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 | ISO | Country Sort descending | UN | INGO | ICRC | NRCS and IFRC | NNGO | Other | Nationals killed | Nationals wounded | Nationals kidnapped | Nationals detained | Total national staff | Internationals killed | Internationals wounded | Internationals kidnapped | Internationals detained | 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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3136 | Jan | 2 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
4900 | Jan | 3 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.023889 | 13.915833 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Four INGO staff and one contracted driver were kidnapped by Islamic State militants after an armed incursion into the organisation guest house in Dikwa. The incident also included a greater attack on the town and military base. The staff were held for an extended period of time. | Yes | Focal Point |
3532 | Jan | 7 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3534 | Jan | 9 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3141 | Jan | 20 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 |
3357 | Jan | 21 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3175 | Jan | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3176 | Jan | 29 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3384 | Jan | 30 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3383 | Feb | 1 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3143 | Feb | 2 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3528 | Feb | 9 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3208 | Feb | 15 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3535 | Feb | 16 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3364 | Feb | 16 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3536 | Feb | 18 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3155 | Feb | 22 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
4963 | Feb | 22 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Raid | Home | 35.951690 | 39.019886 | Unknown | Host state | Kurdish Self-management forces | One male NGO aid worker was detained by the Kurdish Self-management forces during a raid at his home in Ar-Raqqa. His brother was also detained (not counted). Both were released on February 25th. | Yes | Official Report |
3174 | Feb | 23 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3193 | Feb | 24 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3588 | Mar | 2 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3382 | Mar | 3 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3270 | Mar | 14 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3385 | Mar | 19 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3237 | Mar | 21 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 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 |
3207 | Mar | 23 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 Mekelle 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 |
3236 | Mar | 24 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3235 | Mar | 29 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 |
3504 | Apr | 7 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3584 | Apr | 11 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3283 | Apr | 28 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3375 | May | 4 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3388 | May | 7 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3350 | May | 14 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3298 | May | 16 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3540 | May | 22 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 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 |
3391 | May | 26 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
4645 | May | 29 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Detention/arrest | Raid | Public location | 10.166389 | 40.645278 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Not applicable | 2 INGO national staff and 1 contracted NGO partner staff were detained in Gewani town. Due to mission delays, the 3 aid workers were in the area longer than expected and were taken by the authorities into custody from a restaurant in the town. The staff remained in custody for over 14 days pending trial and investigation into their activites. | Yes | Focal Point |
3301 | May | 31 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3348 | Jun | 6 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3312 | Jun | 8 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 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 3 missiles destroyed the hospital in Afrin city. | Yes | Official Report |
3593 | Jun | 14 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3580 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3345 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3351 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 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 |
3509 | Jun | 23 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3541 | Jun | 25 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3331 | Jun | 28 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3376 | Jun | 29 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3377 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 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 |
3365 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3386 | Jul | 6 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3389 | Jul | 8 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3407 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 |
3367 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
3408 | Jul | 18 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
3482 | Aug | 5 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Individual attack | Project site | 36.4097 | 37.4036 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: Regional | Kurdish Self-management forces | One NGO staff member was injured after their ambulance was targeting by shelling while they were providing assistance to victims of a previous shelling attack in Hazwan village, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3369 | Aug | 9 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 34.55635 | 68.95628 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | The director of an NGO all-girls school in Khoja Lakan, Paghman district was abducted by Taliban militants from his home. He was held for 2 days and tortured in regards to the NGO and his work with the organisation. He was released on August 11. Women's and girl's programs have been suspended indefinitely. | Yes | Focal Point |
3411 | Aug | 16 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.5473 | 29.2553 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO staff member was kidnapped during an armed group attack in Nyiragongo that killed 4 civilians and led to 7 other civilian abductions (not counted here). The whereabouts of the staff is presently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
4013 | Aug | 21 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Road | 12.911323 | 7.596911 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two national partners of an INGO were abducted by unknown actors from a public bus in Batagarawa, Katsina. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3543 | Aug | 22 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 9.6 | 41.866667 | Incidental | Criminal | Unknown | One UN staff member was badly beaten on his way home from work after running into a gang fight in Dire town. | Yes | Focal Point |
3575 | Aug | 27 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One female INGO staff member was shot and killed by a stray bullet while in her car on the road during the Kabul Airport complex IS terrorist attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
3381 | Aug | 29 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Individual attack | Home | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | United States Armed Forces | One INGO national male staff member was killed in a United States military drone strike in Kabul, when the aerial bombardment targetted his home. Media reports indicate the staff member's vehicle was targeted as it arrived home on the suspicion the water containers it was carrying were explosives. 9 other civilians were killed, including 7 children. | Yes | Media |
3379 | Aug | 30 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 12.2701 | 14.4636 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One INGO national aid worker was killed during a Boko Haram raid into the military compound in Rann, Borno. 16 other civilians were killed (not counted here). | Yes | Media |
3483 | Sep | 4 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 35.735278 | 36.611667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | One NGO staff member was kidnapped from his home in Shnan, Idlib by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. He was held and tortured until November 20, 2021. | Yes | Official Report |
3400 | Sep | 16 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.5164271 | 29.3308425 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three staff members from a UN agency NGO implementing partner were shot and wounded after their aid convoy was ambushed by unknown gunmen near Buhumba village, Nyiragongo. | Yes | Official Report |
3467 | Sep | 21 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 34.341944 | 62.203056 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency male staff member was kidnapped and interrogated by unknown armed men in Herat city. He was released the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
3421 | Oct | 5 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.029454 | 29.091870 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped by suspected Mai Mai militia members while travelling 119km south of Uvira, Fizi district for ransom. They were freed on October 9. | Yes | Official Report |
3435 | Oct | 7 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.5219444444444 | 29.249444444444 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four NGO staff members were ambushed and kidnapped in Kingarame, North Kivu. | Yes | ACLED |
3437 | Oct | 9 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 10.725907 | 12.362799 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One NGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped in Borno and reports indicate ISWA has taken responsibility. | Yes | Media |
3426 | Oct | 19 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was shot and killed in Bunia for unknown reasons. | Yes | Official Report |
3438 | Oct | 21 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 3.4 | 45.583333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Hawadle Clan militia | One NGO staff member was shot and killed by a militia member after refusing a food ration card the perpetrator was not entitled to. | Yes | ACLED |
3430 | Oct | 28 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.982419 | 30.330561 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were shot and wounded when their organisation vehicle was ambushed while travelling between Kobu and Bambu, Ituri, by unknown armed individuals for unknown reasons. | Yes | Media |
3500 | Nov | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.6477 | 36.731539 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO staff members were injured after a landmine on the road in Lower Dhak, Kolyan exploded. | Yes | Focal Point |
3470 | Nov | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) | One NGO male staff member was seriously beaten at a checkpoint in Sosa town by SDF forces. | Yes | ACLED |
3578 | Nov | 19 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 11.4612 | 26.1311 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One guard was injured by unknown armed men who raided the organisation compound and stole a vehicle in Ed Daien. | Yes | Focal Point |
3511 | Nov | 20 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -5.94749 | 29.19471 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One UN national staff was shot and wounded by Mai Mai militia in Lambo Katenga, Kalemie. | Yes | Focal Point |
3545 | Nov | 27 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 8.541389 | 39.268889 | Economic | Police or paramilitary | Unknown | One INGO male staff was shot and injured by a man in a military uniform who robbed him in Adama city. | Yes | Focal Point |
3451 | Nov | 30 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.4 | 28.8 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two ICRC staff, one national and one international, were kidnapped in Masisi on November 30 by unknown gunmen and released on December 11. | Yes | Official Report |
3472 | Dec | 1 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two private truck staff contracted to deliver humanitarian supplies to Bibokoboko, Fizi, were shot and killed when their truck was ambushed by unknown armed men. 2 other civilian passengers were also killed (not counted here). | Yes | Media |
3455 | Dec | 2 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.15 | 12.75 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Humanitarian staff were reportedly kidnapped along with 6 civil servants and other civilians after departing Damboa, Borno. The exact number of humanitarian staff kidnapped is unknown at this time (coded as two). | Yes | Media |
3531 | Dec | 7 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff was kidnapped by unknown armed men in a public location in Jarabulus, Aleppo. He was held for 2 days. Reports indicate he had previously received threats about recruitment issues. | Yes | Focal Point |
3452 | Dec | 8 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.182693 | 29.269289 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Three UN agency staff members were wounded after their convoy came under armed attack by suspected Mai Mai militia members while travelling 17km south of Lubero. | Yes | Official Report |
3614 | Dec | 18 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 12.416667 | 39.55 | Incidental | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One UN agency national staff member was killed in an airstrike in Tigray while off-duty and driving to visit his family. | Yes | Media |
