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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2569 | Jan | 1 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 35.810357 | 36.612625 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was abducted and killed during the week of January 1-6 (exact date unknown) in the Idlib region of Syria. Gender/organization/exact location unknown at this time. Information received from a public UN press briefing. | Yes | Media |
2858 | Jan | 1 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 36.2849665 | 36.8519377 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | One male national INGO staff was killed and two others wounded when an armed group affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) stormed the INGO supported hospital and began shooting randomly. Focal Point reports indicate, clashes erupted between armed factions near Daret Izza town in Aleppo Governate, and the hospital was hit with shelling and small arms fire. Some staff were evacuated, but others were not able to leading to the injuries and death. | Yes | Focal Point |
2558 | Jan | 5 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 7.300804 | 18.288171 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male INGO staff member was shot by a group of armed men who entered the INGO compound in Batangafo by force and demanded to see the field coordinator. Once their request was denied, the group opened fire shooting the staff member. They then fired an RPG and fled. MINUSCA responded and transported the injured staff member to the hospital where he died of his injuries. Seven INGO staff members were transported out of the compound to an temporary location for security. | Yes | Official Report |
2588 | Jan | 7 | 2019 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 36.341584 | 43.129139 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | One male guard at an IDP camp south of Mosul was reportedly taken into custody after refusing entry into the camp by a group of armed local police in an armored vehicle. Information from the reports outlined this refusal was in accordance with the April 2017 government directive barring armed personnel from entering camps. After the guard left work at the camp he was arrested on allegations of ISIS affiliation, and later beaten as well as robbed at the local police station. He was reportedly released later that night after colleague intervention. | Yes | Media |
2979 | Jan | 8 | 2019 | GT | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 14.766667 | -91.183333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO male staff member was injured after he was assaulted by unknown perpetrators who ambushed a bus and robbed its passengers. The bus was travelling from Solola to Chimaltenango, when 6 passengers began shooting on the bus, threatening the passengers, and disrupting the route. The staff member had his injuries checked at a medical clinic. | Yes | Focal Point |
2908 | Jan | 10 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 15.7030403 | 43.6039301 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO contracted truck driver was assaulted and injured by a mob of 50 civilians in the Kuaidenah Market. Reports indicate 50% of the truck contents were taken by the mob. | Yes | Focal Point |
2917 | Jan | 12 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.94 | 43.759167 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Tuareg tribe | Three UN agency contracted truck drivers were kidnapped by a NSAG suspected to be connected with the Tuarge tribe. They were held until January 19 and released after negotiations. | Yes | Focal Point |
2566 | Jan | 15 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.394673 | 18.558189 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male UN international staff member was injured when shot during a carjacking incident at the 14 villas neighbourhood of Bangui. After injuring him in the leg, the two unknown assailants fled the scene with the staff members vehicle, which was later recovered by security forces in the Yasmadi neighbourhood of Bangui. The international staff member was treated at a hospital and is in stable condition. | Yes | Official Report |
2980 | Jan | 17 | 2019 | PH | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.22 | 125.07 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members travelling by motorbike in Polomolok were shot when unknown perpetrators on separate motorbikes ambushed the staff members, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Once the injured staff regained consciousness he realized all their belongings were taken including their motorbike. | Yes | Focal Point |
2568 | Jan | 18 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Raid | Home | 5.767948 | 20.675651 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male humanitarian staff was killed during a violent burglary of his home in Bambari. | Yes | Media |
2610 | Jan | 19 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 5.767948 | 20.675651 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) | One INGO staff member and a local teacher (not counted here) were reportedly killed amidst a barrage of gunfire on January 19, 2019, in Bambari Town. Reports indicate UCP militants and UN soldiers were present in the area and involved in the violent clash. | Pending | Media |
2958 | Jan | 19 | 2019 | CI | Cote D'Ivoire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | 5.316667 | -4.033333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was injured during an armed robbery. | Yes | Focal Point |
2847 | Jan | 20 | 2019 | TZ | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | -4.08 | 31.01 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was injured during a break in and was admitted to the hospital for his injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
2971 | Jan | 23 | 2019 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 16.2716694 | -0.04472 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member was assaulted and injured after a group of 7 people were ambushed at an illegal checkpoint in Mamadou Talatou, Gao. | Yes | Focal Point |
2875 | Jan | 24 | 2019 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 21.2237441 | 92.1057549 | Economic | Criminal | Bandits | One national male INGO staff member was injured when unknown criminal bandits raided the office compound in Ukhia area of Cox's Bazar. | Yes | Focal Point |
2570 | Jan | 26 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 34.44038 | 70.441856 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male national staff was injured when a magnetic IED, attached to a UN implementing partner vehicle responsible for mine clearance, detonated, also killing a dependent of the staff member (not counted here) in the vehicle. | Yes | Official Report |
2575 | Jan | 27 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Detention | Custody | 36.202106 | 37.134258 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One national male NGO volunteer was kidnapped by unknown perpetrators and shot and killed after being held for one week. | Yes | Media |
2860 | Jan | 27 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.640183 | 29.178362 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was kidnapped by a suspected criminal group on the road between Goma and Sake. The staff member was among 6 other passengers travelling in private vehicles when they were ambushed near the forest. After the kidnappers made contact with the staff members wife and requested ransom, he was released the following afternoon. | Yes | Focal Point |
2611 | Jan | 28 | 2019 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 2.77162 | 32.297421 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two male national INGO guards were assaulted and injured when a group of unknown assailants raided the INGO office in Gulu city on January 28, 2019 at 2:00am local time. Reports indicate organization resources estimated at millions of shilings were damaged during the incident. The two staff members were treated at the Victory Medical Center after the attack. | Yes | Media |
2642 | Jan | 28 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 15.348333 | 44.206389 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One female INGO director was reportedly summoned for questioning by Houthi rebels to their headquarters on January 28 in Sanaa, and after not returning to the organization was assumed kidnapped by the rebels. She was released on February 16, 2019 after international diplomatic pressure. | Yes | Media |
2952 | Feb | 1 | 2019 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.03 | 38.74 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international male INGO staff member was choked by a perpetrator on the street until he lost consciousness. He was then robbed of all belongings. | Yes | Focal Point |
2981 | Feb | 1 | 2019 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 6.7307932 | 81.1216761 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO staff member was assaulted by an angry individual in Kotaweheragala while visiting the house of a client. He was admitted to the Sirigala Hospital for treatment of injuries to his face. | Yes | Focal Point |
2906 | Feb | 2 | 2019 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 22.366667 | 91.8 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff member was taken from her house in Chittagong by 7 masked men at 6:30pm. The unknown men forcibly covered her face and dragged her out of her house to a nearby field. The perpetrators assaulted and robbed the staff member, cut her hair, threatened her to stop working for the INGO and get married. Focal point reports also indicate the staff member explained other members of her family had been threatened and assaulted in recent months. | Yes | Focal Point |
2677 | Feb | 5 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 0.4833 | 29.45 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One Ebola response team member was assaulted and injured when a group of local residents clashed with aid workers after the transfer of an Ebola case to Tako village in Beni Territory. The organization is listed as other due to likely World Bank funding. | Yes | Official Report |
2905 | Feb | 5 | 2019 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 21.43392 | 91.98703 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | 1 INGO national staff was wounded after mob violence among unaffiliated civilians erupted on the main road to Thainghkhali, near Cox's Bazar. Focal point reports indicate, a group of civilians were stopping buses and INGO vehicles insisting ID's and documents be checked. The staff member was beaten and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, where he was released later the same day. 4 staff members of a separate INGO were also assaulted but we are uable to confirm the extent of their injuries at this time. | Yes | Focal Point |
2576 | Feb | 8 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.79209 | 44.294258 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One male and one female national humanitarian workers were reportedly shot and killed by a Houthi sniper while delivering aid in the Abar area east of the city of Taiz. | Yes | Media |
2612 | Feb | 8 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 15.328226 | 45.874382 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Saudi-led Coalition (SLC) | One national male UN contracted staff was injured when his truck carrying aid was reportedly hit by an SLC airstrike in Al Hashawah district, on route to Al Akaik. All commodities in the truck were totally damaged. | Yes | Official Report |
2902 | Feb | 8 | 2019 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 12.0488796 | 24.8806896 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO staff member was shot and killed when an unknown civilian entered the INGO compound in Nyala and began shooting. | Yes | Focal Point |
2972 | Feb | 8 | 2019 | ML | Mali | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.4842997 | -4.18296 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 3 male INGO national staff members were kidnapped by an armed group in the area while travelling through Mopti region. They were held for 5 days then released. | Yes | Focal Point |
2993 | Feb | 11 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | -10.6197026 | 26.3190398 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO staff member was shot in the leg in his home after a group of unknown perpetrators broke into his home to steal goods and a cash wedding dowry. | Yes | Focal Point |
2890 | Feb | 14 | 2019 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 15.5517702 | 32.5324097 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male national INGO staff member was wounded when a civilian attacked him in the office compound in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
2584 | Feb | 18 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Unknown | Project site | 35.825691 | 36.682449 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male national NGO volunteer was critically wounded after a VBIED exploded, while carrying out humanitarian duties in Idlib. The volunteer is reportedly in a coma due to these injuries. | Yes | Media |
2711 | Feb | 19 | 2019 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.480656 | -1.558156 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A Red Cross vehicle was ambushed on route between Kaya and Djibo. Unknown perpetrators kidnapped three Red Cross staff and their driver. One staff was released on March 23, 2019, another on April 29, 2019, and one remains in captivity as of June 2020. | Yes | ACLED |
2585 | Feb | 21 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 6.203993 | 31.558729 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Internally Displaced People (IDPs) | One INGO staff member distributing food in the morning inside the PoC site was assaulted by an IDP. The reason for the assault is unknown, and the staff member's minor injuries were treated locally. | Yes | Official Report |
2852 | Feb | 24 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | -0.1549602 | 29.2437011 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency contracted driver transporting 33 tons of food from Goma to Mangina was killed near the town of Kasegha, south of Lubero. Focal point reports indicate the driver exited the vehicle for a rest and a nearby grenade unearthed on the road by a construction worker exploded. | Yes | Focal Point |
2884 | Feb | 27 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 6.5423298 | 21.98633 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO staff member was assaulted and injured after an INGO project site was raided. | Yes | Focal Point |
2586 | Feb | 28 | 2019 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 2.76956 | 42.06527 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | 6 national aid workers have reportedly been kidnapped in the Gedo region of Somalia. Initial reports indicate around 10 people were taken, but some managed to escape and alert authorities. Although no group has officially taken responsibility, Al Shabaab is being blamed. | Yes | Media |
2589 | Mar | 1 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Landmine | Ambush | Road | 13.376944 | 44.478333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO contracted truck struck a landlmine while passing by Al-Huwaimi village on March 1, injuring two. No further details available at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
2607 | Mar | 1 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35 | 38 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male International staff member died while working in a medical facility in a refugee camp when the area was hit by an airstrike. Details regarding the exact date/location and administration within the camp is unknown at this time. | Yes | Media |
2874 | Mar | 3 | 2019 | JO | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 31.9054 | 36.5809 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Refugees | One national male INGO staff member was assaulted by an angry beneficiary for unknown reasons in the Azraq Refugee Camp. | Yes | Focal Point |
2914 | Mar | 4 | 2019 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 1.415 | 34.515 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO reception centre guard was injured when he was attacked by a group of nearby male civilians. INGO staff were attempting to instruct a woman on infant bathing safety, when she became irritable. As the group of nearby men heard the issue they approached the staff holding knives. The staff fled and the nearby guard attempted to control the mob when he was stabbed. He was taken to a health facility where he received medical attention. | Yes | Focal Point |
2916 | Mar | 7 | 2019 | 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 | 14.1056708 | 38.2849463 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was seriously injured when a group of four unknown perpetrators attacked him at a mini bus stop in Shire. The staff was assaulted and robbed, suffering a fractured hip among other injuries. | Yes | Focal Point |
3011 | Mar | 9 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.8142 | 36.32 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Three male NGO staff members were hit during a Russian coalition airstrike of Mintar village in Idlib. One staff lost his life and the other two were seriously injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
2590 | Mar | 10 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.22 | 35.41 | Political | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male NGO volunteer was killed after the organization's center in Murek, Hama was reportedly targeted by regime artillery. | Yes | Media |
