yumbe. The group consisting of approximately 20 perpetrators overpowered the guards, threatened and assaulted the staff, and stole computers/belongings. | Yes | Focal Point |
3098 | Oct | 29 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.8 | 33.133333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff members were ambushed by unknown perpetrators between Pibor and Tangazon, about 8 kms West of Gumuruk. One staff was reportedly shot and killed, with another being seriously injured. | Yes | Official Report |
3100 | Oct | 30 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.35 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One head of a local NGO and well-known community elder was reportedly shot and killed by Al Shabaab militants in Elasha Biyaha village, Afgooye district. | Yes | Official Report |
3102 | Oct | 30 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.06944 | 30.88417 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member in the New Fangak area was shot and killed on route for mission to Korwai by unknown perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report |
3105 | Oct | 30 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.779562 | 29.087343 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members returning from the Mulongwe refugee camp in Fizi county were reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators. Their driver (not counted here) was released immediately and the remaining 2 staff were released 4 days later. | Yes | Media |
3101 | Oct | 31 | 2020 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.53 | 42.58 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was reportedly injured after a vehicle-borne IED exploded as the staff passed by. The IED was placed on a vehicle carrying the district chief, the intended target, and killed the official along with his bodyguard. | Yes | Official Report |
3118 | Nov | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Media reports indicate 4 staff members of 2 separate INGOs have been killed in a Tigray region refugee/IDP camp during the month of November. Exact details and dates of the incidents are unknown at this time. | Yes | Media | |
3266 | Nov | 3 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Mob violence | Project site | 9.55 | 31.65 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Tribes | One INGO national male staff member was shot and killed during Tribal clashes in Malakal. | Yes | Focal Point |
3103 | Nov | 3 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 8.595958 | 29.991989 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two male NGO staff members residing in an NGO compound were injured after three unknown perpetrators raided the compound in Kuachlual Payam, Koch County. The staff were robbed and beaten and later received medical attention at the clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
3120 | Nov | 3 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mayi-Mayi Biloze Bishambuke | Three INGO staff members were ambushed and kidnapped while travelling in Abonyoni village, 3 km from Fizi town. Reports indicate the perpetrators were Mayi-Mayi Biolze Bishambuke militants and demanded ransom for the staff members. They were released several days later. | Yes | Official Report |
3288 | Nov | 4 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.816667 | 36.6 | Incidental | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Two NGO workers were killed in Ariha by Syrian Armed Forces shelling. | Yes | Official Report |
3108 | Nov | 4 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.816667 | 36.36 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | Two INGO national male staff members were reportedly killed after Syrian regime artillery shelling hit the car they were travelling in in Ariha city, Idlib. | Yes | Official Report |
3196 | Nov | 6 | 2020 | NE | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.511667 | 2.125278 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international male staff member was robbed and injured travelling on his motorcycle in Niamey, while transporting another staff to the airport. | Yes | Focal Point |
3104 | Nov | 6 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Public location | 8.470605 | 30.051132 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An off-duty INGO driver walking with a group of people from Leer to Koch at 4:00am was ambushed by a group of unknown armed individuals. The staff member was shot and killed by the group for unknown reasons. | Yes | Official Report |
3107 | Nov | 6 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Public location | 14.222222 | -4.493333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two national NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped while travelling by boat on the Niger river near Kouakourou, approximately 35 km north of Djenne town, Kewa commune, Djenne cercle, Mopti region. Reports assign unknown extremist militants as likely perpetrators. Further information on their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3106 | Nov | 8 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 7.3 | 18.3 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Anti-Balaka | One INGO national staff member was stabbed in the hand during an attempted kidnapping at his home in Batangafo. Reports indicate Anti-Balaka militants broke into the aid worker's home and tried to abduct him, but were unsuccessful. He was treated at the local hospital and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3248 | Nov | 11 | 2020 | CM | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.2548 | 9.6341 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN contracted driver was assaulted by unknown perpetrators after his truck was ambushed. | Yes | Focal Point |
3184 | Nov | 14 | 2020 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 7.24114 | 30.28192 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national staff was injured after they were shot in a local market during a retaliation attack. Further information on the motive and perpetrator is unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
3234 | Nov | 14 | 2020 | FJ | Fiji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | -18 | 179 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN female staff member was sexually assaulted in a home in Fiji. | Yes | Focal Point |
3116 | Nov | 15 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO staff member was reportedly shot and killed in Masisi town centre, North Kivy by unknown perpetrators. Further information is unknown at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3396 | Nov | 21 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 14.26666 | 39.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Ethiopian Red Cross board member was shot and killed on the street in Adigrat, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3121 | Nov | 21 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO guard, working in the Al-Hawl (Hole) Refugee Camp in rural Al-Hasakah, was reportedly shot and killed by unknown gunmen. | Yes | ACLED |
3393 | Nov | 22 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.166667 | 38.9 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Ethiopian Red Cross staff member was shot and killed in Adwa, central Tigray while transporting a pregnant woman to the hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
3122 | Nov | 23 | 2020 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.838014 | 0.302793 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Several aid workers from an INGO were kidnapped by unknown perpetrators while travelling between Ansongo and Gao. They were all released the same day (not counted here) except one national staff which was held until the following day. | Yes | ACLED |