3576 | Dec | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 35.6 | 66.3 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO male staff was stabbed during a robbery in Jawzjan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3465 | Jan | 7 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.423139 | 29.019500 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators on the Goma-Kitchanga road in Masisi territory. They were released on January 12. | Yes | Media |
3477 | Jan | 11 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3478 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3479 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO doctor was stabbed in an ICRC hospital in the Al-Hawl refugee camp, by an unknown perpetrator. | Yes | Official Report |
3747 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One national female UN aid worker was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver while commuting to work in Kabul. | Yes | Focal Point |
3481 | Jan | 13 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Media |
3751 | Jan | 16 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Road | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Not applicable | One national male INGO worker was injured by a hand grenade attack in Mogadishu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3600 | Jan | 16 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | ACLED |
3484 | Jan | 18 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3491 | Jan | 24 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Media |
3601 | Jan | 28 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Media |
3615 | Feb | 21 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 37.1175 | 70.579722 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3498 | Feb | 23 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3495 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.728611 | 68.868056 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 4 polio vaccinators were killed in Kundoz city by an unknown armed group. | Yes | Official Report |
3496 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3497 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3843 | Feb | 27 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.2 | 36.516667 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One national INGO staff was injured by a beneficiary in Deir Hassan, Idlib. The team had to suspend the program for two days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3562 | Mar | 5 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 11.0331 | 29.7557 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Rizeigat Militia | One off-duty aid worker was killed along with 10 other civilians in the Seleia area of West Darfur by the armed Rizeigat Militia. | Yes | ACLED |
4015 | Mar | 10 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Project site | 12.679828 | 13.616058 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO-funded security guards were abducted by unknown actors in Kumalia, Borno state. One of them died in custody, while the other managed to escape on July 27, 2022. | Yes | Official Report |
3791 | Mar | 12 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Public location | -5.11477 | 28.6592 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Six national male UN-contracted aid workers were abducted by Mai Mai militants around 4 kilometers from Lambo Katenga-Kasongo Mukuli road, where they were conducting a project. | Yes | Focal Point |
3522 | Mar | 13 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3525 | Mar | 15 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 on their compound. The three aid workers were released on August 31. | Yes | Media |
3758 | Mar | 16 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver assistant was shot dead during an ambush on food commodities traveling from Ag Geneina to Mukjar, West Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
3760 | Mar | 23 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Unknown | 4.735833 | 45.203611 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One male national UN staff sustained major injuries during an explosion in the Lamagalay administration area in Beledweyne, targeting government and security personnel. Another UN staff, 20 security forces personnel, 14 civilians, and one AMISOM soldier also sustained injuries (not counted). | Yes | Focal Point |
3762 | Mar | 31 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -5.038611 | 18.818056 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Kuluna gang | One national UN-contracted driver was injured with knives by a gang-armed group between Kinshasa and Kikwit. | Yes | Focal Point |
3746 | Apr | 18 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Unknown | Road | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) | Three national NGO workers were injured by shelling while searching for a missing person in Jarabulus, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3799 | Apr | 25 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 14.865920 | 32.368880 | Unknown | 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 Kereneik. | Yes | Official Report |
3800 | Apr | 25 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 13.472140 | 22.570356 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteer was killed while on duty in Kereneik camp (80 Km eastern to Al Geneina) during clashes in West Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
3630 | May | 2 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3602 | May | 9 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One INGO aid worker was kidnapped, along with their laptops, from their office in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp by Islamic State militants. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3572 | May | 11 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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 was injured by unknown armed elements while traveling in Kimoka village (2km north of Sake). The two staff were released on the 19 of May. | Yes | Official Report |
3844 | May | 11 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.5861 | 37.0447 | Political | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One INGO national staff was injured after being hit by a stone from an aid recipient in Al Resala IDP Camp, Aleppo. The incident caused a temporary suspension of the program. | Yes | Focal Point |
3845 | May | 29 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Political | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One INGO national staff was injured after being hitten by an aid recipient in Ilaf 2 IDP Camp, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3846 | Jun | 9 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.511667 | 40.742222 | Other | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One national INGO contracted female worker was injured when a complaint from a beneficiary escalated into physical aggression in WOK camp, Al-Hasakah. | Yes | Focal Point |
3617 | Jun | 12 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | ACLED |
3585 | Jun | 15 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3586 | Jun | 18 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Media |
3610 | Jun | 27 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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. | Yes | Official Report |
3812 | Jul | 5 | 2022 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 36 | 42.466667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Seven members of a demining team were injured when an IED detonated under the vehicle they were traveling in. | Yes | Official Report |
3813 | Jul | 5 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | -11.666667 | 27.483333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An aid worker was injured with a machete by armed individuals who broke into his home and stole mobile phones, three televisions, and money. | Yes | Official Report |
3814 | Jul | 10 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The body of an aid worker was found in Al-Hawl camp. | Yes | Official Report |
3605 | Jul | 16 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.870258 | 36.532118 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO staff member was kidnapped by an unknown armed group while travelling in East Wellega. His whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3767 | Jul | 23 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 7.618442 | 34.689331 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national male UN aid worker was assaulted and injured by a group of suspected bandits in Gambella town on his way home. Personal belongings were stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
3750 | Jul | 25 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | -10.65 | 24.45 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Body guard of administrative authority | One INGO staff was severely beaten by a bodyguard of the administrative authority in Mutshasha. | Yes | Focal Point |
3627 | Aug | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One INGO staff member was stabbed to death in Kabul in August (exact date unknown). Reports indicate a week before his death he received threatening phone calls related to his work with foreign organisations. | Yes | Media | |
3698 | Aug | 3 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 13.610953 | 13.610953 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One INGO health worker was kidnapped by the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Abadam LGA. On the 31st of December 2022, the aid worker and three other captives escaped during fighting between ISWA and Boko Haram militants. | Yes | Media |
3752 | Aug | 6 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO off-duty aid worker was beaten and injured at a checkpoint by unknown actors in Deir ez-Zor. | Yes | Focal Point |
4014 | Aug | 18 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 5.099437 | 8.015486 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was abducted by unknown actors in Mbiakong village, Uruan, Akwa Ibom state. The aid worker was released on August 30. | Yes | Official Report |
3701 | Aug | 27 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 36.369317 | 37.521952 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Armed Opposition | One national NGO volunteer was arrested by members of the Military Police, which is affiliated with the Syrian National Army’s Chiefs of Staff, at his place of work at the NGO center in Al-Bab city center, Aleppo governorate. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3642 | Aug | 28 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.491959 | 25.298168 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Al Fasher Militia | One UN truck driver was shot and wounded in the hand on the Zamzam-Nyala road, close to the Zamzam IDP camp while transporting aid. | Yes | ACLED |
3699 | Sep | 3 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.419871 | 45.753025 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 14 aid workers were killed in an aid convoy of 7 trucks carrying food, by Al Shabaab militants, on the road between Mahas and Beledweyne districts, Hiraan region. All the trucks were burned. | Yes | Media |
3636 | Sep | 6 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 0.971534 | 29.116032 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) | The body of one Red Cross staff member was found in the Mekima forest a 1 hour walk south of Bango village, Mambasa. Reports indicate he was beheaded by the ADF rebel group. | Yes | Media |
4016 | Sep | 10 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Office/compound | 12.167638 | 6.675481 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was abducted and tortured by unknown actors when entering the compound he lives in in Gusau, Zamfara state. The perpetrators asked for a ransom to liberate the aid worker. | Yes | Official Report |
3626 | Sep | 25 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 14 | 38.416667 | Disputed | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One UN contracted driver delivering aid was injured after his truck was hit with debris following an airstrike in Zana, Tigray. | Yes | Official Report |
3658 | Oct | 1 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Other Explosives | Raid | Project site | 3.100104 | 43.733038 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NGO staff member was injured in an RPG attack while completing project activities in Geldheere village, near Baidoa town, Bay. | Yes | ACLED |
3818 | Oct | 9 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 7.989062 | 39.38118 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff were kidnapped by unknown actors in Oromia. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3749 | Oct | 13 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32.737778 | 36.06875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One senior male health worker from an INGO-supported hospital was shot dead by unknown armed men on the road connecting al-Mzayreeb town and Tafas city in Daraa. | Yes | Focal Point |
3639 | Oct | 14 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Disputed | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One INGO staff member was killed and another injured by a government airstrike in Shire, Tigray. Reports indicate the aid workers were a nutrition team delivering aid to women and children during the airstrike. Other civilians were also killed (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3801 | Oct | 14 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 11.396012 | 29.133487 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male volunteer of the Sudanese Red Crescent was killed when unknown people attacked him with knives while on duty in Lagawa, West Kordofan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3649 | Oct | 18 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.297664 | 28.956380 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were reportedly ambushed and kidnapped by unknown armed men outside of Lukongo village on the Baraka-Fizi axis. Their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3771 | Oct | 21 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 11.833333 | 41 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN worker was attacked with sticks in his neck by two unknown men while buying groceries with a colleague in Dubti, Afar. | Yes | Focal Point |