2915 | Mar | 10 | 2019 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 1.415 | 34.515 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Refugees | One male INGO guard at a refugee camp in Kyegegwa was injured when a refugee cut him with a razor blade after mob violence erupted over missing documentation. | Yes | Focal Point |
2853 | Mar | 11 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 4.846687 | 31.852221 | Unknown | Criminal | Unknown | One UN agency contracted truck driver carrying commodities was ambushed by unknown criminal elements near Mogiri on the Juba-Terekeka road to Bor. He was kidnapped and held for three days, released on March 13. | Yes | Focal Point |
2883 | Mar | 11 | 2019 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.1005099 | -1.6226538 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was kidnapped on the road in Djibo, Soum by unknown perpetrators. Focal point reports indicate the staff are now safe. | Yes | Focal Point |
2717 | Mar | 12 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Raid | Project site | 6.514587 | 21.960187 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | The Popular Front for the Rebirth of Central African Republic (FPRC) | One male national INGO staff member died after being reportedly beaten and tortured by FPRC Fighters southwest of Bria city in Piya District. The staff member and other employees were working on a well project when the rebel fighters approached the project site at 11:00am LT and demanded information about a supposed theft of boots/flashlights and missing rangers. When the group of staff were not able to provide any useful information, the staff member was taken and killed. | Yes | ACLED |
2880 | Mar | 14 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 34.9197738 | 65.2909179 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One male NGO security guard at a healthy facility in Char Sada, was killed when clashes between the Taliban and the Afghan National Army (ANA) erupted in the area around the project site. | Yes | Focal Point |
2601 | Mar | 15 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 7.390836 | 18.392444 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO employee was shot and wounded by two armed assailants while reportedly distributing food near Bamara-Kassai (17km North of Batangafo). The staff member was evacuated to Batangafo for medical attention, and the assailants fled before a UN patrol arrived. | Yes | Official Report |
2602 | Mar | 19 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 14.7909 | 42.9709 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO national employee was killed when she was hit by shrapnel while standing on the roof of her house in Hodeidah. Her sister, also on the roof, was wounded (not counted here). | Yes | Media |
2968 | Mar | 19 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -4.325 | 15.322222 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One female INGO national staff member was robbed and beaten by criminals and left by the Congo river. | Yes | Focal Point |
2609 | Mar | 24 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 0.129899 | 29.292641 | Political | Aid recipient | Ebola victim families | One UN staff member was assaulted by a group of Butembo residents and alleged family members of an Ebola victim. A total of three UN staff were assaulted, with only one injured and treated at the local Ebola treatment center. This incident follows a trend of numerous attacks on aid workers in North Kivu throughout March 2019. | Yes | Official Report |
2982 | Mar | 25 | 2019 | BO | Bolivia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | -19.4168 | -63.183333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO male guard was injured after being hit in the head with a shovel by 4 unknown perpetrators who raided the office in Gutierrez. The intruders stole motorcycles, cellphones and laptops. | Yes | Focal Point |
2608 | Mar | 26 | 2019 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 17.033027 | 44.107973 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Saudi-led Coalition (SLC) | One health worker and one guard at the INGO supported Ritaf rural hospital were killed during an airstrike on March 26, 2019. An explosion occurred when a missile reportedly struck the gas station near the entrance to hospital, approximately 60 miles from the city of Saada in northwest Yemen, at 9:30am. Seven people died in the blast including four children and the two staff members (only staff counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
2614 | Mar | 27 | 2019 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 31.413847 | 35.110296 | Disputed | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One male national INGO volunteer was reportedly shot and killed by Israeli forces during a clash at the Dheisha refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Reports outline the volunteer paramedic was working within the camp, when others in the area throwing rocks prompted a response from Israeli soldiers. | Yes | Media |
2983 | Mar | 29 | 2019 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 8.0369211 | 80.4725346 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO was assaulted by an individual after he visited a clients house to collect payments. The staff member's neck was injured and he spent 2 days in the hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
2613 | Mar | 30 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.513779 | 20.827387 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was injured when armed assailants reportedly began shooting at the group riding motorcycles around 1:10pm. The staff member and 3 others were travelling near the town of Pavika on the Alindao-Bangassou axis, when their group was attacked on the road. The injured staff member was admitted to a local hospital for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
2678 | Mar | 31 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 0.15 | 29.283333 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | Two Ebola response team members were assaulted and injured by a group of local residents in Butembo. The team was preforming a burial of one Ebola victim in Mwemero Cellule, Wayene Quarter, Bulengera Commune of Butembo, when they were attacked. The injured staff were taken to the Butembo Ebola sub-coordination office for first aid. Organization is listed as other due to likely World Bank funding. | Yes | Official Report |
2891 | Apr | 3 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Office/compound | 0.14164 | 29.2911701 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Three female national staff members of an INGO were wounded when civilian mob violence erupted in the office compound in Butembo. | Yes | Focal Point |
2973 | Apr | 3 | 2019 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 19.356047 | -72.583995 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | 2 male INGO national staff members were injured after being shot at an illegal criminal checkpoint while travelling between Port au Paix and Port au Prince. | Yes | Focal Point |
2646 | Apr | 4 | 2019 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.3 | 18.3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO staff member was shot and killed while travelling by Bolhom village at approximately 6:00am. The staff members motorcycle was also taken by the unknown perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report |
2984 | Apr | 4 | 2019 | BI | Burundi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Home | -2.718 | 30.318556 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male INGO staff member and his family were caught in a complex armed group attack in Buhinyuza. His wife was shot and the staff member was injured after grenade blasts hit the home. | Yes | Focal Point |
2892 | Apr | 6 | 2019 | CD | DR 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 | 0.14164 | 29.2911701 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Two male national INGO staff were wounded when a civilian assaulted them at a project site in Butembo. | Yes | Focal Point |
2854 | Apr | 9 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 31.7880105 | 65.5707852 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four male NGO staff members travelling in a person vehicle in Khakrez district, Kandahar, were kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators. They were released unharmed 7 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
2955 | Apr | 12 | 2019 | MX | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Unknown | 19.433333 | -99.133333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was assaulted by two men and robbed in a supermarket. | Yes | Focal Point |
2656 | Apr | 18 | 2019 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.083333 | -2.666667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | On April 17 between the towns of Douentza and Boni in Kerena village, 2 INGO staff members and 1 local NGO (all national staff) were kidnapped by unknown armed men. The NGO staff member was released days later on April 22, and the INGO staff were released on July 31 (3.5 months later). | Yes | Official Report |
2653 | Apr | 19 | 2019 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 10.312581 | 7.679319 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | On April 19 2019 at 11:40 pm LT, armed assailants entered a hotel resort in Kaduna state and began shooting, killing two individuals including one female international INGO aid worker. After firing at hotel guests the armed assailants reportedly took away three people, whose whereabouts are unknown at the time of writing. | Yes | Media |
2654 | Apr | 19 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 0.127778 | 29.2875 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | On April 19 2019, one male international UN aid worker was shot and killed, while another male national staff member was shot and wounded. The perpetrators reported to be armed militia, attacked the Ebola treatment group in Butembo with indiscriminate use of firearms. Attacks on Ebola response aid workers have recently been common in areas of the DRC affected, causing some medical INGOs to withdraw. | Yes | Media |
2693 | Apr | 19 | 2019 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Road | 4.166667 | 9.233333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male national NGO driver was kidnapped near the Mermoz Hotel, 1.3km from the UN office in Buea town. The staff and the family members (not counted here) taken with him were held for 2 days by a non-state armed group active in the area. | Yes | Media |
2657 | Apr | 22 | 2019 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -2.0789 | 41.1338 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female Red Cross volunteer was attacked by unknown assailants with a large knife while closing her store, unrelated to Red Cross activities, in Mbwajumwali village at 11:00pm. Media reports indicate the volunteer was killed after suffering several large and serious lacerations. There is an ongoing police investigation | Yes | Media |
2659 | Apr | 23 | 2019 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN staff member was travelling from the airport in Port-Au-Prince in a private vehicle, when the car was attacked during a traffic stop. Due to traffic the car was stopped on Sans Fil road near Rue Saint- Martin, when two armed assailants demanding personnel belongings from the individuals in the vehicle shot into the car. The staff member was rushed to the hospital after being shot, but succumbed to his wounds during surgery. An investigation is ongoing. | Yes | Official Report |
2710 | Apr | 24 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.384977 | 28.092944 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 2 national INGO staff members were ambushed approximately 18km outside the city of Walikale on the Malikale-Masisi road, while returning from Mpofi. During the ambush the 2 staff members were kidnapped by unknown perpetrators. The staff were later released. | Yes | ACLED |
2676 | Apr | 25 | 2019 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 30.631561 | 66.736965 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One female polio vaccination team member was shot and killed, and another injured, while administering the vaccine in the remote village of Sultan Zai, 100km Northwest of Quetta, Balochistan. The team was ambushed in the village by unknown armed assailants, who began shooting at the group. There were reports of four other attacks on polio vaccination teams that week in Pakistan. | Yes | Media |
2885 | Apr | 26 | 2019 | NE | Niger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 13.2143917 | 12.0289902 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO watchman was injured when his INGO base was attacked by unknown perpetrators in Maine Soroa, Diffa. Reports indicate 3 months after this incident, due to escalating violence, the INGO was forced to shut down all programming in the area. | Yes | Focal Point |
2985 | Apr | 28 | 2019 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 6.889722 | 80.598056 | Political | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO staff member was assaulted and injured after he was attacked by the husband of a loan client at their house. He was treated at the hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
2986 | Apr | 30 | 2019 | MZ | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -14.716667 | 34.366667 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO was attacked while returning from a field mission in Ndaula, 62 km from Vila Ulongue. The attack occurred 5km from the INGO office in Vila Ulongue. The staff was riding a motorcycle when a group with big sticks and machetes struck him and stole his laptop, cellphone and glasses. | Yes | Focal Point |
2974 | May | 1 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 9.231487 | 29.8005027 | Incidental | Staff member | Day labourer | One male INGO staff member was injured after a contracted day labourer assaulted him while he was distributing wages to the labourers. Reports indicate the attack was ethnically motivated as the staff member was from a different state than the labourer. | Yes | Focal Point |
2680 | May | 4 | 2019 | 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 | Road | 35.63 | 36.67 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One national male NGO volunteer was struck by aerial bombardment in the Idlib countryside near the village of Rayaka, while on route to respond to a civilian call. The volunteer sustained a serious head wound which he later succumbed to. Motive for the attack is unconfirmed, but considering the location and the marked vehicle it appears unlikely to be incidental. | Yes | Media |
2664 | May | 5 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Vehicle-born IED | Ambush | Road | 34.4 | 70.366667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Four NGO staff members travelling in Surkh Rod district were injured when a Magnetic Improvised Explosive Device (MIED) attached to an NGO rented vehicle detonated. | Yes | Official Report |
2859 | May | 5 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.6990115 | 36.6053435 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One male national INGO staff member was killed at his home during a massive aerial bombardment campaign by the Russian and Syrian Militaries reportedly targeting Hait Tahrir al Sham (HTS) shelling locations in the area of Deir Sunbul, Idlib. | Yes | Focal Point |
2987 | May | 7 | 2019 | HT | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 19.15 | -72.016667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO staff member was shot by two unknown armed men outside his home in Hinche. He was treated at a local hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
2667 | May | 8 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Raid | Project site | 34.533333 | 69.166667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three male national INGO staff members were killed at their project office in Kabul after a VBIED detonated, targeting another INGOs nearby office. Reports indicate 2 others were killed and 15 injured (not counted here). One driver for another INGO was sitting in a car nearby suffered burns to his hands and glass fragments in his face and body | Yes | Official Report |
2694 | May | 11 | 2019 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Public location | 11.833333 | 13.15 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One NGO national humanitarian worker was killed in an attack attributed to Boko Haram in Moranti, near Tashan Joni area of Maiduguri at 7:00pmLT. 8 bodies were recovered after the incident including the NGO worker, and four civilian bodies are still reported to be missing. | Pending | Media |
2704 | May | 11 | 2019 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 31.401936 | 34.386018 | Incidental | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One Palestinian paramedic with the Palestinian Red Crescent was reportedly shot in the face with a rubber bullet, while preforming humanitarian activities, by the Israeli military. The military shots came from the border wall east of Khan Younis on May 11, 2019. On June 11, 2019 the RC volunteer succumbed to his wounds and died in a hospital in Gaza. | Yes | Media |
2960 | May | 14 | 2019 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 4.030278 | 42.296667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | Two INGO national staff members were reportedly kidnapped in Geedweyne, 30km east of Dolow. The staff members were on mission in the remote village when the incident occurred. Information on their release is unavailable at this time. | Yes | Media |
2679 | May | 16 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 35.6581 | 68.0478 | Unknown | Staff member | Security guard | One female midwife at an NGO clinic located in Ruyi Dab District of Samangan province was allegedly sexually assaulted by 6 local individuals and a security guard from the NGO clinic. Reports indicate the suspects are now in custody. | Yes | Official Report |