3397 | Nov | 25 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 13.983333 | 39.433333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Ethiopian Red Cross volunteer was shot and killed in his home in Hawzen, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3398 | Nov | 25 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 14.333333 | 37.833333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Ethiopian Red Cross driver was shot and killed in his home in Tahtay Adyabo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3123 | Nov | 26 | 2020 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -19.975 | 33.396111 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO staff members were shot and wounded by unknown gunmen who attacked their vehicle travelling in Seventine village near Dombe. | Yes | ACLED |
3140 | Nov | 26 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was reportedly killed in the Hitsats Refugee Camp. (date is not exact) | Yes | Official Report |
3124 | Nov | 27 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -1.187265 | 29.446004 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national staff from an INGO was attacked by an unknown militia and had his arm mutilated and amputated in Bwalanda village, Rutshuru. | Yes | ACLED |
3395 | Nov | 28 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 14.120833 | 38.727778 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three Ethiopian Red Cross volunteers were shot and killed on the street in Aksum, central Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3214 | Nov | 29 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 36.683056 | 69.163611 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One INGO national staff member and one contracted rental car driver were abducted by Taliban militants on Khuja Pista, Kundoz. They were held for 24 hours and then released. | Yes | Focal Point |
3119 | Nov | 30 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.8060846 | 12.4923053 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One humanitarian aid worker along with two government officials returning from Mobbar town were reportedly kidnapped near Wakilti. Further information on their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Media |
3213 | Dec | 1 | 2020 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | -6.05 | 26.916667 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One INGO national staff was shot and injured after criminal perpetrators raided a hotel in Kabalo, shot the staff, and robbed the hotel. | Yes | Focal Point |
3291 | Dec | 2 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 35.95 | 39.0167 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) | A male NGO doctor was beaten by Syrian Democratic Forces militants after he refused to treat one of their fighters in Ar-Raqqah. | Yes | Focal Point |
3289 | Dec | 4 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO staff, and husband and wife, were injured after their motorbike hit an IED in Afrin. | Yes | Official Report |
3133 | Dec | 5 | 2020 | CO | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.958056 | -76.271389 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO staff member was kidnapped by unknown armed men in Toribio, Cauca, at an illegal checkpoint and released 2 days later. | Yes | ACLED |
3249 | Dec | 7 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 9.072264 | 7.491302 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female UN staff member was assaulted after her vehicle was ambushed and robbed. | Yes | Focal Point |
3262 | Dec | 8 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 13.516667 | 37.183056 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One male national INGO staff member was injured after being assaulted by another civilian in Dansha, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3125 | Dec | 9 | 2020 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.774982 | 12.338431 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One national staff of an INGO was reportedly kidnapped while travelling near Jakana on the Damaturu-Maiduguri road in Borno. His whereabouts are currently unknown. | Yes | Media |
3131 | Dec | 12 | 2020 | UY | Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -34.883611 | -56.181944 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN humanitarian agency staff member was driving her vehicle in the capital Montevideo when stopped at a red light an unknown perpetrator smashed the window, stole the staff member's purse, and injured her hand. The victim required minor surgery on her hand. | Yes | Official Report |
3172 | Dec | 12 | 2020 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 35.6 | 66.3 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | Two male INGO national staff members were kidnapped by the Taliban in Sar-e Pol. They were held for 28 hours and then released. | Yes | Focal Point |
3127 | Dec | 13 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was briefly abducted by unknown gunmen and severely beaten in Afrin city. | Yes | Official Report |
3290 | Dec | 21 | 2020 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.816667 | 36.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male dentist working for an NGO in Ariha suburbs was shot in the leg after his car was attacked by unknown gunmen. | Yes | Focal Point |
3394 | Dec | 23 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 14.333333 | 39.166667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Ethiopian Red Cross driver was shot and killed in Enticho, central Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3138 | Dec | 25 | 2020 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 16.066667 | 25.466667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was injured after the aid group he was travelling with, in Al Fasher North Darfur, was ambushed and attacked by unknown gunmen. The armoured NGO/UN vehicle they were travelling in was taken. | Yes | Media |
3126 | Dec | 28 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 5.95 | 15.6 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One ICRC guard was shot and wounded when unknown militants raided, robbed, and damaged the office in Bouar. | Yes | Official Report |
3134 | Dec | 28 | 2020 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN agency staff member was shot in his vehicle on his way home from completing banking transactions in Port au Prince. He was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
3139 | Dec | 28 | 2020 | CF | Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.716667 | 20.05 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One off-duty UN staff member was shot and injured after the public transport was ambushed by unknown gunmen in Grimari city. | Yes | Media |
3399 | Dec | 29 | 2020 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.333333 | 38.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Ethiopian Red Cross guard was shot and killed in a road ambush in Adidaero, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3130 | Dec | 30 | 2020 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 12.82438837 | 45.02394157 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three ICRC staff members and 1 NGO staff were killed, with 2 other ICRC staff wounded in the bombing of the Aden airport. Reports indicate the airport was targetted by NSAG's as the new government arrived in the city. | Yes | Official Report |
3273 | Dec | 30 | 2020 | BI | Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -3.488611 | 29.534444 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN staff member was injured after his private vehicle was ambushed by unknown perpetrators in Majombe, Bujumbura. | Yes | Focal Point |
Total | 58 | 228 | 8 | 20 | 168 | 2 | 108 | 233 | 118 | 459 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 484 | 313 | 47 | 124 |