4022 | Oct | 23 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.699305 | 7.515628 | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was kidnapped along with the family in Enugu State by unknown actors. The family was released the next day, while the aid worker was released on November 7th. | Yes | Official Report | |
3754 | Oct | 26 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One national male INGO aid worker was arrested and beaten by fellow inmates in Masisi, North Kivu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3648 | Oct | 28 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.111064 | 38.614531 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) | One Red Cross ambulance driver transporting injured individuals from Adwa, Tigray to Amhara was killed after the marked vehicle was attacked by the military. The patients were also killed. | Yes | Media |
3660 | Oct | 31 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 0.04022 | 29.26246 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male aid worker was beheaded during a riot in his village by unknown violent rioters who mistook the organisation for another group. | Yes | ACLED |
3739 | Nov | 3 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO staff was injured when a vehicle-born IED targeting the Taliban Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry exploded in Afghanistan. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
3671 | Nov | 4 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | Two national INGO aid workers were shot and killed by unknown actors in a street in Mwenso, North Kivu. The second INGO worker was killed while assisting an administrative servant previously shot. Both of the shootings were done by the same actors. | Yes | Media |
3650 | Nov | 7 | 2022 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.3 | 44.433333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Saraya Ahl al-Khaf | One male international INGO staff was shot and killed in a reported failed kidnapping on the road outside his home in the Karrada district of Baghdad. | Yes | Media |
3651 | Nov | 17 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 11.15 | 12.75 | Unknown | Host state | Nigerian Armed Forces | One UN agency pilot and an INGO staff were attacked and killed by a rouge member of the Nigerian Armed Forces inside the military base in Damboa. | Yes | Official Report |
3772 | Nov | 18 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.5 | 35.5 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) | Eight national UN drivers were kidnapped during a carjacking of a convoy of 24 trucks near Nedjo town, West Wellega. The eight drivers and the trucks were released one day later without the cargo. Four other trucks were looted. | Yes | Focal Point |
3819 | Dec | 1 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 11.6608 | 37.9578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international staff member was abducted by unknown actors in Amhara. | Yes | Official Report |
3820 | Dec | 8 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One INGO staff was threatened, robbed, stabbed and injured while in transit by a criminal group in Tigray. | Yes | Official Report |
3683 | Dec | 12 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1.3601 | 29.0354 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One aid worker was killed by an unidentified Mai Mai militia in Bapwakina, Mambasa, Ituri. Another civilian was also killed in the same attack. | Pending | ACLED |
4117 | Jan | 5 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.679444 | 29.233611 | Incidental | Criminal | Not applicable | One UN staff member was shot and killed by burglars on the street near his home after the staff tried to respond to calls his neighbours were being robbed. | Yes | Focal Point |
3724 | Jan | 11 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 10.518647 | 7.488791 | Unknown | Criminal | Bandits | One national NGO aid worker was killed at his house during a wider attack by bandits in Ungawar Mai Awo village, Kaduna. His nephew was also killed. | Yes | Media |
4195 | Jan | 15 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.964786 | 23.719387 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO contractor was shot and killed by unknown armed actors while travelling in Central Darfur. | Yes | Media |
3704 | Jan | 27 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.585588 | 33.759961 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North | One national NGO contractor was killed and another staff injured by unidentified gunmen in the Giessan area, Blue Nile region. According to the government, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North were responsible. | Yes | Media |
4187 | Feb | 9 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 7.989062 | 39.38118 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One INGO aid worker was injured when a group of criminals attacked and robbed him at a public bus stop in Oromiya. | Yes | Media |
4053 | Feb | 9 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Economic | Criminal | Criminal | One INGO aid worker was injured by four criminals who took his personal belongings in Shire, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3709 | Feb | 11 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 8.476 | 47.357 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male first aid instructor volunteer from the Somali Red Crescent was killed by a stray bullet in Lasanod, Sool, Somaliland. | Yes | Media |
3725 | Feb | 22 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 11.282146 | 49.176987 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO driver was shot and killed at a teashop by unknown armed men in Xiniinyo Warsangeli area, Bari region. | Yes | Media |
4138 | Feb | 23 | 2023 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Economic | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One UN national staff was stabbed during a robbery while he was walking to catch a taxi in Kabul. | Yes | Focal Point |
4964 | Mar | 4 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Ambush | Road | 36.526520 | 37.956591 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male NGO aid worker was detained by the Syrian Armed Forces in Manjeb, Aleppo. | Yes | Official Report |
4105 | Mar | 9 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.410556 | 42.976667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot in the leg while standing in front of the office building in Dinsoor, Bay region. He was taken for medical treatment and has since almost fully recovered. | Yes | Focal Point |
3728 | Mar | 11 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.263904 | 8.928985 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO aid workers were ambushed and kidnapped by unknown actors when returning from a food distribution in Kikonde, Fizi, South Kivu. | Yes | ACLED |
4115 | Mar | 27 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 35.95 | 39.01 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO driver was injured after a physical altercation with an unknown individual in Raqqa. | Yes | Focal Point |
3864 | Apr | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.6 | 2.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed in the conflict sometime between April to June in Khartoum, Sudan. | Yes | Focal Point | |
3781 | Apr | 7 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One national female UN polio vaccination worker was shot dead by unknown actors in Mogadishu while going house to house informing about the polio vaccination campaign. | Yes | Media |
4188 | Apr | 9 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.442237 | 37.998155 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One ambulance driver and one mid-wife from the Ethiopian Red Cross were shot and injured when unknown armed men attacked their ambulance in Abscia, Amhara region. | Yes | Media |
3782 | Apr | 9 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.496944 | 39.476944 | Incidental | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | Two INGO national staff members were shot and killed in a crossfire between the Ethiopian Federal Defence Forces (ENDF) and Amhara Regional Special Forces in Kobo, Amhara region. The driver and the security officer were traveling from Mekelle to Kombolcha. | Yes | Media |
3780 | Apr | 10 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Public location | -0.566667 | 28.7 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national female INGO worker was killed in North Kivu. The aid worker was off duty, on her way to a voting registration centre. | Yes | ACLED |
4106 | Apr | 13 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.296389 | 36.725278 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO staff member sustained serious injuries during a multi family dispute. | Yes | Focal Point |
3784 | Apr | 15 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One donor government official was shot and wounded during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum. | Yes | Media |
3785 | Apr | 15 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 16.066667 | 25.466667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Three UN employees were killed and three injured in clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The incident caused the temporary suspension of operations of the organization. | Yes | Media |
3796 | Apr | 16 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.6238 | 25.3556 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO worker was killed in the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
3797 | Apr | 17 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was reportedly sexually assaulted by unidentified perpetrators in Khartoum. | Yes | Media |
3893 | Apr | 18 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 15.65 | 32.483333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One UN national staff was shot and injured when Rapid Support Forces entered his house and looted it in Amarat, Khartoum. The RSP fired other gunshots and stole mobile phones. | Yes | Official Report |
3894 | Apr | 18 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN male national staff was injured due to a projectile explosion during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
4140 | Apr | 20 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 13.183333 | 30.216667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was injured by shrapnel after his house was hit by shelling in El Obied. | Yes | Focal Point |
3786 | Apr | 21 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 13.183333 | 30.216667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN staff was killed when the vehicle he was traveling with his family was caught in a crossfire between confronted parties in El Obeid, North Kordofan. | Yes | Media |
4066 | Apr | 21 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.5936 | 32.5809 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One male UN aid worker was kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces in Khartoum. The aid worker was released 21 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
4061 | Apr | 24 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 11.811256 | 12.493714 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national UN guard was kidnapped by unknown armed actors during a raid on the agency's facilities in Benisheik, Borno State. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
4141 | Apr | 25 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 8 | 38.666667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Unknown | Two UN contracted drivers, one on duty and one off duty, were attacked by gunmen travelling in Oromia and injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
3788 | Apr | 26 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 11.5 | 13 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Three national INGO aid workers were abducted at their guest house by a group of militants of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Ngala, Borno State. On May 4th, two of the three aid workers were found unharmed by the Nigerian Armed Forces. | Yes | Official Report |
4142 | Apr | 29 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Ambush | Road | 1.933 | 30.483 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | CODECO | Two NNGO contracted drivers were attacked by an armed group who lit their vehicle on fire. One driver was killed and the other was seriously injured. | Yes | Focal Point |
3821 | Apr | 30 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One local male INGO staff was killed while off-duty by unidentified perpetrators in Ag Geneina city, West Darfur state. | Yes | Media |
3863 | May | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two aid workers were killed in Ag Geneina by unknown actors at the end of May. | Yes | Official Report | |
3822 | May | 3 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 11.744444 | 11.961111 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Unknown | One INGO staff member sustained a head injury from a physical attack by an unknown man in Damaturu town. | Yes | Official Report |
4110 | May | 8 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.23632099894336 | 36.767185026482885 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | One INGO staff member was killed when his private vehicle came under fire during an violent operation between two different NSAGs. | Yes | Focal Point |
4196 | May | 12 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 13.498667 | 22.663117 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was injured at home due to nearby explosives. | Yes | Media |
3826 | May | 20 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO aid worker was killed by unknown armed actors in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
3865 | May | 20 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.516667 | 25.033333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was killed in Nyala, South Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
3855 | Jun | 1 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Unknown | 13.105 | 12.506667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State of West Africa Province | One NGO worker was killed by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) members in Damasak, Borno State. | Yes | Media |