2855 | May | 16 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.3728836 | 29.1448793 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN agency contracted truck driver was ambushed on the road 55km north of Uvira near the villages of Bwegera by unknown criminal perpetrators. The driver was kidnapped and held for ransom for two days and then released. | Yes | Focal Point |
2873 | May | 20 | 2019 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 21.2126 | 92.1634 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One national male INGO staff member was assaulted by angry beneficiaries in a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. | Yes | Focal Point |
2691 | May | 21 | 2019 | 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 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN agency staff members of a demining team were shot and seriously injured when ambushed by an armed group. The road ambush occurred after the team left Kapoeta on route to Buno minefield. The two staff members were flown to Juba for medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
2681 | May | 22 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 35.814167 | 36.32 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Two national male NGO volunteers were wounded due to a second attack, while responding to victims of an airstrike in Jisr ash-Shugur, Idlib. Both volunteers received medical attention for their injuries. Reports indicate one civilian was killed and seven wounded during the airstrike. | Yes | Media |
2682 | May | 23 | 2019 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 14.104039 | -1.629995 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN Agency partner national staff members were abducted from their project site at the Goudoubo Health Centre in the Mentao Refugee Camp, outside of Djibo. During the incident an agency vehicle was taken and two female staff members were temporarily held, but released shortly after (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
2866 | May | 23 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 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 | 4.8516502 | 31.5824699 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One national INGO staff member was sexually assaulted by an unaffiliated male in Juba. She received medical attention after the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
2685 | May | 24 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 32.1415 | 61.2096 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | International Military Forces (IMF) | During an international military airstrike targeting anti-government elements at 12:17am LT, an NGO compound in Shib Koh district was also destroyed killing two national NGO staff members. Reports indicate 8 militants were also killed during the strike. | Yes | Official Report |
2684 | May | 25 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Mob violence | Project site | 0.517895 | 29.311459 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One member of the Ebola team for prevention and control of infections died after suffering serious injuries during an attack. Reports indicate local residents of the Mabalako health sector in Vusahiro village attacked the Ebola team. The seriously injured staff member was being transferred to a hospital when he succumbed to his wounds. Organization is listed as 'other' due to likely World Bank funding. | Yes | Media |
2686 | May | 27 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 35.64 | 64.28 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | While conducting an EPI vaccine survey, 4 NGO staff members were abducted by anti-government elements in Qaysar District of Faryab Province. The 2 female staff members were released shortly after (not counted here), but the 2 male staff members are still being held. | Yes | Official Report |
2909 | May | 29 | 2019 | JO | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 31.9054 | 36.5809 | Political | Aid recipient | Refugees | One female INGO staff member was injured when a large rock was thrown into a project site and hit her on the head. Focal point reports indicate the staff member was hosting a meal event for girls and women in the safe space inside the Azraq Refugee Camp Village 2, when another male resident threw a large rock onto the shading tent above the centre while yelling 'women should stay home.' The staff member was taken to the hospital and received a CT scan. | Yes | Focal Point |
2863 | Jun | 1 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 31.0261488 | 62.4504154 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One male national INGO staff member was kidnapped and held for several days by the Taliban in Nimroz province. The staff member was on leave in his home village when he was abducted, but he was able to convince the perpetrators he was a student, not an aid worker, leading to his release. | Yes | Focal Point |
2695 | Jun | 2 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 6.2125 | 31.560833 | Political | Staff member | Not applicable | One female INGO staff member was physically assaulted by a male colleague national staff at the Bor PoC site. The assault reportedly occurred because the female staff refused demands to medically treat the male colleague's wife. UNPOL arrested the male staff member and the female staff's injuries were treated at the INGO clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
2954 | Jun | 4 | 2019 | TZ | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -3.366667 | 36.683333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO staff member was injured when his bag was snatched on a roadway in Arusha. | Yes | Focal Point |
2738 | Jun | 5 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.155 | 29.24 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown militants while travelling by road in the Lubero territory of North Kivu province. Reports indicate both staff members were released on June 7. | Yes | ACLED |
2900 | Jun | 6 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -5.9474902 | 29.1947098 | Economic | Host state | DR Congo Armed Forces | One male national INGO staff member was shot and killed after being ambushed by the DR Congo Armed Forces in Kalemie. | Yes | Focal Point |
3009 | Jun | 6 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 1.55941 | 30.25224 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One ICRC national male staff member was assaulted after community members broke out into mob violence, in a project site in Bunia, over Ebola stigma. | Yes | Focal Point |
2703 | Jun | 10 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.76328 | 29.856159 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | While travelling from Khat to Boaw in Koch district, the NGO vehicle was shot at by unknown criminals and kept driving. Two national staff members were shot, and managed to continue moving until the Tar Jath airfield near Rier. They were transported to a medical clinic in Bentiu, and later to Juba. | Yes | Official Report |
2953 | Jun | 10 | 2019 | TN | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 36.8 | 10.17 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO staff member was assaulted and robbed on her way home from work. | Yes | Focal Point |
3016 | Jun | 10 | 2019 | 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 | Public location | 35.456667 | 36.746389 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Three NGO staff members were injured in Russian Coalition airstrikes in Tamanaah. | Yes | Focal Point |
2718 | Jun | 15 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.775 | 33.59 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | Two male national NGO staff members, one team leader and a driver, were injured when beaten and dragged from their vehicles after their convoy was stopped by a group of villagers in Eastern Equatorial. The aid worker victims were part of an NGO team of enumerators, who were reportedly targeted by the villagers because of their perceived ethnicity and affiliation. After the two staff members were dragged from the convoy and beaten, some community members contacted the NGO and confirmed their positions which deescalated the situation and the NGO team vehicles were allowed to depart the area. | Yes | Official Report |
2872 | Jun | 15 | 2019 | JO | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 31.915877 | 36.589156 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | One male national INGO staff member was assaulted by angry aid recipients in the Azraq Refugee Camp. | Yes | Focal Point |
2877 | Jun | 15 | 2019 | NE | Niger | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 13.31411 | 12.60934 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One national male INGO staff member and a INGO contracted driver were killed by unknown armed militants while at a water treatment project site in Tcholori village, near the border with Nigeria approximately 20 miles from Diffa. One other staff member was injured in the attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
2709 | Jun | 16 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.962839 | 33.730204 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Community members | One INGO staff member was assaulted and shot twice after an altercation in Bunj town, Maban county. The altercation reportedly occurred at 20:30, after the staff member got in a verbal argument with two other men which escalated. Reports indicate one man was arrested by local police. | Yes | Official Report |
2713 | Jun | 19 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 8.082926 | 31.979923 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Community members | Two national INGO staff members were shot by a community member in Patluak village near Pulchuol. The perpetrator reportedly mistook the two aid workers for 'his enemies.' The two staff members received medical attention for non-life-threatening injuries at a clinic walking distance away, and the shooter was arrested. | Yes | Official Report |
2712 | Jun | 20 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Three national NGO volunteers were killed during an airstrike, and three other volunteers were also seriously injured at 10:50am LT on June 20, 2019. Reports indicate the airstrike directly targeted the NGO ambulance while it was transporting a patient in the Maarrat Al-Numan area of Idlib province on a rural road. | Yes | Official Report |
2904 | Jun | 21 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 34.5281296 | 69.1723328 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was stabbed in the leg with a knife while walking to a neary shop, 150 meters from his home in Kabul. Four unknown men were involved in the attack, and likely intended to rob the staff member. | Yes | Focal Point |
2719 | Jun | 23 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Office/compound | 4.85 | 31.6 | Political | Staff member | Security guards | Two male national UN guards at the compound in Juba, were injured when striking employees pelted stones at them at 12:45 LT. The protests at the main gate reportedly involved 100 striking guards. The two guards injured with stones received medical attention after being escorted out of the crowd. | Yes | Official Report |
2728 | Jun | 24 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.478014 | 32.721848 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | While travelling from Torit to Kapoeta, an NGO vehicle carrying one driver and 9 NGO staff members was ambushed by unknown armed individuals. The aid workers were robbed of mobile phones and cash, assaulted and threatened. After the attack, the driver managed to transport all 9 passengers to Camp 15 where one injured worker received medical attention. Some reports indicate more aid workers were wounded, but this has not been verified at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
2720 | Jun | 25 | 2019 | 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 | Home | 7.3 | 18.3 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Anti-Balaka | Three INGO staff members were assaulted and injured after anti-Balaka armed actors broke into their home. During the armed incursion, the staff were robbed of their mobile phones, cash, and other items. The staff members received medical treatment at a local hospital, and the perpetrators were handed over to MINUSCA by a local anti-Balaka leader. | Yes | Official Report |
2714 | Jun | 26 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 7.28 | 28.68 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO employee was reportedly shot and killed along with 3 others in Akucieng, 5km from Tonj town. The inter-community violence was carried out by unknown armed men around 3:00 am LT. | Yes | Official Report |
2715 | Jun | 26 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35.438889 | 36.651111 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 2 national NGO volunteers were killed and 4 others wounded, during a reported Russian double tap airstrike, while attempting to evacuate injured people in an ambulance. The airstrike occurred in Khan Sheikhoun town, of Maarrat Al-Numan district, which has seen recent extensive aerial bombardment. | Yes | Media |
2727 | Jul | 2 | 2019 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 2.333333 | 42.283333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | The head of a local NGO in the Gredo region of Somalia was killed by a group of armed assailants approximately 4km from Baardheere in Bula Cadey. Three NGO staff members were also taken at the same time as the killing, and were released unharmed 5 hours later and 46km away (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
2729 | Jul | 3 | 2019 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Road | 13.177669 | 23.642486 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | 5 national NGO staff members were kidnapped 4km outside of Golo in Kaironga village on July 3, 2019. All 5 staff members were released the following day after reports a ransom was paid. | Yes | Official Report |
3006 | Jul | 3 | 2019 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.0249701 | 38.746891 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One female INGO national staff was assaulted by community members in Alek, Ethiopia. | Yes | Focal Point |
2731 | Jul | 6 | 2019 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 16.6 | -4.466667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 4 national NGO staff members were injured when their vehicle hit a road-side IED or possible landmine between Ehabak and Zouerat Elhamar, 10 km east of Razelma Commune, Timbuktu Region. The injured staff members were evacuated to a hospital for treatment, and the vehicle was severely damaged. Information about the group linked to the explosive is unknown at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
2881 | Jul | 6 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.1 | 64.2667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One male NGO staff member was shot and killed by Taliban perpetrators on the road as he was travelling to the local health centre. | Yes | Focal Point |
2739 | Jul | 8 | 2019 | TD | Chad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 13.578103 | 21.824944 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two aid workers were killed after a group of unknown armed perpetrators raided a bar in Farchana, Ouaddai. The perpetrators stole cash and opened fire wounding two other people (not counted here). | Yes | Media |
2742 | Jul | 8 | 2019 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 34.2164 | 68.2952 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Afghan National Security Forces | Reports indicate, Afghan National Security Forces raided an INGO health clinic in Tangi Saidan, Day Mirdad district of Wardak around 9:00pm LT. The security forces shot and killed an aid recipient within the clinic, bound four other individuals and took them outside for an interrogation. Information currently available highlights ANSF were seeking information regarding possible connections to the Taliban. During the interrogation two staff members were shot and killed approximately 50 meters from the facility. A third INGO staff member is missing and presumed detained by the forces. | Yes | Media |
2747 | Jul | 10 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.32 | 36.32 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO national aid volunteer was reportedly killed in Russian-Syrian military airstrikes on the town of Maara Hrema in the Aleppo countryside. The aid volunteer was killed when in his home in a displaced persons camp with his daughter. Two other volunteer's nearby were wounded. | Yes | Media |
2733 | Jul | 11 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Public location | -2.536656 | 25.752575 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One national staff member of a INGO local partner was killed by members of a Mai Mai militia in the vicinity of Lomami Park, Maniema province, near the FARDC Camp in Lakakando and the Likolongo village. Reports indicate three other NGO personnel were assaulted but the extent of their injuries is unknown. After, the perpetrators burned three NGO motorcycles and left with stolen belongings. | Yes | Official Report | |||
2893 | Jul | 11 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 0.14164 | 29.2911701 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Three female and one male national staff of an INGO were all wounded in a shooting when unknown armed perpetrators raided and robbed the office compound in Butembo. | Yes | Focal Point |
2950 | Jul | 11 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -2.633333 | 26.1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO national staff were injured and one national staff member was killed during an ambush on the road. | Yes | Focal Point |
2732 | Jul | 12 | 2019 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | -0.358056 | 42.545278 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Unknown | One male international INGO director and one UN agency manager were shot and killed after an attack by Al Shabaab militants on the Assey Hotel in Kismayo, Somalia. Media reports indicate the militants used a vehicle borne explosive device to obstruct the front entrance, where after at least 4 perpetrators entered the hotel and attacked those inside with weapons. The perpetrators were in the building for more than 14 hours and killed 25 other people. | Yes | Media |
3018 | Jul | 13 | 2019 | 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 | 35.37425 | 36.6033 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Two male NGO staff members were injured during an airstrike in Kafr Zita. | Yes | Focal Point |
2748 | Jul | 14 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | -0.566667 | 28.7 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | 2 national Ebola health aid workers were reportedly killed in their homes the night of July 14, 2019 by angry community members in North Kivu. The health ministry reported the workers suffered months of threats prior to the attack. Attacks against Ebola aid workers in North Kivu is occurring more often due to the distrust for causes and treatments for the disease among community members. Staff members are listed as 'other' due to likely World Bank funding. | Yes | Media |
2734 | Jul | 15 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 9.26 | 29.8 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Internally Displaced People (IDPs) | During a fight between two groups of IDPs at a humanitarian cafeteria in Bentiu, 3 UN contracted staff were seriously injured. Reports were only able to confirm one as UN humanitarian staff at this time (other two not counted here). The staff members received medical attention at the UNMISS level II hospital and were later discharged. | Yes | Official Report |
2736 | Jul | 16 | 2019 | 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 | 9.347376 | 31.489106 | Political | Host state | South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) | Three INGO staff members and the boat driver were travelling by river from Malakal to Tongo, when they were stopped by members of the South Sudan Peoples Defense Forces (SSPDF) in Kaldak at 12h00. After a search of their boat resulted in cash being found, the SSPDF reportedly detained the staff members and boat driver after accusations of transporting money to the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO). While the staff members were being interrogated, the boat driver was severely beaten. After support from UNOCHA and state authorities, negotiations resulted in the release of all staff with the money initially under question at 19h00. The boat driver received medical attention at the UNMISS clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
2735 | Jul | 17 | 2019 | UA | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 48.006667 | 37.512778 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One UN agency staff member was assaulted in the parking lot of the Krasnohorivka hospital, by a recipient of UN agency assistance. Another UN staff member intervened, stopping the assault. The assaulted staff sustained damaged teeth, bruises and a swollen face. | Yes | Official Report |
2737 | Jul | 19 | 2019 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.105 | 12.506667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | 7 INGO staff members travelling in the border region of Borno state near the town of Damasak, were ambushed and attacked by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants. One driver was killed during the attack, and two other drivers, three health workers and an aid worker were kidnapped and were still held as of September 2019. On September 26th 2019, one of the six hostages was killed. On December 13, 2019 four of the remaining hostages were killed. Reports indicate the remaining captive is female. Currently denoted in the AWSD as being a national staff member. Updates will be made as more information becomes available. | Yes | Media | |||
2894 | Jul | 19 | 2019 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | -5.9127393 | 29.1913918 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male national staff member was wounded when assaulted due to mob violence on the road in Kalemie. | Yes | Focal Point |
2749 | Jul | 21 | 2019 | 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 | 35.438889 | 36.651111 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One male national NGO aid volunteer and media activist was killed after three reported Russian-Syrian military airstrikes repeatedly hit the city of Khan Shaikhoun in Idlib governate, in the area he was working. | Yes | Media |
2740 | Jul | 22 | 2019 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.0299564 | 45.3101475 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN national staff member was injured by the blast after a VIED reportedly rammed the main gate of the Afrik Hotel located in Mogadishu. Reports indicate the attack is being attributed to Al Shabaab as the blast accordingly also targeted a main security checkpoint near the hotel. Media reports outline 17 civilians were killed and many injured. | Yes | Official Report |
2750 | Jul | 22 | 2019 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 31.798611 | 35.248333 | Political | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One Palestinian Red Cross paramedic was wounded when shot in the stomach by Israeli forces after a reported raid of the Occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood Al-Issawiya. Reports indicate the occupying forces attacked civilians and attacked Red Cross staff with rubber bullets to prevent them from transporting civilian patients to the hospital. | Yes | Media |
2751 | Jul | 22 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Unknown | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One male national NGO volunteer was killed by reported Russian-Syrian military airstrikes, while attempting to assist those affected by previous strikes in Maraat Al-Numan. | Yes | Media |
2753 | Jul | 22 | 2019 | MX | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 17.644444 | -101.551111 | Incidental | Criminal | Unknown | One male national member of the Red Cross board of directors was shot and killed while traveling through downtown Zihuatanejo in a vehicle, by two unknown criminals on a motorcycle. The board member was also traveling with his wife who was taken to the hospital in critical condition (not counted here). Focal point reports indicate the attack motive was not linked to his status with the Red Cross. | Yes | Media |
2761 | Jul | 22 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.4733 | 37.0972 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national employee of an INGO was killed along with another civilian after a motorcycle bomb exploded in Tell Rifaat city of Aleppo governate. The motive and perpetrators are currently unknown. | Yes | Media |
3012 | Jul | 22 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Individual attack | Project site | 35.638611 | 36.671667 | Political | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male NGO staff member was killed after a regime airstrike hit a project site in Marraat Al-Numan. | Yes | Focal Point |
2744 | Jul | 23 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 9.979167 | 33.75 | Economic | Aid recipient | Refugees | Two INGO staff members working within the Doro refugee camp in Maban district, were assaulted and injured by aid recipients after a dispute about the distribution of solar lamps. Reports indicate local and regional authorities had to intervene when a group of community members would not let 6 INGO staff leave until they all received solar lamps. A resolution was achieved with those receiving lamps later and all staff were released at 15h30. | Yes | Official Report |
2745 | Jul | 26 | 2019 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.216667 | -0.3 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | An INGO vehicle travelling between Ansongo and Tessit, 25 km north of Tessit village, was ambushed by unknown armed men. The criminals stole the INGO rented SUV, robbed the passengers, and abducted the INGO driver. The driver was released the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
2746 | Jul | 26 | 2019 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 6.8 | 33.133333 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Community members | During a reported marital dispute between different age groups of the community in Likuangloe, Pibor, Jonglei state, the violence escalated around 18h45. Two off duty national INGO staff members were wounded and one killed during the community violence. | Yes | Official Report |
2754 | Jul | 27 | 2019 | 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 | 35.373611 | 36.601667 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | Two paramedics and one ambulance driver were killed when a targeted airstrike destroyed their ambulance as it drove through the Hama countryside to Kafr Zita. The INGO supported ambulance was travelling to Kafr Zita to assist victims of an airstrike that hit the town at 2:00pmLT. | Yes | Media |
2988 | Jul | 28 | 2019 | UG | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 0.5454656 | 31.7464393 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff member was injured after being dragged off a motorbike on her way to the office in Moyo town, near Iboa village, Palorinya Refugee Settlement. The incident occurred amidst a tribal clash between Madi and Gimara clans. | Yes | Focal Point |
2989 | Jul | 28 | 2019 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.8138694 | 36.6077207 | Unknown | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One male INGO site guard was injured during airstrikes in Ariha, Idlib. He received treatment at a local hospital. These airstrikes came during a multi-day strike campaign against Idlib and Hama. The INGO building was considerably damaged. | Yes | Focal Point |
2743 | Jul | 29 | 2019 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 20.6 | 93.2 | Incidental | Host state | Myanmar Armed Forces | One male INGO national staff member was shot by Myanmar military officers while riding his motorcycle through Mrauk U township in Rakhine State. Army reports indicate the staff member was carrying a grenade and was charged under a counterterrorism law after being taken to the hospital to receive treatment. | Yes | Media |
2752 | Jul | 29 | 2019 | 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 | Project site | 35.373611 | 36.601667 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One male national NGO volunteer was killed at a project site by Russian-Syrian military airstrikes in Kafr Zita, Hama. Reports indicate his family was also killed in the attack which appeared to target the aid workers home and family. | Yes | Media |
2990 | Jul | 30 | 2019 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 10.687778 | 43.936389 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One male INGO staff member was stabbed by an angry beneficiary at a food distribution point in Lughaya because he attempted to forcefully take items. | Yes | Focal Point |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Samaan. | 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 Khumari - Kabul road while travelling to a funeral in a private vehicle. He was released after 26 hours. | Yes | Focal Point |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 ambshed 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 |
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 |
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 a NSAG while on leave visiting his family in Dai Mirdad. He was released along with 27 other prisoners during a prisoner exchange on June 11, 2020. | Yes | Focal Point |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Pauel while grazing his own cattle. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 El 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 |
3136 | Jan | 2 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.813158 | 12.564924 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One male humanitarian NGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped by Boko Haram while traveling from Damaturu to Maiduguri, near Matari village. He was released on June 14. | Yes | Media |
3148 | Jan | 5 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 14.778889 | -3.258889 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One marked INGO ambulance transporting patients near Deh village in Mopti, was attacked by a group of unknown armed men. After the ambulance was stopped, the 3 staff on board and the 3 patients were assaulted and detained in the hot sun for several hours before being allowed to continue. During the detention, one patient succumbed to his wounds. | Yes | Official Report |
3532 | Jan | 7 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN contacted security guard was killed when he was walking beside a road and a vehicle hit an IED in Mogadishu. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility. | Yes | Focal Point |
3533 | Jan | 8 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 6.0771 | 10.3594 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two UN contracted staff transporting goods in Mezam, NW Camerooon were shot and killed after being caught in crossfire at a checkpoint between NSAG fighters and security forces. | Yes | Focal Point |
3149 | Jan | 9 | 2021 | NA | Namibia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | -22.57 | 17.083611 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female UN humanitarian staff member was attacked and robbed by unknown men while withdrawing money in the Shoprite Shopping Complex in the capital Windhoek. | Yes | Official Report |
3534 | Jan | 9 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN staff member was shot after his car was attacked near his house in Kabul by suspected robbers. He was treated at the hospital and survived. | Yes | Focal Point |
3147 | Jan | 16 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 7.7 | 28 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO staff member was taken from his home in Wau town by unknown armed perpetrators and held until January 18, 2021. Official reports indicate the perpetrators accused the staff member of adultery, deprived him of food, and assaulted him. He was released as the accusations were found to be false. | Yes | Official Report |
3527 | Jan | 18 | 2021 | HT | Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 18.533333 | -72.333333 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN male national staff member was shot and killed by unknown criminals as he exited a bank in Port au Prince. | Yes | Focal Point |
3142 | Jan | 19 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 7.783333 | 33.05 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO guard was shot and killed by an unknown armed perpetrator while walking near an INGO warehouse in Akobo town. Reports indicate the incident was a revenge killing and not an attack on the INGO. | Yes | Official Report |
3141 | Jan | 20 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.883333 | 22.966667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 3 humanitarian staff working in West Darfur were reportedly killed in inter-communal violence according to official statements. Further information is unknown at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3508 | Jan | 20 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 9.26 | 29.8 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN national staff was injured after being attacked by an unknown armed group at a project site in Bentiu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3357 | Jan | 21 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Taxi driver | One female NGO staff member was abducted by a Taxi driver and sexually assaulted. She received medical support following the incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
3387 | Jan | 22 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.879696 | 38.864333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO male staff members were shot and killed during an ambush while traveling through central Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3145 | Jan | 25 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.525528 | 32.061528 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was reportedly shot and injured after being caught in crossfire while travelling from Banyjur in Paltruk Payam towards Lankien. | Yes | Official Report |
3146 | Jan | 25 | 2021 | 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 | Public location | 6.8 | 33.133333 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Youths | One INGO staff member assaulted, robbed, and injured by youths while walking in Hai Ngarwalem in Pibor town. The injuries were treated locally. | Yes | Official Report |
3175 | Jan | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.549167 | 68.423333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two Red Crescent workers were reportedly wounded at the edge of Ghazni province. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Yes | ACLED |
3150 | Jan | 29 | 2021 | SL | Sierra Leone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.484444 | -13.234444 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One UN national humanitarian staff member was assaulted and injured during a dispute with a housing tenant. | Yes | Official Report |