3831 | Jun | 2 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 12.905720 | 23.480571 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national UN male aid worker was beaten and injured with electric shocks by a group of armed personnel wearing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) uniform, after intruding into the UN worker's residence in Zalingi, and started questioning the identity of the staff member. Later the perpetrators started searching and damaging the house and looted unspecified items. One civilian who was present in the house was also injured (not counted). | Yes | Official Report |
4160 | Jun | 4 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 15.526975 | 32.514714 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male national Sudanese Red Crescent aid worker was killed due to a shelling attack that hit his house in Gabra, in south Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
3856 | Jun | 4 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO bulldozer driver was injured when a landmine exploded while working in Afrin, Aleppo. | Yes | ACLED |
3872 | Jun | 6 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 4.783333 | 45.45 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Five NGO staff members were kidnapped by Al Shabaab militants on the road between Farlibah village and Beledweyne, around Morodiile, Hiraan. They were all released over a week later after a ransom demand. | Yes | ACLED |
4051 | Jun | 7 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 15.683517 | 32.462887 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national INGO aid worker was seriously injured during an incursion to his home by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
3852 | Jun | 7 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 13.3694218 | 22.1724203 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO aid worker was killed by unknown armed men while off duty in Ag Geneina. | Yes | Official Report |
3833 | Jun | 10 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.0426027 | 45.3596617 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One UN female aid worker was killed during a siege by Al Shabaab members in Lido Beach, Mogadishu. Eight other people were killed, and 10 were injured, including members of the Somali security forces and civilians. | Yes | Media |
3853 | Jun | 10 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 13.4468625 | 22.3088684 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | The founder of an NNGO was killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Janjaweed militias in Ag Geneina, West Darfur. | Yes | Media |
3858 | Jun | 13 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | The head of a NNGO was kidnapped by unknown armed men while travelling by motorbike to Lusenda, Fizi territory. Allegedly, the kidnapping occurred following a disagreement on a road project and the perpetrators asked for a ransom. His travel companion was also kidnapped and tortured but released a few hours later (not counted). The aid worker was released on June 17th after the ransom was paid. | Yes | ACLED |
3859 | Jun | 16 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.333333 | 23.416667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed in Central Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
3860 | Jun | 21 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 11.83 | 32.8 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO security guard was killed at his home, along with his family by a shelling attack in Khartoum. | Yes | Media |
4144 | Jun | 22 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 13.460251235443362 | 22.235769538689677 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was killed as him and his family were evacuating near the Chad border. | Yes | Focal Point |
3874 | Jun | 24 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 3.074444 | 43.835278 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two national NGO contractors and the driver were kidnapped by Al Shabaab near Bansoole village, Buur Hakaba, Bay due to their NGO affiliation. | Yes | ACLED |
4111 | Jun | 24 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 2.3063766085401123 | 30.97672465680944 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | An INGO female national staff was injured after an unknown person threw a stone at their vehicle breaking the glass in Mahagi. | Yes | Focal Point |
4062 | Jun | 28 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.0555711 | 9.1811754 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female national UN worker was kidnapped by unknown actors in Taraba. Her whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
3877 | Jun | 30 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 0.5 | 29.466667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO aid worker was killed by unidentified armed men in Beni city, North Kivu province. | Yes | ACLED |
4137 | Jul | 8 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 8.476 | 47.357 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | 5 healthcare staff supported by an INGO, at the Las Anod General Hospital were injured due to shelling. | Yes | Focal Point |
3862 | Jul | 11 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.1389 | 36.83 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One national NGO aid worker was killed by shelling from the Syrian Armed Forces in Atareb, Aleppo. | Yes | Media |
4189 | Jul | 18 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 8.575042 | 39.327807 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One INGO aid worker was stabbed and injured by criminal actors on his way home in Oromiya. His personal belongings were stolen during the incident. | Yes | Media |
3899 | Jul | 19 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.816667 | 41.416667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two national NGO aid workers were killed by unknown actors in the Afar region. | Yes | ACLED |
3900 | Jul | 19 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.6608 | 37.9578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO aid worker was killed by unknown actors in Amhara. | Yes | ACLED |
3881 | Jul | 20 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 18 INGO aid workers were physically beaten and whipped by unknown armed men in southern Khartoum while attempting to bring supplies to a hospital. The armed men also threaten the life of the driver and stole a vehicle. | Yes | Official Report |
3897 | Jul | 21 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.515556 | 42.073333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO driver was injured when unknown armed men opened fire on the vehicle he was driving near Dhobley town, Afmadow, Lower Juba. | Yes | ACLED |
4246 | Aug | 4 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Home | 12.05 | 24.883333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO staff was kidnapped from his home in Nyala and later killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
4056 | Aug | 6 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 3.127168 | 43.663831 | Political | Host state | Somali Armed Forces | One male INGO aid worker was physically assaulted by soldiers from the Somali Armed Forces after refusing to add them to the list of beneficiaries at the Jakaton IDP camp, in Baidoa. The program was temporarily suspended due to the incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
4113 | Aug | 7 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 1.933 | 30.483 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One INGO male national staff member was injured when an unknown person threw a stone at their vehicle breaking the glass in Djugu. | Yes | Focal Point |
4197 | Aug | 8 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 8.904088 | 47.430049 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Dhulbahante clan | Three NGO aid workers were injured when their ambulance was hit by mortar rounds during a combat between the Dhulbahante clan and the Somaliland security forces. | Yes | Media |
3896 | Aug | 9 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.664230 | 45.844277 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Dulmi-diid clan militia | One national NGO driver was abducted when the Dulmi-diid clan militia entered Daba Goryaale village and carjacked two NGO-owned vehicles in the Togdheer region. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3917 | Aug | 11 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.4044 | 29.1379 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO aid workers were abducted by unknown armed men in Mushegereza, Uvira, South Kivu. The victims were released on August 14th. | Yes | ACLED |
4154 | Aug | 12 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 15.6 | 32.5 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One INGO staff member was kidnapped by RSF forces and forced to work in a RSF military medical facility in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
3918 | Aug | 12 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 4.735833 | 45.203611 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member, off-duty and at home, was kidnapped by unknown armed for ransom in Beledweyne, Hiraan. He was held for more than 24 hours, but released unharmed. | Yes | ACLED |
4181 | Aug | 23 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One INGO aid worker was killed along with two other civilians by allegedly the Rapid Support Forces in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Yes | ACLED |
4017 | Aug | 23 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.403446 | 35.631232 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO driver was abducted by an unknown armed group when driving between Nedjo and Nekemte, Oromiya region. The occupants of other three vehicles were also abducted in the same attack (not counted here). The driver was released three days later. | Yes | Official Report |
4636 | Sep | 2023 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Raid | Office/compound | 34.245500 | 64.842791 | Political | Host state | Afghan Armed Forces | 14 national INGO aid workers and one female international INGO aid worker were arrested by the Taliban armed forces over accusations of spreading Christianity in Ghowr. | Yes | Media | |
4175 | Sep | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | -5.918541 | 29.188183 | Economic | Criminal | Criminal | One NGO aid worker was injured with a machete by criminal actors who robbed the house in Kalemie, Tanganyika. | Yes | Official Report | |
3913 | Sep | 2 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.133333 | 29.883333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national INGO aid worker was kidnapped and beaten by the Rapid Support Forces in North Kordofan. The aid worker was released days later in West Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4114 | Sep | 3 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 35.7589 | 40.7692 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Unknown | One INGO staff member was injured after being hit by a stray bullet in Markada. | Yes | Focal Point |
3924 | Sep | 4 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.183333 | 29.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO national aid workers were abducted by unknown men in May-Safi village, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu. They were released several days later after random was paid. | Yes | Media |
4192 | Sep | 11 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 15.531257 | 32.535497 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was abducted from his home by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in his home. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Media |
3923 | Sep | 13 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Two emergency room staff were kidnapped by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) members in Khartoum city from a hospital, along with four other civilians (not counted). They were released 2 days later. | Yes | ACLED |
4193 | Sep | 22 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -0.062699 | 29.230660 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One off-duty male INGO aid worker was kidnapped by M23 militants in North Kivu along with another civilian (not counted). Both individuals were released on September 26. | Yes | Media |
4182 | Oct | 2 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 15.5611981185 | 32.5841617133 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One female LNGO aid worker was shot and killed in her house by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Another woman was raped during the attack (not counted). | Yes | Media |
4118 | Oct | 6 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.933333 | 36.633333 | Incidental | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One male NGO volunteer was killed in a Syrian Armed Forces rocket attack on Idlib city on October 6, 2023. The rockets struck a public street location where the aid worker was standing. | Yes | Focal Point |
4044 | Oct | 6 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.282778 | 36.851944 | Incidental | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One national NGO aid worker was injured when a shelling hit a public location in Daret Izza, Aleppo. Two other civilians were injured and one civilian was killed in the same incident (not counted). | Yes | Focal Point |
3948 | Oct | 7 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN staff member was kidnapped by an unknown armed group in Luberivi, Uvira, South Kivu after a 2 vehicle UN convoy was ambushed travelling the Uvira-Sange road. The staff was released on October 12th. | Yes | ACLED |
4045 | Oct | 8 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.933333 | 36.633333 | Incidental | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | During a city-wide Syrian Armed forces rocket and artillery strike on Idlib city, 2 NGO staff members were injured and 2 others were killed from three different organisations. | Yes | Focal Point |
3931 | Oct | 9 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.65 | 32.483333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two health workers from an INGO-supported hospital were killed in a shelling in Omdurman, Khartoum. Five patients were also injured in the attack and needed to be transferred to other facilities (not counted here). | Yes | Offiicial Report |
4116 | Oct | 12 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 7.092192647384255 | 37.408370346749855 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) | Two INGO national staff members were kidnapped by OLA armed men on October 12 when travelling from Negelle to Hawasa. Following interventions by authorities and local elders they were released 2 days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
4243 | Oct | 14 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 12.9 | 3.483333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO staff was shot and killed at a project site in Zalingi, Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4112 | Oct | 16 | 2023 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 35.183333 | 67.708056 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was injured after a man, not chosen as an aid recipient, attacked him in Saighan. | Yes | Focal Point |
4244 | Oct | 17 | 2023 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Public location | 35.96 | 64.28 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff was killed in Almar, Faryab. | Yes | Focal Point |
4006 | Oct | 25 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 11.550331 | 38.219766 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO aid worker was shot and killed in his house by unknown armed people in Gondar, Amhara region. | Yes | Official Report |
4109 | Nov | 4 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 37.104167 | 40.93 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Unknown | One INGO staff member, travelling in a civilian SUV near the town of Amuda, was hit by a drone strike and killed. | Yes | Focal Point |
3982 | Nov | 13 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO aid workers were abducted when unknown armed men ambushed the convoy they were travelling in. Three vehicles were burnt during the incident. | Yes | Official Report |
4198 | Nov | 24 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.508149 | 40.755990 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was killed by allegedly a drone attack on a vehicle in Al-Hasaka governorate. Two other civilians were injured during the attack (not counted). | Yes | Media |
3966 | Dec | 10 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 15.5407114 | 32.4876668 | Disputed | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | Three International ICRC aid workers were injured when a convoy of clearly marked vehicles was fired while evacuating civilians from Khartoum to Wad Medani. During the incident, two non-ICRC people were killed, and four people were also injured (not counted). | Yes | Official Report |
4146 | Dec | 14 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 5.333333 | 39.583333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four UN contracted commercial drivers were kidnapped from an 11 truck convoy travelling in Liban Woreda near Negelle town. Ransom was requested, but after negotiations they were released after 2 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
4185 | Dec | 20 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 12.032126 | 37.722346 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by unknown actors who demanded a ransom to release the aid worker in the Amhara region. | Yes | Official Report |
4194 | Dec | 24 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.941436 | 43.865745 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was injured and later died after an IED exploded at a police checkpoint in Bay. | Yes | Media |
4064 | Dec | 30 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 14.0958622 | 38.2445839 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Police | One male UN aid worker was assaulted and injured by thee police in Shire, Tigray region. | Yes | Focal Point |
4037 | Jan | 3 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 13.266667 | 34.141667 | Unknown | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | An unknown number of aid workers from the Emergency Monitoring Room were beaten and tortured by the Sudanese Armed Forces in Dindar, Sennar state. (Defaulted to two). | Pending | ACLED |
3995 | Jan | 10 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national Ethiopian Red Cross ambulance driver was shot and killed by unknown actors while transporting a woman in labour in the Central Zone of the Tigray Region. | Yes | ACLED |
4024 | Jan | 15 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Road | 34.8325 | 40.661944 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national head of NGO was severely injured by two unknown armed actors in Ago Hamam town, Deir ez-Zor governorate. | Pending | Media |
4038 | Jan | 15 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.792222 | 41.008611 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed by unknown armed men in Semera, Afar region. | Pending | ACLED |
4039 | Jan | 15 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.585 | 37.39 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two aid workers were killed by unknown armed men in the Amhara region. | Pending | ACLED |
4040 | Jan | 15 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 7.618442 | 34.689331 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed by unknown armed actors in the Gambella region. | Pending | ACLED |
4451 | Jan | 18 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.833169 | 34.180892 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men in Sharg An Neel, Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
4025 | Jan | 18 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 4.160525 | 42.078457 | Unknown | Host state | Somali Armed Forces | One national LNGO aid worker was injured when a government soldier shot the vehicle the aid worker was in Qansaley IDP camp, Dolow. | Pending | ACLED |
4026 | Jan | 20 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Road | 11.08 | 36.89 | Unknown | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One INGO aid worker was injured when the Ethiopian Armed Forces allegedly opened fire into the air in Addis Kidam town, Amhara region. | Pending | Official Report |
4035 | Jan | 27 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 35.58 | 39.3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three national aid workers were shot and killed by unknown armed men in Sahlat al Banat camp, Raqqa. | Pending | Media |
4041 | Jan | 27 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.1886 | 6.48944 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Zamfara Militia | One male INGO aid worker was kidnapped in Bundugu, Zamfara, by the Zamfara militia while going to visit his family. The armed group demanded a ransom to free the aid worker. The aid worker was released on February 19. | Pending | ACLED |
4457 | Feb | 1 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 11.325548 | 27.811600 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female NNGO aid worker was killed during an airstrike in Shu'a, Babanusa, West Kordofan. | Yes | Focal Point |
4169 | Feb | 4 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.202832 | 37.222524 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national contractor of an INGO was injured when a landmine exploded while installing a water line in Um Rjem village, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
4123 | Feb | 6 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Home | 8.963873 | 7.378364 | Unknown | Unknown | Unkown | One INGO aid worker was kidnapped by unknown armed actors from the residence in Lugbe, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Another civilian was kidnapped too (not counted). The aid worker was released on February 13. | Pending | ACLED |
4073 | Feb | 7 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | -1.563426 | 29.059267 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One NGO aid worker was killed during a bombing attack by the March 23 Movement (M23) in Sake, Masisi, North Kivu. | Pending | Media |
4559 | Feb | 13 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 11.296237 | 38.370892 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One implementing partner security guard was shot and killed during a confrontation between an unknown NSAG and the government in Simada Woreda, South Gondar, Amhara. | Yes | Focal Point |
4074 | Feb | 16 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.239726 | 29.741979 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One male INGO aid worker was kidnapped by alleged members of the Rapid Support Forces on the road between Dilling and El Obeid, South Kordofan. The aid worker was released on March 5th. | Pending | Official Report |
4082 | Feb | 17 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.506812 | 13.687842 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One INGO aid worker was attacked and injured by alleged members of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Bama, Borno. | Pending | ACLED |
4236 | Feb | 18 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Complex attack | Raid | Unknown | 12.199382 | 29.735735 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces | At least one aid worker was killed during an attack by the Rapid Support Forces on five different villages in South Kordofan. The exact number of victims is unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
4199 | Feb | 19 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 13.361095 | 5.242661 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN focal point was shot and injured by an unidentified Sokoto militia in Gwadabawa, Sokoto. | Yes | Official Report |
4239 | Feb | 20 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 5.712508 | 6.416986 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One male INGO aid worker was killed with a machete at his home by criminals who robbed his personal belongings in Ndokwa West, Delta. | Pending | Official Report |
4075 | Feb | 26 | 2024 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 33.297230 | 44.338035 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men close to his home in Baghdad. | Pending | Media |
4563 | Mar | 11 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 15.6 | 32.5 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male INGO national staff was killed, while protecting his family, by unknown armed men who looted his home in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
4174 | Mar | 18 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.15 | 12.75 | Unknown | Staff member | Colleague | Three INGO aid workers were stabbed and injured by one of their colleagues in Damboa, Borno. | Pending | Official Report |
4927 | Mar | 24 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 35.337543 | 40.116319 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One male INGO aid worker was shot and injured when armed actors confused him with someone else in Deir ez-Zor. | Yes | Focal Point |
4201 | Mar | 24 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.432716 | 33.175445 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | An unknown number of aid workers were kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sharg An Neel, Khartoum. While some were later released, there are other aid workers whose whereabouts remain unknown. (Defaulted to two). | Pending | ACLED |
4176 | Mar | 25 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 12.683333 | 13.6 | Unknown | Aid recipient | IDPs | Two INGO volunteers were injured during an IDP protest at an aid distribution in Monguno, Borno State. Two other civilians were also injured (not counted). | Pending | Official Report |
4126 | Mar | 26 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.328395 | 40.134974 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national UN aid worker was killed during an airstrike that hit his home in Deir ez-Zor. | Pending | Media |
4203 | Mar | 31 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Road | -1.6637385 | 29.2287125 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | While off duty, one ICRC driver was killed by unknown armed men in Goma, North Kivu. | Yes | ACLED |
4204 | Apr | 1 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Road | 12.5253187 | 6.1769736 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Zamfara Militia | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by the Zamfara militia in Maradun, Zamfara. | Pending | ACLED |
4128 | Apr | 4 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.095567 | 45.366741 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One international INGO aid worker and one national INGO aid worker were killed by Al Shabaab militants when on their way to deliver food assistance in Mogadishu. | Pending | Media |
4205 | Apr | 4 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 13.079110 | 22.844780 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO manager was kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kereneik, West Darfur, who demanded a ransom for his release. The aid worker was released after 18 days. | Yes | ACLED |
4159 | Apr | 8 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Road | 1.372558 | 28.996508 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) | One national NRCS aid worker was kidnapped in Mambasa by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for unknown reasons. The body of the aid worker was found on April 22 in the forest of Kindiasa village, Ituri. | Pending | Media |
4929 | Apr | 10 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 15.618085 | 32.506151 | Incidental | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One male on-duty NRCS aid worker was killed by a stray bullet while providing first aid services during Eid prayer in Tuti Island, Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
4520 | Apr | 14 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 9.200941 | 12.490948 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One INGO security guard was beaten and injured by criminals who stole items from an office in Yola, Adamawa. | Yes | Focal Point |
4567 | Apr | 22 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Public location | 2.046821 | 45.317230 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male UN aid worker was assaulted and injured by unknown actors in Karaan, Banadir. | Yes | Focal Point |
4209 | Apr | 27 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.500512 | 40.741993 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | QSD militia | An unknown number of Red Cross aid workers were kidnapped over allegations of smuggling an international civilian by QSD militants in Al-Hasakah. Number of aid workers defaulted to two. | Pending | ACLED |