3176 | Jan | 29 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.760031 | 12.644600 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One NNGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped while travelling between Gubio and Damasak in Borno. Further information on his whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3144 | Jan | 30 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.255637 | 29.804046 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An NGO vehicle traveling between Kuerguini and Bentiu bridge was attacked by unknown armed youths. One NGO staff member was killed and another was injured in the leg and received treatment at Bentiu Hospital. The motive for the attack is unverified. | Yes | Official Report |
3158 | Jan | 30 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.935237 | 31.693021 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male UN humanitarian agency national staff was shot and injured after the private vehicle he was travelling in was ambushed on the road near the border between Jonglei and Central Equatoria. Reports indicate 10 unknown armed perpetrators ambushed the vehicle near Malithor village, and injured 2 other civilians as well. | Yes | Official Report |
3384 | Jan | 30 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 14.288951 | 39.554804 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during an armed incursion into the organisation office in Kilteawlaielo, Eastern Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3177 | Jan | 31 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff were killed in a complex attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. | Yes | Official Report |
3178 | Jan | 31 | 2021 | SV | El Salvador | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.7 | -89.116667 | Unknown | Criminal | Unknown | Two INGO national staff members, a doctor and a nurse working in an ambulance, were ambushed by an unknown criminal gang in Reparto Las Canas, Ilpango. After being assaulted and threatened by the gang they were able to escape and their injuries treated. The INGO suspended activities in the area until an investigation behind the attack is completed. | Yes | Official Report |
3383 | Feb | 1 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.496944 | 39.476944 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed while travelling in Mekelle, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3506 | Feb | 1 | 2021 | GW | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Home | 11.85 | -15.566667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One international UN female staff member was sexually assaulted by an unknown intruder in her home in the capital Bissau. | Yes | Focal Point |
3143 | Feb | 2 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.0299564 | 45.3101475 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One INGO staff member was killed during a complex attack on the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. Official statements report Al Shabaab militants exploded a car bomb outside the hotel and then stormed the building with guns. 4 other civilians were killed and 10 injured (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3154 | Feb | 2 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 6.592888 | 30.532461 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | Two NGO contracted staff members working at a drilling project site in Kuarabiei village, 6km from Yirol town, were attacked and injured by an unknown perpetrator. Both staff members suffered serious injuries to their heads and arms and were treated at the hospital. Initial reports indicate the perpetrator may have been under the influence of alcohol. | Yes | Official Report |
3577 | Feb | 2 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 6 | 21 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff was murdered in Ouaka by unknown perpetrators. | Yes | Focal Point |
3152 | Feb | 4 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.721667 | 9.640833 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One marked INGO ambulance was ambushed and shot at while traveling in Muyuka, Southwest region, by unknown armed men injuring a nurse onboard. | Yes | Media |
3153 | Feb | 4 | 2021 | LR | Liberia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 6.313333 | -10.801389 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national male UN humanitarian agency staff member was injured after an unknown criminal broke into his house in the capital, Monrovia. The staff member was able to fight off the intruder, but suffered dislocated fingers and wrist. | Yes | Official Report |
3501 | Feb | 5 | 2021 | KE | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.286389 | 36.817222 | Unknown | Staff member | Not applicable | One female INGO staff member was sexually assaulted by two colleagues (later dismissed) outside of work in Nairobi. | Yes | Focal Point |
3528 | Feb | 9 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 6.455027 | 3.384082 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male UN staff member was assaulted with a knife by unknown criminals who robbed him on his way to work in Lagos. | Yes | Focal Point |
3151 | Feb | 14 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.016665 | 29.692526 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A vehicle convoy contracted by an NGO for a polio vaccination campaign was ambushed by unknown armed men on the Maper Road in Rumbek Centre between Apek and Alacok. 4 NGO contractors were shot and killed and 4 others were seriously wounded. | Yes | Official Report |
3208 | Feb | 15 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.1155 | 38.4756 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NNGO staff was reportedly shot and killed by an unknown armed group in Hawzen, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3364 | Feb | 16 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Road | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was killed when a VIEB attached to an organisation vehicle exploded in Al Bab city. | Yes | Official Report |
3535 | Feb | 16 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.3 | 62.25 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 2 INGO male national staff were kidnapped while conducting a program related survey in Chahak village in Herat by the Taliban. They were released after 16 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3157 | Feb | 18 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 8.595958 | 29.991989 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male NGO contracted driver was shot and injured in the Koch town market by unknown perpetrators. Reports indicate the attack is not likely related to his NGO affiliation. | Yes | Official Report |
3536 | Feb | 18 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One UN male staff member was injured by a roadside IED while walking to work in Jalalabad. The Islamic State is the suspected perpetrator. | Yes | Focal Point |
3156 | Feb | 20 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.979167 | 33.75 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO) affiliated youth | One male NGO staff member was seriously beaten by a group of youths reportedly affiliated with the SPLA-IO. Reports indicate he was near Leka village, 3km from Bunj town retrieving his cows from a grazing area. | Yes | Official Report |
3155 | Feb | 22 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.469050 | 29.345562 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A UN aid convoy of 2 vehicles traveling from Goma to Rutshuru approximately 25 km northeast of Goma was ambushed by unknown armed gunmen. The UN driver of one vehicle was killed along with a non UN security personnel and an international diplomat (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3160 | Feb | 22 | 2021 | PK | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32.97 | 70.27 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Taliban | 4 female NGO workers were shot and killed and a male NGO driver was shot and wounded in the town of Mir Ali, North Waziristan. Media reports indicate the aid workers were ambushed on the road while delivering services for women in the area. Although no group has claimed responsibility, reports point to the Pakistani Taliban as the area was once a stronghold and the group has carried out similar attacks before. | Yes | Media |
3174 | Feb | 23 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | -6.15 | 23.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One humanitarian staff member was reportedly killed in the city of Mbuji-Mayi. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Pending | ACLED |
3173 | Feb | 24 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was killed at home with his family in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp while off duty. | Yes | Media |
3192 | Feb | 24 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.495833 | -4.198611 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four INGO male staff members were reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed men in Central Mali. Their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Pending | Media |
3193 | Feb | 24 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.68971 | 66.55116 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three NGO staff members were reportedly wounded while travelling between Nili to Khadir in Daykondi province, after being shot at by unknown gunmen. | Yes | ACLED |
3537 | Feb | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 32.626667 | 65.873333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One NGO staff member, who used to be employed in the National Army, was kidnapped by Taliban elements in Uruzgan and held for 12 days while being interrogated. | Yes | Focal Point |
3503 | Feb | 27 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 5.766667 | 9.283333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN humanitarian agency staff member was ambushed and kidnapped while travelling between Bamenda and Kumba near Mamfe. Unknown armed elements held the staff for 3 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3267 | Mar | 2 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.1675 | -4.431111 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped while carrying out humanitarian duties in Dogo town, Mopti, by JNIM militia who accused them of not obtaining authority. The were released 3 days later. | Yes | Media |
3588 | Mar | 2 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 11.276667 | 25.141667 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Tribesmen | One INGO staff member was hit by stray bullet during intercommunal fighting in Gereida. | Yes | Focal Point |
3268 | Mar | 3 | 2021 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 16.816667 | 96.1 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Myanmar Armed Forces | Three NGO aid workers in an NGO ambulance were reportedly detained and beaten by the Myanmar military because they were providing medical assistance to injured protestors in North Okkalapa, Yangon. | Yes | Media |
3382 | Mar | 3 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.983333 | 39.433333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed after an armed incursion into the organisation office in Hawzen, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3269 | Mar | 5 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.148109 | 46.39727 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Marehan-Wagardhac militia | One NGO staff was reportedly kidnapped by Mare-Wagardhac sub-clan militia members in Dhabad village, Galgaduud. | Yes | ACLED |
3366 | Mar | 5 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO firefighter staff was killed and two others were wounded trying to put out a fire at a fuel centre near Al Bab city after it was targetted by Russian military shelling. | Yes | Official Report |
3392 | Mar | 7 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 13.183333 | 39.2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Red Cross male Ethiopian driver was shot and killed in Samre, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3592 | Mar | 9 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.307425 | 29.181959 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national nutrition worker was shot and killed in a roadside ambush in Tonj North. | Yes | Focal Point |
3190 | Mar | 14 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 7.41 | 30.47 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One NGO staff member was shot and wounded by an unaffiliated individual over a personal dispute in Thonoum Payam, Unity. | Yes | Official Report |
3191 | Mar | 14 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.64364 | 32.82364 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male NGO staff member was shot and injured after his commercial vehicle was ambushed by unknown gunmen on the road in the vicinity of Gumuruk, while returning to his duty station. | Yes | Official Report |
3270 | Mar | 14 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.10 | 12.506667 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One humanitarian staff member was reportedly killed by a stray bullet during a clash between ISWA militants and the Nigerian Armed Forces. | Yes | Media |
3189 | Mar | 18 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 7.699444 | 18.629167 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Coalition des Patriotes pour le Changement/Mouvement Patriotique pour la Centrafrique (CPC/MPC) | One INGO staff was reportedly shot and injured by a CPC/MPC militant in Kabo, 58 kms north of Batangafo. | Yes | Official Report |
3385 | Mar | 19 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during an armed incursion of the organisation office in Shire, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3271 | Mar | 20 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO warehouse staff were injured when a bomb exploded near the warehouse in Al Bab. | Yes | Media |
3530 | Mar | 20 | 2021 | 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 | Criminal | Unknown | One INGO driver stuck in traffic in a high risk area was ambushed and kidnapped by an unknown criminal gang. | Yes | Focal Point |
3237 | Mar | 21 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.1389 | 36.83 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | The INGO supported Al-Atareb Hospital was hit by artillery shelling resulting in 6 patient fatalities and extensive damages. 4 staff were seriously injured and evacuated to Turkey for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
3294 | Mar | 22 | 2021 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 21.933333 | 96.083333 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One male NGO aid worker was shot and killed by Myanmar Security Forces as he assisted injured protestors in Chamyathazi township. | Yes | Media |
3207 | Mar | 23 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.962139 | 39.595403 | Political | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One INGO male national driver was beaten by Ethiopian Armed Forces after his INGO car was ambushed on the road between Mekele and Adigrat. Official statements report the driver of the INGO car, earlier in the journey, witnessed the extrajudicial killing of 4 men aboard a minibus, and the later ambush by State Forces was related to being a witness to the killings. | Yes | Official Report |
3251 | Mar | 23 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 9.26 | 29.8 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Joint Force | One female NGO staff on her way home from duty in the Bentiu PoC site, was stopped by two joint force personnel. The security personnel directed the staff member to remove her trousers due to an alleged dress code for women in the camp. The staff member was assaulted when she refused as the perpetrators attempted to physically remove her trousers with a knife, before bystanders intervened. | Yes | Official Report |
3349 | Mar | 23 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.737425 | 22.819462 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three INGO national staff members, two males and 1 female, were injured after their convoy was ambushed and their vehicles were stolen by an unknown armed group. | Yes | Focal Point |
3236 | Mar | 24 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9 | 35.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national driver was shot and killed after being ambushed by unknown gunmen in West Wellega. | Yes | Media |
3512 | Mar | 27 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.409167 | 20.653056 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Front Populaire pour la Renaissance de Centrafrique (FPRC) | One UN national staff member was assaulted and injured by an armed group in N'dele. | Yes | Focal Point |
3235 | Mar | 29 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three female UN-funded polio vaccination workers were shot and killed in Jalalabad at the same time as an explosive attack on the health department building. | Yes | Media |
3252 | Apr | 3 | 2021 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 13.696667 | 44.730833 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were injured in Al Dhale city after unknown perpetrators threw a grenade at the INGO office. | Yes | Official Report |
3285 | Apr | 4 | 2021 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 13.696667 | 44.730833 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were wounded after an unknown armed group threw a grenade at the organisation headquarters in Al Qushaa neighbourhood of Ad Dali city. | Yes | ACLED |