4253 | May | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 4.165968 | 42.075375 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two NGO staff were injured when an Al Shabaab IED exploded in the Dolow-Beled Xaawo road, Dolow. | Pending | Official Report | |
4256 | May | 2024 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 34.440663 | 69.117909 | Other | Unaffiliated | Fellow staff member | One NGO staff was shot and injured by a staff colleague over an altercation at their office. | Pending | Official Report | |
4129 | May | 2 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.867868 | 24.743731 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One ICRC staff and one contractor were killed, and two other staff and one contractor were injured by unknown armed men in Sharg Aj Jabal, South Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
4132 | May | 11 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 14.478262 | 33.515644 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NRCS aid worker was shot and killed and one national NRCS was injured by unknown armed men when collecting data for humanitarian assistance in Abu Haraz, Al Jazirah. | Yes | Official Report |
4272 | May | 11 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.608814 | 25.361638 | Disputed | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One aid worker was killed when the roof of an INGO-supported hospital collapsed due to an aerial attack of allegedly the Sudanese Armed Forces in Al Fasher, North Darfur. Two other civilians died during the incident (not counted). | Yes | Media |
4210 | May | 15 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.311944 | 33.557575 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Janoub Al Hizam, Khartoum. His/her whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
4497 | May | 18 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 12.604932 | 37.470567 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | One male UN aid worker was kidnapped by an unidentified NSAG at the Keberomeda IDP site, Gondar, Amhara. Two other civilians were kidnapped as well (not counted). The three people were released on May 27 after their families paid a ransom. | Yes | Focal Point | |
4148 | May | 19 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 12.920599 | 23.499944 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One INGO director was taken from the organisation's office by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for unknown reasons in Zalingi, Central Darfur. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Media |
4149 | May | 20 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.034276 | 24.947332 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One UN driver was taken to an unknown location by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the Jabal stop in Nyala, South Darfur. He was released several days later. | Yes | Media |
4177 | May | 21 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.030645 | 3.477587 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN aid workers were kidnapped during an ambush along the Okeho-Iseyin road, Oyo state. The three aid workers were released on the 24 of May after the payment of a ransom. | Pending | Official Report |
4930 | May | 22 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Office/compound | 15.637448 | 32.535347 | Unknown | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One male INGO aid worker was shot and killed while entering the office in Shrag El Niel, Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
4211 | May | 22 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.490107885054494 | 25.309723046533993 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female aid worker was shot and killed by a stray bullet while she was on duty at the Southern Hospital inside the camp. | Yes | ACLED |
4213 | May | 23 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 12.720096 | 30.643063 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NRCS aid worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men in Er Rahad, North Kordofan while on-duty. | Yes | ACLED |
4134 | May | 24 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.6075 | 37.459167 | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One aid worker was killed and at least one other aid worker was injured in Gondar, Amhara region. | Pending | Media | |
4135 | May | 25 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 13.618643 | 25.353579 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO aid worker was killed when a shell hit his home in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
4178 | May | 29 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.685275 | 13.570482 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State of West Africa Province | One NGO aid worker was kidnapped at a checkpoint by allegedly ISWAP militants in the Monguno-Gajiram road, Borno state. two other civilians were also kidnapped and another civilian was injured (not counted). | Pending | Official Report |
4259 | Jun | 2024 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 32.444873 | 62.094311 | Other | Unknown | Uknown | One female NGO aid worker was shot and wounded by armed men allegedly over a familiar dispute in Farah. Another civilian was also injured (not counted here). | Pending | Official Report | |
4288 | Jun | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Individual attack | Office/compound | -8.470207 | 28.901263 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female NGO aid worker was killed by unknown armed men at her hotel while on duty in Pweto, Haut-Katanga. | Pending | Official Report | |
4317 | Jun | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Project site | 15.65 | 32.545833 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO was injured by unknown armed men who were asking for the funding of the project in Bahri, Khartoum. | Pending | Media | |
4215 | Jun | 1 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.470841 | 33.150905 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO was shot and killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sharg An Neel, Khartoum. | Pending | ACLED |
4216 | Jun | 1 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Office/compound | 3.107049 | 43.641429 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One LNGO bodyguard was injured by an IED planted by Al Shabaab at the entrance of the office in Baidoa, Baydhaba, Bay. | Pending | ACLED |
4179 | Jun | 6 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Home | 9.099313 | 7.408902 | Economic | Criminal | Criminal | One INGO aid worker was injured during an armed robbery of a compound of aid workers' apartments in Gwarinpa, Abuja. | Pending | Official Report |
4493 | Jun | 7 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 8.241956 | 34.603593 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One national male UN aid worker was wounded when an unknown individual shot at other people in Gambella. Six other civilians were also wounded (not counted). | Yes | Focal Point |
4452 | Jun | 11 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.634317 | 25.363900 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Eight male NNGO aid workers were killed during a Rapid Support Forces' airstrike on a community kitchen in El Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4568 | Jun | 12 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.967481 | 13.686451 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN truck driver was ambushed and kidnapped by unknown actors on the Dikwa-Mafa road, Borno. The driver was released three days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
4555 | Jun | 16 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -1.660575 | 29.218395 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker from an implementing partner of an INGO was killed in Goma. | Yes | Focal Point |
4171 | Jun | 18 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.661798 | 25.451591 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female NNGO aid worker was killed by a stray bullet in the Abu Shouk Camp, El Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Media |
4151 | Jun | 19 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.642792 | 32.490947 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One local volunteer aid worker was killed by shelling of the INGO supported Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, Khartoum. Two other civilians were killed and 27 injured during the attack (not counted). | Yes | Official Report |
4218 | Jun | 21 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 4.732688 | 45.202346 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NRCS aid worker was kidnapped by Al Shabaab militants near Luuqjelow, Beledweyne, Hiraan. The aid worker was released the next day after a ransom was paid. | Pending | ACLED |
4219 | Jun | 23 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.430943 | 32.510099 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was abducted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Jebel Awlia, Khartoum. The aid worker's whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
4180 | Jun | 29 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Body-borne IED | Individual attack | Public location | 11.077570 | 13.694712 | Incidental | Unaffiliated | Civilian | Two off-duty INGO aid workers were killed, and one NNGO volunteer was injured during a suicide bomb at a wedding in Gwonza, Borno State. | Yes | Official Report |
4289 | Jun | 30 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.110053 | 29.294252 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO aid workers were killed when an armed group opened fire on a convoy who were trying to reach Butembo, North Kivu. | Yes | Official Report |
4389 | Jul | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | -4.318187 | 15.299083 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One NNGO aid worker was killed when criminals vandalised an NGO office and stole cash in DRC. | Pending | Official Report | |
4390 | Jul | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 12.188537 | 6.667210 | Other | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was killed by unknown actors while off duty at his home in Zamfara. | Pending | Official Report | |
4393 | Jul | 2024 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 36.752859 | 66.894314 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was injured when unknown men assaulted a civilian vehicle the aid worker was in in Balkh. Another NGO aid worker was also in the vehicle but was not injured. | Pending | Official Report | |
4227 | Jul | 5 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 13.567945 | 33.562202 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One on-duty NRCS aid worker was killed while in Sennar. | Yes | Official Report |
4516 | Jul | 5 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.744828 | 36.433158 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO aid workers and one UN partner aid worker were kidnapped by unknown actors when going to Genda Wuha, Amhara region. | Yes | Focal Point |
4318 | Jul | 6 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 3.698056 | 42.597222 | Incidental | Unknown | Two aid workers were killed when the escalation of clans conflict led to the torch of an IDPs' settlement in Luuq, Gedo. | Pending | Media | |
4265 | Jul | 8 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 12.017109 | 14.490702 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One off-duty INGO aid worker was shot and killed at home in Rann, Kala-Balge, Borno State. | Yes | Focal Point |
4261 | Jul | 11 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 3.331356 | 42.219429 | Other | Host state | Somali Armed Forces | One aid worker was shot and injured by a government soldier in Garbahaarey, Gedo. | Pending | ACLED |
4228 | Jul | 12 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 13.567945 | 33.562202 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One on-duty NRCS aid worker was killed by unknown armed men in Sennar. | Yes | Official Report |
4494 | Jul | 14 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 2.046784 | 45.317916 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Local government actors | One female UN aid worker was injured when a police officer shot at the motorcycle she was on during a misunderstanding in the Wadajir area of Mogadishu, Banadir. The motorcycle driver was also injured (not counted). | Yes | Focal Point |
4262 | Jul | 22 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Road | 11.437302 | 38.890519 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was kidnapped and later killed by unknown actors who demanded a ransom in Dawunt Woreda, North Wello Zone, Amhara. | Yes | Media |
4461 | Jul | 27 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 13.571041 | 33.558931 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two male NNGO aid workers were shot and killed by unknown actors in Sennar state. | Yes | Focal Point |
4263 | Jul | 27 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.838450 | 33.895220 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The founder of an NGO was shot and killed by unknown armed men in Soba East town, Sharg An Neel, Khartoum. | Pending | ACLED |
4264 | Jul | 29 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.597101 | 25.352438 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Three aid workers from an INGO-supported hospital were killed during a shelling from the Rapid Support Forces in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Media |
4395 | Aug | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 0.087056 | 29.276095 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One NGO driver was abducted by M23 men in North Kivu. The aid worker was released a day later. | Pending | Official Report | |
4396 | Aug | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Raid | Office/compound | 7.687397 | 8.553838 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO aid workers and one security guard were killed by unknown armed men who attacked the NGO office in Benue. | Pending | Official Report | |
4277 | Aug | 5 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 15.671437 | 32.545871 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male aid worker was killed by a stray bullet while trying to restore power lines in Khartoum North. | Pending | ACLED |