3284 | Apr | 6 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.714722 | -0.258611 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO vehicle driver was ambushed and kidnapped in Taboye, Goa. His whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3504 | Apr | 7 | 2021 | 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 | 14.15413 | 22.96238 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN humanitarian staff was shot in the leg by an unknown gunmen. He was medically evacuated and treated in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
3591 | Apr | 9 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Road | 3.866667 | 11.516667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO female staff member was raped by two men in a taxi she took home from work in Yaounde. | Yes | Focal Point |
3310 | Apr | 10 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 5.033234 | 32.469063 | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO staff members were assaulted and wounded between Lonyoro and Longiro, Lafon County, after their vehicle was ambushed by unknown perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report | |
3584 | Apr | 11 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.758056 | 66.898056 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One INGO staff was shot and injured and another staff was kidnapped for ransom for 11 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3279 | Apr | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO staff members were shot and killed in rural Deir ez-Zor while returning from a humanitarian assistance mission. | Yes | Official Report |
3278 | Apr | 24 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 6.8 | 33.133333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was injured after he was assaulted during a robbery in Pibor. He was treated locally. | Yes | Official Report |
3296 | Apr | 24 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 10.104167 | 30.090278 | Political | Unaffiliated | Youths | Four INGO staff were assaulted and injured after a group of 15-20 youths raided the compound in the Jam Jang humanitarian hub. 1 Staff was airlifted for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
3538 | Apr | 24 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.766667 | 9.283333 | Incidental | Host state | Cameroon Armed Forces | Two NGO staff were shot and injured after their vehicle was mistakingly shot at in a checkpoint in Mamfe. | Yes | Focal Point |
3277 | Apr | 25 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 7.810579 | 31.331563 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member travelling with his family in a commercial minibus along the Waat-Bor road, was kidnapped and killed when the vehicle was ambushed by unknown perpetrators. | Yes | Official Report |
3283 | Apr | 28 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 13.666667 | 38.916667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed at the conclusion of a food distribution event in Kola Tembien. Reports indicate the shooting motivation was the alleged food distribution "to the Junta". | Yes | Official Report |
3362 | Apr | 28 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 4.408056 | 32.575 | Political | Unaffiliated | Community members | One UN staff member was seriously injured after he was assaulted by a mob of community members that raided a project site in Torit. Reports indicated the assault and intrusion occurred following a protest regarding UN/INGO employment bias in the community. | Yes | Official Report |
3595 | Apr | 29 | 2021 | LK | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 6.316667 | 81 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One INGO staff member went to the home of an aid recipient and was beaten with a stick. His injuries required hospitalization. Motive is unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
3276 | May | 3 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 6.572198 | 29.971282 | Unknown | Host state | South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) | One INGO medical staff was seriously injured after their mobile medical team was ambushed and assaulted by intoxicated soldiers in Karic, on route to Amongpiny. | Yes | Official Report |
3281 | May | 3 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 7.14 | 31.71 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Murle Tribesman | Two NGO contracted drivers in an aid convoy were seriously injured after they were ambushed and beaten by Murle perpetrators near Gadiang. | Yes | Official Report |
3375 | May | 4 | 2021 | 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 | Public location | 36.5422 | 37.3247 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was injured when unknown gunmen ran over the staff member with a vehicle in Turkman Bareh, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3390 | May | 5 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.666667 | 38.916667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during an armed incursion into the organisation office in Kola Tembien, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3587 | May | 6 | 2021 | 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 | 6.63492 | 32.9094 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff guard was shot and killed after an unknown armed group raided Gumuruk, Jonglei. | Yes | Focal Point |
3388 | May | 7 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.119854 | 39.445606 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed in a road ambush in Eastern Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3280 | May | 10 | 2021 | 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 | Public location | 4.845691 | 31.615181 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Civilian | One female INGO staff was injured near the Landmark Hotel in Juba when an unknown man threw a rock at her, knocking her down. She was treated at a local clinic. | Yes | Official Report |
3311 | May | 10 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 11.744936 | 32.813685 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was injured during a violent compound raid by unknown perpetrators in Renk town. | Yes | Official Report |
3282 | May | 12 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.519751 | 33.322583 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO Ugandan staff member was reportedly shot and killed after his vehicle was ambushed in the vicinity of Camp 15, Budi. | Yes | Official Report |
3297 | May | 13 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.1385 | 30.066524 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | An INGO community worker was one of 7 civilians killed in a cattle raid in Guech, Kuach Payam. | Yes | Official Report |
3350 | May | 14 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 13.312107 | 24.448803 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One INGO nurse was shot and wounded when opposing security forces raided the INGO health facility in Rokero, Central Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
3539 | May | 14 | 2021 | CO | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.75 | -75.883333 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN staff member was attacked and robbed in Monteria, Cordoba by unknown criminals. He was treated at a nearby hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
3298 | May | 16 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Road | 34.31 | 70.71 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN agency staff member was seriously injured after an IED attached to his private vehicle detonated on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway near Barikaw. His wife travelling with him was killed. | Yes | Official Report |
3299 | May | 16 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | -4.106949 | 28.729977 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Twigwaneho Militia | Three INGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped in Fizi Hauts Plateaux during a food distribution project for children. They were released after 3 days due to family negotiations. | Yes | Official Report |
3300 | May | 19 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.334856 | 29.086427 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Buhirwa Militia | Two NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped 107km northwest of Uvira. One staff was released on May 22 after ransom was paid, and the other staff died while being held on May 20 due to lack of medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
3314 | May | 19 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 5.325448 | 25.991872 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Unite pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC) | One UN agency contracted staff member was killed after their aid convoy was ambushed by UPC militants 8km outside of Mboki. | Yes | ACLED |
3303 | May | 20 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 7.28 | 28.68 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Malual Mouk Clan | One UN agency contracted driver was stabbed in the hand after his convoy was ambushed and robbed by suspected Malual Mouk criminals. | Yes | Official Report |
3304 | May | 20 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 4.858492 | 31.598018 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO driver and a motorcycle were in a collision on Airport road, Juba. A crowd gathered due to the incident and the driver was assaulted by the mob. | Yes | Official Report |
3305 | May | 21 | 2021 | 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 | 7.24114 | 30.28192 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO doctor was killed in the medical clinic in Ganyiel, Unity. | Yes | Official Report |
3540 | May | 22 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Custody | 38.443056 | 70.805556 | Other | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two medical INGO male staff members were ambushed, kidnapped and held for 3 days, as they were forced to do a surgical operation on an NSAG militant. | Yes | Focal Point |
3302 | May | 24 | 2021 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.34 | 44.51 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were shot when their convoy including a military commander was ambushed at a checkpoint near Al-Habilayn. Reports indicate the gunfire was an assassination attempt against the military commander. One of the INGO staff shot later died in hospital. | Yes | Focal Point |
3315 | May | 25 | 2021 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 24.783333 | 96.366667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male aid worker was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Sa Paut village, Mohnyin district. | Yes | ACLED |
3391 | May | 26 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 14.411493 | 39.464761 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during a raid of the office in Gulomekheda, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3589 | May | 29 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Road | 5.15 | 10.183333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One female UN national staff took a taxi to a burial ceremony near Bafang village, when the driver kidnapped her and took her to an unknown location where ransom was requested. She was released on May 31 after a police operation. | Yes | Focal Point |
3301 | May | 31 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 14.266667 | 39.45 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male aid worker, head of an INGO office in Adigrat, died after being shot in crossfire. | Yes | Media |
3306 | May | 31 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 4.408056 | 32.575 | Political | Unaffiliated | Monyumiji Youth | One UN driver was assaulted and injured, when a large group of Monyumiji youth, protesting humanitarian organisation presence in the community, attacked his vehicle. | Yes | Official Report |
3316 | May | 31 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.946667 | -3.893333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | 3 NGO staff were kidnapped near Konna town by JNIM militia. | Yes | ACLED |
3317 | Jun | 2 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 7.437085 | 18.235277 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Coalition des Patriotes pour le Changement/Mouvement Patriotique pour la Centrafrique (CPC/MPC) | One INGO staff member was wounded after being assaulted and robbed by CPC militants. | Yes | Official Report |
3338 | Jun | 3 | 2021 | LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 30.755556 | 20.225278 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | The head of the Red Crescent regional office in Ajdabiya was kidnapped. He was released on February 4, 2022. | Yes | Media |
3348 | Jun | 6 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | Two INGO male staff members were injured after mob violence erupted at a soap dispensing event in Sbeikhan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3309 | Jun | 7 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.426515 | 30.618244 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were killed when their convoy travelling on the Mapourdit-Aluakluak road was ambushed by unknown armed perpetrators. The perpetrators fired on one vehicle, killing both staff, and occupants of the other vehicle were unharmed. | Yes | Official Report |
3337 | Jun | 7 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 16.266667 | -0.05 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Eight INGO staff, including 3 females, were reportedly abducted in Hourara village from the INGO health centre, Gao. | Yes | Official Report |
3312 | Jun | 8 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 36.33 | 68.62 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State | 10 staff members of a demining INGO were killed and 16 others seriously wounded when Islamic State perpetrators raided the organisation base camp in Shikh Jalal village. The 16 injured were all treated at the Pul-l-Kumri hospital, with 4 critical injuries evacuated to Kabul. It is unknown at this time whether any international staff are included in the 26, therefore all are marked as national until further information is available. | Yes | Official Report |
3319 | Jun | 12 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO-supported hospital staff and two ambulance drivers were killed, while a midwife and 3 other NGO staff were injured after 2 missiles destroyed the hospital in Afrin city. | Yes | Official Report |
3335 | Jun | 13 | 2021 | 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 | 4.256111 | 33.456111 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed walking home in Chukudum, Budi. | Yes | Official Report |
3593 | Jun | 14 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.5225 | 65.251667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member was shot and killed in a roadside ambush while he was headed to work. | Yes | Focal Point |
3318 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.25 | 70.5 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One polio vaccinator was killed in Jalalabad and another was injured. No group has claimed responsibility and ongoing vaccination campaigns in the province have been suspended. | Yes | Official Report |
3334 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 7.75 | 30.266667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot and killed by an unknown attacker at the office compound in Nyal. | Yes | Official Report |
3580 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One polio vaccinator was killed in an attack in Khogyani that targeted many locations in the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3581 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two polio vaccinators were injured in a widespread attack in different locations in Khogyani on the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3582 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One polio vaccinator was killed in a widespread attack in Khogyani targeting different locations in the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3583 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One polio vaccinator was killed in a widespread attack targeting 4 different locations in Khogyani on the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3344 | Jun | 18 | 2021 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 22.616667 | 97.3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Nar Ma Hkaw, Hsipaw township. | Yes | ACLED |
3345 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were shot and injured in a failed kidnapping turned carjacking incident in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Yes | ACLED |
3346 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 21.833333 | 95.416667 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: National | People's Defense Force (PDF) | Three NGO staff members were reportedly killed by gunmen from the People's Defense Force. Reports indicate the gunmen claimed the staff members were members of an underground defiance militia. | Yes | ACLED |
3351 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.684722 | 36.39111 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 1 NGO staff member was killed and 5 were injured after their centre in Qastoun village, Hama was hit by Russian and Syrian coalition shelling. | Yes | Media |
3329 | Jun | 20 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 4.506750 | 33.692934 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One guard at a humanitarian organisation run primary school was shot and killed when unknown perpetrators raided the school and stole food items and school kits in Machi, Kapoeta South. | Yes | Official Report |
3333 | Jun | 21 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.455556 | -4.918056 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | At least 3 NGO staff members (exact number unknown) were abducted after being ambushed traveling in Toguere Coumbe commune, Mopti, by JNIM militants. Their whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3509 | Jun | 23 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One UN national staff was harassed and assaulted by security forces in his home in Shire town, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3332 | Jun | 24 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Unknown | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | Three INGO staff members, two national males and one international female, were killed by unknown assailants while travelling in Tigray. | Yes | Official Report |
3336 | Jun | 24 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.35 | -3.25 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO male staff members in a COVID vaccine team were kidnapped by unknown extremists in Kirchamba village in Dire circle. | Yes | Official Report |
3347 | Jun | 24 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 7.30082 | 18.2833 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was shot and injured during an ambush by armed elements. The staff member was transporting a patient on a motorcycle when the attack happened. The female patient passenger was killed. | Yes | Official Report |
3352 | Jun | 25 | 2021 | PS | Occupied Palestinian Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32 | 35.25 | Political | Host state | Isreali Defence Forces (IDF) | One Red Crescent paramedic was injured by the glass from a broken windshield after Israeli Defence Forces shot at the clearly marked ambulance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. | Yes | Media |
3409 | Jun | 25 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 6.333333 | 10.5 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Ambazonian Defense Forces (ADF) | Three humanitarian workers were kidnapped in Northwest Cameroon while completely a food delivery. They were released 2 days later. | Yes | Media |
3541 | Jun | 25 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -4.325 | 15.322222 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Police | One female international UN staff member was injured by a police officer after she was arrested with a group of people in a restaurant accused of breaking COVID restrictions. They were released 1 hour later. | Yes | Focal Point |
3342 | Jun | 27 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.432946 | -4.449935 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was kidnapped travelling 56km NE of Tenekou, Mopti. His whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3331 | Jun | 28 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Road | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two female NGO staff members travelling in an organisation mini-bus were injured when they were attacked by an unknown assailant on a rickshaw with an IED. The perpetrator threw the remote-controlled IED at the mini-bus, but missed and it exploded on the ground. | Yes | Official Report |
3341 | Jun | 29 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 7.783333 | 33.05 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Civilians | One NGO staff member was wounded and later died from his injuries in the hospital after being assaulted by a group of individuals in Akobo town. Reports suggest it was over a personal issue. | Yes | Official Report |
3376 | Jun | 29 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.9925 | 36.393056 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was injured after leftover munitions exploded in Darkoush, Idlib. | Yes | Focal Point |
3546 | Jul | 1 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot and killed by an unknown perpetrator on his way to work in Jalalabad. | Yes | Focal Point |
3356 | Jul | 2 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 6.56 | 30.51 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN Congolese staff member transporting livelihood kits to Yirol East county was ambushed and shot by unknown armed perpetrators. He managed to drive to Yirol town for medical attention. | Yes | Official Report |
3547 | Jul | 2 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 4.5832 | 9.3024 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff were kidnapped in Kumba district. They were released after 2 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3365 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.733333 | 36.7 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was killed along with his family, when his home was hit by a Russian military shell in Ebleen village of Jabal al-Zawiya, Idlib. | Yes | Official Report |
3374 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.885512 | -3.585389 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | Three national NGO workers were reportedly kidnapped by JNIM militia while traveling between Diallassagou and Bankass. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3377 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | 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 | Home | 35.699651 | 36.504135 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was injured after regime shelling, accompanied by Russian reconnaissance aircraft, targetted a residential area in Balyoun, Idlib. | Yes | Focal Point |
3378 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 36.20764 | 36.51919 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 5 NGO staff members were injured after their centre was hit by Russian coalition airstrikes. | Yes | Focal Point |
3339 | Jul | 4 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 7.003396 | 19.217641 | Incidental | Host state | Central African Armed Forces (FACA) | One NGO staff member contracted by a UN agency was shot and wounded by FACA armed forces in Abakar, Kaga-Bandoro for allegedly not compiling with instructions at the checkpoint. | Yes | Official Report |
3340 | Jul | 6 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.691253 | 31.704516 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two staff members, one female staff from an INGO and one male from a partner NGO, were injured after their group was ambushed and assaulted near Nestiu town, Juba County. | Yes | Official Report |
3343 | Jul | 6 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 7.02667 | 29.24611 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Youths | One NGO community health worker was shot and injured by a group of unknown youths between Ngop payam and Cueibet town. | Yes | Official Report |
3386 | Jul | 6 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.496944 | 39.476944 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed while travelling in Mekelle. | Yes | Focal Point |
3513 | Jul | 6 | 2021 | CF | Central African Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 4.373333 | 18.562778 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One UN national staff was shot and killed by burglars in his home in Bangui. | Yes | Focal Point |
3373 | Jul | 8 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.917 | -4.459 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | 3 national staff of an INGO were reportedly kidnapped by JNIM militia near Kera town Tenenkou, Mopti. Their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3389 | Jul | 8 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.576581 | 39.418475 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed in a road ambush after leaving the capital Mekelle. | Yes | Focal Point |
3353 | Jul | 13 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.041944 | -6.061667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 4 INGO staff members were kidnapped by an unknown NSAG travelling 34 km south of Niono near Heremakono in Segou region. They were released with their vehicles the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
3406 | Jul | 14 | 2021 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.086435 | 0.804714 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | One INGO staff member was kidnapped along with a teacher and a government official (not counted here) by JNIM Militia while travelling between Matiakoali and Fada Ngourma. | Yes | Media |
3367 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.5814 | 36.9256 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member reporting on a previous shelling strike, was killed after a second strike by Russian forces targeted the same area and 3 others were wounded. | Yes | Official Report |
3368 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.733333 | 36.7 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One nurse working at an NGO hospital was killed after Russian forces shelling hit her home in Ihsem town, Jabal al-Zawiya. | Yes | Official Report |
3407 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Individual attack | Project site | 35.5814 | 36.9256 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was killed and 2 others injured after a Russian Syrian coalition double-tap airstrike targeted the staff members providing aid to those hit by a previous strike in Sarja. | Yes | Media |
3372 | Jul | 18 | 2021 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.3533 | 0.7607 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One Togolese Christian INGO aid worker was kidnapped with two other civilians in the town of Bentia, Ansongo by presumed ISWAP militants. Their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3408 | Jul | 18 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 7.96667 | 8.76667 | Unknown | Criminal | Herders | Three aid workers with an HIV testing and counseling program in Benue state were kidnapped and killed by a suspected criminal herder gang in Tomanyi village. | Yes | Media |
3355 | Jul | 19 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.588408 | 29.268264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff were ambushed and kidnapped by unknown gunmen while travelling near Kanyamahoro, 10km north of Goma on the Goma-Kibumba road. Information on their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3359 | Jul | 23 | 2021 | SS | South Sudan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 9.975211 | 33.578400 | Political | Aid recipient | Refugees | Two UN staff members and one INGO staff were injured after a group of refugees temporarily took them hostage at a food distribution project in Yusuf Batil and assaulted them. They received minor medical care. | Yes | Official Report |
3371 | Jul | 27 | 2021 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 22.316667 | 96.8 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | People's Militia Force | One NGO health worker was assaulted by a People's Militia Force perpetrator with a rifle butt. Reports indicate the aid worker was providing COVID-19 assistance. | Yes | ACLED |
3542 | Jul | 29 | 2021 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 5.982170 | 9.820940 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NNGO staff members were ambushed and kidnapped in Momo, NW, by an unknown armed group over suspicion they were collecting information for the military. They were released after 6 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3464 | Jan | 3 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 8.595958 | 29.991989 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One female NGO staff was shot and injured in an attempted robbery on her house by unknown criminals in Guolpiny village, Koch. | Pending | Official Report |
3465 | Jan | 7 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.423139 | 29.019500 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators on the Goma-Kitchanga road in Masisi territory. They were released on January 12. | Pending | Media |
3477 | Jan | 11 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One NGO staff member was shot and killed inside the organisation medical centre in Al-Hawl refugee camp, by suspected Islamic State gunmen. | Pending | Official Report |
3480 | Jan | 11 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.916667 | 2.4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO male staff member was kidnapped in Menaka Gao on January 11, and escaped his captors on January 13. | Pending | Official Report |
3478 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN humanitarian agency staff member driving a vehicle in Mogadishu was injured after a VBIED targeting a nearby convoy exploded. | Pending | Official Report |
3479 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One international ICRC doctor was stabbed in an ICRC hospital in the Al-Hawl refugee camp, by an unknown perpetrator. | Pending | Official Report |
3481 | Jan | 13 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.931506 | 7.431720 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | The president of an NGO was kidnapped while travelling from Abuja to Kaduna near between the villages Akilbu and Rijana. He was reportedly kidnapped and tortured due to his work with some politicians, and released the following week. | Pending | Media |
3487 | Jan | 13 | 2022 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.683333 | -0.466667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | 5 NGO staff members working bear Oursi town, were kidnapped by ISWA militants. 4 were released later that day (not counted here) and 1 continued to be held. Their whereabouts are unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
3492 | Jan | 16 | 2022 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 19.5383 | 97.1588 | Disputed | Host state | Myanmar Armed Forces | Three NGO staff members working in a camp for IDPs were killed in a military airstrike that hit the camp in Nan Mei Khon town Kayah state. | Pending | Media |
3600 | Jan | 16 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One male humanitarian working to set up tents in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp was shot and killed by suspected Islamic State militants active in the camp. | Pending | ACLED |
3484 | Jan | 18 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 1.652694 | 30.347194 | Political | Unaffiliated | Commercial motorcyclists | One INGO staff member was injured when a group of angry commercial motorcyclists threw stones at the INGO vehicle in Katoto centre, Ituri. | Pending | Official Report |
3491 | Jan | 24 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.104123 | 29.094035 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped near Nchowe village, Fizi. Their whereabouts are unknown. | Pending | Media |
3490 | Jan | 25 | 2022 | BF | Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.083333 | -0.5 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | JNIM Militia | One male NGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped by JNIM militia on the road between Fada NGourma and Pama, Gourma. | Pending | ACLED |
3485 | Jan | 27 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 8.15933 | 32.239799 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Clan | One off-duty NGO guard was shot and killed in a suspected revenge killing incident between clans as he was repairing his home in Walgak, Akobo. | Pending | Official Report |
3486 | Jan | 28 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.456027 | -3.850029 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped by unknown armed extremists while travelling between Bandiagara and Sevare, Mopti. There whereabouts is currently unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3601 | Jan | 28 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 35.933333 | 36.633333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was killed while extinguishing a fire in Idlib. | Pending | Media |
3518 | Feb | 2 | 2022 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 20.866667 | 92.3 | Political | Unaffiliated | Union Parishad | 6 NGO staff members (4 male and 2 female) operating a women's program, were attacked by radical Union Parishad supporters who demanded the staff stop all humanitarian programs in the area. All 6 staff members were transported to the hospital and received medical care. | Pending | Official Report |
3519 | Feb | 2 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 8.47001805 | 30.100841783905 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three NGO staff members were injured after they were attacked by unknown gunmen on the road near MirMir. | Pending | ACLED |
3489 | Feb | 7 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 4.858613 | 31.572997 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One NGO staff member was reportedly stabbed by suspected gang members in Hai Joppa, Juba city. | Pending | Official Report |
3488 | Feb | 10 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 9.595 | 28.436 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO nurse was killed and two other NGO staff injured in inter-communal fighting in Agok, Rumamer county, Abyei. | Pending | Official Report |
3493 | Feb | 10 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 8.47001805 | 30.100841783905 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff was killed in crossfire during inter-communal fighting in Mir Mir, Unity. | Pending | Media |
3494 | Feb | 18 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 8.595958 | 29.991989 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff driver was reportedly shot and killed on his way to the office by unknown perpetrators, some reports indicate it may be related to a personal dispute. | Pending | Official Report |
3634 | Feb | 18 | 2022 | KE | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | -1.286389 | 36.817222 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency female staff member was killed in a violent robbery in Nairobi. | Pending | Media |
3561 | Feb | 19 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 6.720441 | 31.550969 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Murle Tribesman | One UN contracted truck driver was ambushed and assaulted by suspected Murle Tribesmen who robbed him, on the Bor-Gadiang road. | Pending | Official Report |