4251 | Aug | 9 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Office/compound | 7.735121 | 8.528260 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NNGO director was shot and killed by unknown armed actors in Makurdi, Benue. | Pending | Media |
4279 | Aug | 16 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.660778 | 32.532017 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | An unknown number of aid workers were injured during a shooting by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a communal kitchen in Shambat, North Khartoum. (Defaulted to two aid workers). The kitchen was looted. | Pending | Media |
4269 | Aug | 18 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Unknown | Office/compound | 35.924535 | 36.641920 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One NGO aid worker was injured due to an artillery strike on a humanitarian facility by allegedly the Syrian Armed Forces in Idlib. | Pending | Media |
4398 | Aug | 20 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 5.311776 | 46.701040 | Other | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One national NGO aid worker was killed during an intercommunal clashes in Dhusamareb, Galguduud. | Pending | Official Report |
4459 | Aug | 20 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 12.456934 | 26.675514 | Incidental | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | Two female NNGO aid workers were killed during an aerial bombardment by the SAF in Al Tuwisha, North Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4280 | Aug | 20 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 1.786619 | 44.530304 | Other | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Digil-Jiido clan militia | One LNGO aid worker was shot and killed by armed men from the Digil-Jiido clan militia in Qoryooley, Lower Shabelle. | Pending | ACLED |
4278 | Aug | 23 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnap-killing | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.575141 | 32.579236 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Two aid workers were abducted by the Rapid Support Forces during an attack on the project site in Al Jarif West, Khartoum. One of the aid workers was killed during captivity, while the whereabouts of the second remains unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
4270 | Aug | 26 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 11.463842 | 26.126182 | Incidental | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One national NRCS aid worker was killed by shelling at the local hospital in El-Daein, East Darfur, while on duty. | Yes | Official Report |
4284 | Aug | 27 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | -2.330856 | 28.746967 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | An unspecified number of humanitarian workers were ambushed and injured by unknown armed men along National Road 3, Kalonge town, Kabare territory, South Kivu. (Defaulted to two aid workers). | Pending | Media |
4400 | Sep | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 36.528732 | 40.727407 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was killed by a stray bullet in Al-Hasaka. | Pending | Official Report | |
4401 | Sep | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | -0.347117 | 42.566190 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two female NGO aid workers were injured when an Al-Shabaab-planted IED exploded on a project site in Jubaland. | Pending | Official Report | |
4435 | Sep | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Project site | 12.902978 | 23.487704 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national INGO aid worker was kidnapped and held captive at the INGO office in Central Darfur. After five days, the aid worker was released. | Pending | Official Report | |
4311 | Sep | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.545811 | 32.542365 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was killed by unknown actors in Khartoum. | Pending | Media | |
4570 | Sep | 15 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 11.034427 | 25.865442 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN contracted driver was killed during an ambush in Al Firdous, East Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4295 | Sep | 19 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -2.3174164 | 28.7865982 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO director was shot and killed by members of an unknown armed group who demanded the payment of a toll on a roadblock in Cholobero, Kalonge. | Yes | Media |
4304 | Sep | 22 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.525302 | 32.538245 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum. | Pending | Media |
4310 | Sep | 25 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 15.518025 | 32.519019 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO volunteer was killed during a shelling from unknown actors in Khartoum. | Pending | Media |
4453 | Sep | 28 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.605890 | 25.361122 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was killed by a stray bullet in El Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4307 | Sep | 29 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Road | 11.299086 | 37.480982 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO aid worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men while moving on public transportation in Yilmana Densa, West Gojam, Amhara Region. Two other civilians were killed during the same incident. | Pending | ACLED |
4405 | Oct | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | -4.429965 | 15.347798 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One NGO aid worker was abducted by the Mai Mai militia, who accused the aid worker of collaborating with security forces. The whereabouts of the aid worker remain unknown. | Pending | Official Report | |
4406 | Oct | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.931326 | 8.522697 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One NGO-contracted driver was abducted by criminals in the Kano region. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Official Report | |
4407 | Oct | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Road | 13.159369 | 7.716823 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One male NGO aid worker was stabbed and injured by criminals while returning home along he Kaita-Katsina road, Kano region. | Pending | Official Report | |
4412 | Oct | 1 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.9174859 | 6.9360501 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO driver was abducted by unknown armed men at an illegal checkpoint in Magazu, Zamfara. The driver escaped one month and a half later. | Pending | Official Report |
4321 | Oct | 2 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -0.155 | 29.24 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) | An unknown number of NRCS aid workers were killed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Bapere district, Lubero territory, North Kivu. (Defaulted to two) | Pending | ACLED |
4314 | Oct | 4 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 15.677495 | 32.480189 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One female NNGO aid worker was killed on her way to a project site by shelling from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omduman, Khartoum. | Pending | Media |
4571 | Oct | 5 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.951766 | 31.216686 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two UN aid workers were kidnapped during an ambush by unknown actors in Um Rawaba, North Kordofan. The two aid workers were released five days later. | Yes | Focal Point |
4455 | Oct | 6 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 11.715382 | 28.338434 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One male NNGO aid worker was shot and killed during confrontations between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces in Al Foulah, West Kordofan. | Yes | Focal Point |
4339 | Oct | 6 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.410833 | 36.758611 | Unknown | Foreign or coalition forces | Israel Defense Forces (IDF) | Three NGO aid workers were injured during a drone attack when transporting aid from Iraq to Lebanon in Hasyaa, Homs. | Pending | ACLED |
4316 | Oct | 9 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 13.596365 | 25.350940 | Unknown | Host state | Sudan Joint Forces | One aid worker was targeted, shot, and killed by Joint Forces soldiers in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | ACLED |
4315 | Oct | 10 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 15.584479 | 32.525321 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped and tortured by allegedly the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in an unclear location. The aid worker later died. | Pending | ACLED |
4413 | Oct | 12 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Home | 11.9472907 | 7.5059715 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO contractor was abducted by unknown armed men in a residence in Kurba, Katsina. Five other civilians were also abducted (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
4460 | Oct | 13 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 16.472925 | 32.855446 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Three male NNGO aid workers were shot and killed when men affiliated with the RSF attacked them to loot the project site in Hajar al Asal, River Nile. | Yes | Focal Point |
4605 | Oct | 14 | 2024 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 34.524056 | 69.169231 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One female INGO aid worker was attacked and injured by unknown actors at her home in Kabul. | Yes | Focal Point |
4414 | Oct | 18 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.1744863 | 7.6816535 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was stabbed and injured by unknown men on a motorcycle along the Kaita-Katsina road, Katsina region. | Pending | Official Report |
4456 | Oct | 23 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 12.593044 | 28.187755 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was killed during a drone strike in West Kordofan. | Yes | Focal Point |
4454 | Oct | 26 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 13.636381 | 25.355076 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One female NNGO aid worker was killed by a RSF artillery shelling in El Fasher, North Darfur | Yes | Focal Point |
4334 | Oct | 26 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 14.496312 | 33.520787 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Abu Jalfa, Al Jazirah. | Pending | Media |
4337 | Oct | 26 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Unknown | 14.921416 | 33.413887 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | An unknown number of NNGO aid workers were shot and injured during a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) raid in Tambool, Al Jazirah. (Defaulted to two) | Pending | Media |
4415 | Oct | 27 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.2683194 | 14.4611742 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One INGO aid worker was injured by a criminal in Rann, Borno state. | Pending | Official Report |
4416 | Oct | 28 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 11.250684 | 14.153888 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO security guard was stabbed and injured by two unknown armed men on a temporary project site in Banki, Borno state. | Pending | Official Report |
4338 | Oct | 29 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | -1.154409 | 29.429141 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One INGO aid worker was injured by a stray bullet during a confrontation between M23 and another armed group in Kiwanja, Rutshuru, North Kivu. | Pending | Official Report |
4417 | Oct | 31 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 10.393028 | 5.464970 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO aid worker was abducted along with his wife by unknown men who demanded a ransom for his release in Kontagora, Niger state. (the wife is not counted here). | Pending | Official Report |
4370 | Nov | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.128243 | 5.318952 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One LNGO aid worker was shot and killed during an ambush at night along the Sokoto - Goronyo road, Sokoto state. One other civilian was killed, and six civilians were abducted (not counted). | Pending | Official Report | |
4371 | Nov | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 12.107323 | 5.931415 | Incidental | Criminal | Criminal | One INGO contractor was shot and injured by a stray bullet from bandits in Anka, Zamfara. | Pending | Official Report | |
4374 | Nov | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 2.112874 | 45.102936 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NGO aid worker was killed when an Al Shabaad-planted IED exploded close to Afgooye, Far North region. Other civilians were also killed during the incident (not counted). | Pending | Official Report | |
4375 | Nov | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 2.055350 | 44.744884 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NGO driver was abducted while transporting aid supplies by unknown members of an armed group in Lower Shabelle. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Official Report | |
4376 | Nov | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 5.661550 | 46.416500 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Clan | One NGO aid worker was shot and killed during an ambush on a civilian vehicle by a clan group in Galguduud. Other civilians were injured during the incident (not counted). | Pending | Official Report | |
4377 | Nov | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.128733 | 25.554032 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One INGO contracted driver was kidnapped by the Rapid Support Forces close to Mellit, North Darfur. The driver was released three days later, but the truck was robbed. | Pending | Official Report | |
4378 | Nov | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Project site | 36.3755346 | 41.1346191 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One NNGO aid worker was injured when camp residents threw stones during an aid distribution in Al-Hawl camp, Al-Hasakeh governorate. | Pending | Official Report | |