3520 | Feb | 21 | 2022 | 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 | -12.966667 | 40.55 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO guard was injured after unknown armed perpetrators raided the organisation office in Pembe and stole assorted electronics. | Pending | ACLED |
3615 | Feb | 21 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 37.1175 | 70.579722 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One UN agency staff member was shot and injured during a failed robbery of his home in Fayzabad. He was transferred to Kabul and recovered. | Pending | Official Report |
3498 | Feb | 23 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Criminal | Unknown | One male NGO staff member was robbed and killed in Uvira at a transfer shop, some reports indicate the staff may have been in debt to the shop but the motive is unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3495 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.728611 | 68.868056 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | 4 polio vaccinators were killed in Kundoz city by an unknown armed group. | Pending | Official Report |
3496 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 37.184444 | 68.914444 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three female polio vaccinators were shot and killed in Imam Sahib by unknown armed individuals. | Pending | Official Report |
3497 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.716667 | 69.516667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male polio vaccinator was shot and killed in Taloqan, Takhar by unknown gunmen. | Pending | Official Report |
3499 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | CM | Cameroon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.366667 | 14.233333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | Five INGO staff members were kidnapped from the organisation residence in Fotokol town, Far North region. | Pending | Media |
3521 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 19.706109 | 97.108575 | Disputed | Host state | Myanmar Armed Forces | One INGO staff member was killed and two others injured after airstrikes hit the town of Thar Yat while the aid workers were assisting to evacuate residents. | Pending | Official Report |
3557 | Mar | 2 | 2022 | CF | Central African Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 6.670447 | 16.004976 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A UN contracted truck hit an IED between Bocaranga and Bozoum injuring one staff and killing another. | Pending | Official Report |
3516 | Mar | 5 | 2022 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.133333 | 47.233333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO international staff were kidnapped when their vehicle was ambushed near Khoshm Alain, Al Abr district. They were released on September 13, 2022. | Pending | Official Report |
3562 | Mar | 5 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 11.0331 | 29.7557 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Rizeigat Militia | Two aid workers were reportedly killed along with 10 other civilians in the Jamina area of West Darfur by armed Rizeigat Militia. | Pending | ACLED |
3517 | Mar | 6 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 4.702841 | 33.786364 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff driver was shot in the leg after his vehicle was ambushed by unknown armed men 15km east of Kapoeta. | Pending | Official Report |
3633 | Mar | 9 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 50.45 | 30.523333 | Incidental | Host state | Russian Armed Forces | One NGO female staff member was shot and killed in her vehicle as her and her family attempted to evacuate from Kiev. | Pending | Media |
3525 | Mar | 10 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.683333 | 13.6 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO staff member and two guards were kidnapped during a raid of their compound. | Pending | Media |
3522 | Mar | 13 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | -4.044548 | 29.088888 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Four male nurses and an NGO driver were kidnapped by suspected Mai Mai militia members from a health centre in Katalukulu, Fizi. There whereabouts is unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3524 | Mar | 15 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 4.491667 | 32.798969 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One off duty NGO staff was reportedly shot and killed in Hiyala, Torit for unknown reasons. | Pending | Official Report |
3550 | Mar | 15 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 47.095833 | 37.549444 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Armed Forces | Two INGO staff members were killed when a Russian tank shelled a building in the centre of Mariupol housing the INGO office. | Pending | Official Report |
3632 | Mar | 16 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 47.095833 | 37.549444 | Political | Host state | Russian Armed Forces | One female paramedic aid worker was kidnapped by Russian forces in Donbas. Her whereabouts is unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
3523 | Mar | 19 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.164722 | 32.053333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | A truck contracted by an NGO to transport materials to Lankien was ambushed by unknown gunmen and one of the foreign national staff was shot and killed. | Pending | Official Report |
3563 | Mar | 20 | 2022 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 15.246667 | 97.855556 | Political | Host state | Myanmar Armed Forces | An aid worker reportedly died in military custody after being interrogated and refused medical treatment. | Pending | ACLED |
3564 | Mar | 20 | 2022 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 16.5 | 96.166667 | Political | Host state | Myanmar Armed Forces | The head of a local NGO was shot and killed when the military raided their office inside a monastery in Myo Kone village, Yangon. | Pending | ACLED |
3526 | Mar | 22 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 47.095833 | 37.549444 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Armed Forces | 11 aid truck drivers and 4 other aid workers were reportedly ambushed by Russian Armed Forces as they approached the besieged city of Mariupol, halting the aid convoy. Government reports explain the 15 aid workers were kidnapped by the invading forces and their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Pending | Media |
3554 | Mar | 24 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8.164722 | 32.053333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three UN agency contracted staff were killed and another staff was injured after their aid convoy was ambushed by unknown armed perpetrators between Gadiang and Yuai in Uror county. | Pending | Official Report |
3697 | Mar | 25 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Shelling | Unknown | Project site | 49.9925 | 36.231111 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Armed Forces | Four aid workers were killed, and three more were injured in a Russian shelling of a clinic that was acting as a centre for humanitarian aid in Kharkiv. During the attack, multiple rockets hit the civil infrastructure. | Pending | Media |
3631 | Mar | 30 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Ambush | Road | 51.493889 | 31.294722 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Armed Forces | A large aid vehicle convoy was hit by Russian shelling in Chernihiv, killing a female aid worker. | Pending | Media |
3560 | Apr | 6 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 46.755556 | 36.788889 | Unknown | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Armed Forces | Four aid workers from a humanitarian centre in Berdiansk were kidnapped by Russian Armed Forces. Further information is unknown at this time. | Pending | ACLED |
3555 | Apr | 7 | 2022 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 5.359879 | 21.023230 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Unite pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC) | An INGO convoy was ambushed between Alindao and Bambari by the UPC armed group. The staff members were robbed and 5 were injured (1 critically). | Pending | Official Report |
3553 | Apr | 9 | 2022 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.343872 | 21.034779 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO staff members were injured after their convoy was attacked and robbed travelling between Alindao and Bambari, by unknown gunmen. | Pending | Official Report |
3549 | Apr | 10 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 47.172984 | 37.394931 | Political | Host state | Russian Armed Forces | 9 NGO minibus drivers attempting to enter the city of Mairupol for evacuations, were reportedly kidnapped and taken by Russian Armed Forces for refusing to facilitate evacuation into Russia. | Pending | Media |
3552 | Apr | 10 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 8.350440 | 30.195320 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | One INGO staff member was killed in suspected intercommunal violence that took place in Leer country during April 8-11. | Pending | Official Report |
3559 | Apr | 15 | 2022 | UA | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | 48.916667 | 38.4 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Armed Forces | One humanitarian worker was killed and another injured by Russian shelling in Lysychansk, Luhansk. | Pending | ACLED |
3551 | Apr | 17 | 2022 | YE | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.833333 | 44 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | One INGO driver was kidnapped along with his vehicle by unknown gunmen in Al Madaribah Wa Al Arah district, Al Hajar village. | Pending | Official Report |
3556 | Apr | 21 | 2022 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 7.280255 | 18.551640 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three INGO staff were injured after their vehicle was ambushed and robbed on the Batangafo-Ouandago axis. | Pending | Official Report |
3573 | Apr | 25 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 13.45 | 22.45 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two health workers were shot and killed in an INGO-supported hospital by unknown armed elements who raided the health centre in Kreinik. | Pending | Official Report |
3558 | Apr | 28 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.3930 | 32.51234 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN agency truck driver assistant was beaten with a rifle after his truck was ambushed between Lohutok and Ibahure, Lafon county. | Pending | Official Report |
3630 | May | 2 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 12.837750 | 23.266560 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Arab Tribesmen | Four NGO staff members were killed during an attack by Arab Tribesmen in Kereneik town. Reports indicate a hospital, nutrition centre, and other infasturcture was looted, as well as other civilians killed. | Pending | Media |
3602 | May | 9 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | Two aid workers were kidnapped, along with their laptops, from their office in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp by Islamic State militants. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
3572 | May | 11 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.53991 | 29.05381 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped and another staff member injured by unknown armed elements while travelling in Kimoka village (2km north of Sake). The whereabouts of the two staff is unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3646 | May | 12 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 15.3682 | -5.3663 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 9 INGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown armed elements in Kolima, Segou. They were released after 31 hours. | Pending | Focal Point |
3603 | May | 16 | 2022 | NE | Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 14.55 | 1.33333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One red cross staff member was killed by suspected Islamic State militants in Zibane village. | Pending | ACLED |
3571 | May | 19 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.3294 | -2.479 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped with their vehicle while travelling in Omo village, 15km NE of Koro. Their whereabouts is unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3570 | May | 21 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 16.133889 | -3.748611 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff were kidnapped 7km from Tonka town by unknown armed individuals. The passenger was released after one day and the driver remained in captivity. | Pending | Official Report |
3568 | May | 28 | 2022 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 8.216667 | 18.7 | Unknown | Host state | Central African Armed Forces (FACA) | One INGO national staff member was shot and killed in his home by a member of the armed forces in Moyenne-Sido, Ouham. | Pending | Official Report |
3569 | May | 28 | 2022 | 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 | 7.2940 | 18.2813 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was robbed and injured after him and his colleague were ambushed by unknown armed individuals near Kakobo village, Ouham. | Pending | Official Report |
3567 | Jun | 1 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.45 | -11.433333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two Red Cross staff members (Malian and Dutch Societies) were shot and killed in an ambush by an unknown armed group near Kayes. The aid workers were travelling in a clearly marked humanitarian organisation vehicle. | Pending | Official Report |
3574 | Jun | 4 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 7.29265452 | 31.30502452 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was reportedly killed in a suspected revenge attack in Duk Pagaak. | Pending | Official Report |
3611 | Jun | 8 | 2022 | MM | Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 16.484722 | 97.625833 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male UN national staff was shot and killed while riding his motorcycle to work in Mawlamyine, Mon state. Perpetrators are unknown at this time. | Pending | Official Report |
3616 | Jun | 9 | 2022 | MM | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 17.3 | 97.026944 | Unknown | Host state | Myanmar Armed Forces | One NGO emergency vehicle was reportedly shot at by intoxicated military officers in Ga Po village, Kyaikto township. The driver was killed and another volunteer wounded. | Pending | ACLED |
3617 | Jun | 12 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One Kurdistan Red Crescent staff member was kidnapped by unknown armed individuals in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp. Their whereabouts is unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
3585 | Jun | 15 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One senior UN national staff member was killed by an IED on his way to work in Al Bab. | Pending | Official Report |
3586 | Jun | 18 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.838533 | 13.552319 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Three humanitarian workers were reportedly kidnapped from an organisation compound in Gana Ari, Monguno. ISWA militants raided the village and killed 16 civilians in the community (not counted here) before kidnapping the staff. | Pending | Media |
3612 | Jun | 22 | 2022 | CF | Central African Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 5.4 | 26.5 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Unite pour la Paix en Centrafique (UPC) | Three INGO staff members were ambushed and kidnapped 65 km west of Obo by UPC militants. Ransom was requested and they were released the following day. | Pending | Official Report |
3610 | Jun | 27 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.166667 | 36.333333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was kidnapped by an unknown armed group and interrogated about the operations of the INGO. He was released the following day. | Pending | Official Report |
3629 | Jun | 28 | 2022 | BD | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 21.2126 | 92.1634 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Youth | One NGO female staff member working at a school in the refugee camp was reportedly seriously injured by a student who stabbed her. | Pending | Media |
3656 | Jun | 28 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Road | 5.344047 | 30.320442 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | One NGO staff member was injured at a checkpoint when an official held up a rope that got tangled in the staff members motorcycle. He was also allegedly assaulted. | Pending | Official Report |
3618 | Jun | 29 | 2022 | DO | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Public location | 18.466667 | -69.95 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female UN staff member was injured after an unknown man on a motorbike sprayed a liquid on her face while she was walking home from work. The staff suffered burning eyes, headache and nausea from the liquid. Reports suggest it was likely a failed robbery or sexual assault. | Pending | Official Report |
3619 | Jul | 5 | 2022 | SS | South Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5.721938 | 30.574941 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two NGO staff members were kidnapped in Minga payam by an unknown group. They were released on July 25, 2022. | Pending | Media |
3609 | Jul | 7 | 2022 | ML | Mali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road |