4521 | Nov | 4 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Mob violence | Office/compound | 9.191560 | 12.480359 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO aid worker was caught and injured during an attack on makeshift weapons in North Kivu. | Yes | Focal Point |
4348 | Nov | 4 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.315464 | 37.447900 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was injured during a shelling at Abu Al Zanding crossing, Aleppo. | Pending | Media |
4383 | Nov | 9 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 34.212641 | 37.225263 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by unknown armed men in Qaryatein, Homs. | Yes | ACLED |
4373 | Nov | 10 | 2024 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 2.172381 | 45.119118 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One female NGO aid worker was killed when an Al Shabaad-planted IED exploded close to Afgooye, Far North region. Other civilians were also killed during the incident (not counted). | Yes | Official Report |
4607 | Nov | 15 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 5.887294 | 6.866704 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | Three national INGO aid workers and one international INGO aid worker were kidnapped by criminal actors during an ambush between Asaba and Owerri for economic reasons. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Focal Point |
4379 | Nov | 15 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 5.608030 | 6.959290 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO aid workers (three nationals and one international) were abducted by unknown armed men when traveling between Asada -Delta state- and Owerri -Imo state-. The four aid workers were released on December 6th. | Pending | Official Report |
4573 | Nov | 19 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 13.612591 | 25.342452 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN contracted security guard was hit and injured by a stray bullet at the organisation's compound in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4349 | Nov | 22 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 15.585791 | 32.529191 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One male local aid worker was detained by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and tortured. After a month in detention he succumbed to his injuries. | Yes | Media |
4344 | Nov | 23 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 14.13333 | 25.55 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency national staff member was killed by collateral shelling in Mellit district, North Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
4363 | Nov | 25 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | -1.629989 | 29.184380 | Economic | Criminal | Criminal | One male NGO aid worker was injured when unknown criminals entered his home and stole his personal belongings in Ndosho, Goma, North Kivu. One other civilian was also wounded during the attack (not counted). | Pending | Official Report |
4365 | Nov | 27 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.648056 | 36.118889 | Incidental | State: unknown | Unknown | One NRCS aid worker was killed and two others injured during an airstrike at the Maabar Al Dabusiyeh crossing point between Syria and Lebanon. Due to the incident, all the operations along the border were suspended. Several other civilians were also killed during the attack (not counted). | Yes | Official Report |
4576 | Nov | 27 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 36.220115 | 37.089580 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker from a UN implementing partner organisation was killed in the context of armed conflict escalation in Jebel Saman, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
4366 | Nov | 30 | 2024 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | 34.495018 | 69.084607 | Unknown | Host state | Afghan Armed Forces | One INGO aid worker was tortured while being detained by the Taliban in Foroshgah, Kabul. | Yes | ACLED |
4501 | Nov | 30 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.183460 | 37.160919 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was killed during an aerial bombardment in Jebel Saman, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
4367 | Dec | 2 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 36.076944 | 37.3725 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) | Two aid workers were killed during attacks from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo between November 30th and December 2nd. Around 26 other civilians were also killed during the attacks (not counted). | Pending | Media |
4380 | Dec | 6 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 36.264606 | 37.128690 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three NGO implementing partners' aid workers were killed close to Aleppo. | Yes | Official Report |
4458 | Dec | 9 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 13.667272 | 25.337333 | Incidental | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One male NNGO aid worker was killed during an aerial bombardment in Abu Shouk, El Fasher, North Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
4369 | Dec | 10 | 2024 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Road | 36.417378 | 38.280363 | Unknown | Unknown | Unkown | One NGO-supported health worker was killed when in an ambulance along the road between Tishreen and Sarrin, Raqqa. | Pending | Official Report |
4381 | Dec | 11 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 14.377038 | 33.547006 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | An NNGO founder was kidnapped for unknown reasons by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Wad Medani, Al Jazirah. The whereabouts of the aid worker remain unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
4382 | Dec | 11 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 14.663744 | 33.096017 | Incidental | Criminal | Not applicable | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed during an attempt to loot a market in Tabat, Al Jazirah. | Pending | Media |
4633 | Dec | 15 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.697362 | 32.583157 | Political | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One female NNGO aid worker was detained by Military Intelligence from the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum. | Yes | Media |
4384 | Dec | 15 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | -2.330813 | 28.746839 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was shot and injured by unknown armed men in Kalonge, Kalehe, South Kivu. | Pending | Media |
4603 | Dec | 15 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 8.985267 | 38.741263 | Economic | Criminal | Not aplicable | One male national INGO aid worker was injured during a robbery in Addis Ababa. | Yes | Focal Point |
4385 | Dec | 18 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 15.488931 | 32.553289 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | An unspecified number of NGO aid workers were shot and injured during an incursion from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to a project site in Mayo, Khartoum. (Defaulted to two aid workers). | Yes | Official Report |
4368 | Dec | 19 | 2024 | SD | Sudan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 9.944581 | 34.174528 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three UN aid workers were killed during an aerial bombardment in Yabus, Blue Nile. | Yes | Official Report |
4386 | Dec | 19 | 2024 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.072018 | 12.729489 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State of West Africa Province | Two NNGO aid workers were shot and killed during an ambush by ISWAP militants in Zari, Borno state. | Pending | Media |
4556 | Dec | 19 | 2024 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -4.340266 | 15.314026 | Unknown | Criminal | Not aplicable | One male INGO aid worker was attacked and injured with a machete when leaving the organisation's office in Kinshasa. | Yes | Focal Point |
4419 | Dec | 25 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.335091 | 36.749207 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NRCS ambulance driver was shot and injured when unknown armed men attacked the vehicle in Sanja, Central Gondar, Amhara. | Pending | ACLED |
4420 | Dec | 25 | 2024 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9.041451 | 36.876567 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NRCS ambulance driver was shot and injured when unknown armed men attacked the vehicle in Sire, Wellega, Oromia. | Pending | ACLED |
4504 | Jan | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Home | -1.653382 | 29.202551 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO aid worker was killed due to a stray bullet while at home in Goma. | Pending | Official Report | |
4505 | Jan | 2025 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 11.784196 | 13.110609 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO bodyguard was abducted when members of an unknown NSAG broke into the NGO warehouse in Borno. The whereabouts of the bodyguard remain unknown. | Pending | Official Report | |
4545 | Jan | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Ambush | Project site | -4.335573 | 15.351579 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mobondo militia | One NNGO aid worker was killed during a kidnapping event on a farm in Kinshasa. An unknown number of aid workers were kidnapped and later released after their families paid the ransom. (not counted) | Pending | Official Report | |
4469 | Jan | 3 | 2025 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 33.508021 | 36.294564 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by an unknown armed actor in Damascus. | Pending | ACLED |
4426 | Jan | 4 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.614380 | 25.348588 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | At least two health workers from an INGO-supported hospital were injured when an allegedly RSF shelling hit the hospital in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Pending | Media |
4470 | Jan | 4 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 10.849440 | 25.157572 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by the RSF for conducting activities without their permission in Buram, South Darfur. The aid worker was released on January 5th, recaptured on the 7th and released on the 10th of January. | Pending | ACLED |
4471 | Jan | 5 | 2025 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Landmine | Unknown | Public location | 35.609615 | 36.482355 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was injured when a landmine war remnant exploded in the rural area of Fatterah, Idlib. One other civilian was injured during the incident (not counted). | Pending | ACLED |
4439 | Jan | 12 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 15.689395 | 32.481561 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One female NNGO aid worker was killed when the Rapid Support Forces raided her home while confronting the Sudanese Armed Forces in Omdurman, Khartoum. | Pending | Media |
4446 | Jan | 18 | 2025 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.380713 | 38.178316 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Turkish Armed Forces | One international aid worker was injured when aerial strikes from the Turkish Armed Forces hit the Tishrin Dam in Aleppo. Around five civilians were killed and 20 others injured in the incident (not counted). | Pending | Media |
4472 | Jan | 19 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.799421 | 33.415894 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO aid worker was killed by unknown actors in Hajj Yusuf, Sharg An Neel, Karthoum. | Pending | ACLED |
4473 | Jan | 19 | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | -1.402628 | 28.818103 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | Two INGO aid workers were injured when M-23 rockets hit the NGO garage next to the Masisi General Referral Hospital in Masisi, North Kivu. One child also died during the attack (not counted). | Pending | ACLED |
4474 | Jan | 20 | 2025 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.740151 | 36.152539 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | Two on-duty NNGO aid workers were injured when a landmine exploded at the entrance of Ain al Ghazal town, Kansaba, Latakia. One civilian was also injured during the incident (not counted). | Pending | ACLED |
4908 | Jan | 26 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Unknown | Unknown | 13.615131 | 25.244389 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One male NNGO aid worker was killed by an RSF drone strike in Darfur (defaulted to Al Fasher) | Pending | Focal Point |
4610 | Jan | 30 | 2025 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Detention/arrest | Individual attack | Public location | 33.852075 | 66.996578 | Unknown | Host state | Taliban Intelligence Forces | One male NNGO aid worker was arrested by the Taliban intelligence Forces in the Chaprasak market of Shahristan, Daykondi. | Pending | ACLED |
4600 | Feb | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.488042 | 25.310249 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Two aid workers were killed by RSF artillery shelling on the ZamZam refugee camp in Al Fasher, North Darfur. At least 15 other civilians were also killed and 23 were injured (not counted). | Pending | Official Report | |
4462 | Feb | 1 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.726724 | 32.477160 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female NRCS aid worker was killed while on duty during an artillery shelling on the Sabreen open market, Omdurman, Khartoum. | Pending | Official Report |
4466 | Feb | 4 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.688341 | 32.491772 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | At least one aid worker from an INGO-supported hospital was killed when the Rapid Support Forces shelled the Al Nao Hospital in Ombdurman, Khartoum. 5 other civilians were killed and 38 injured in the same incident (not counted). | Pending | Media |
4467 | Feb | 5 | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | -1.182704 | 29.444003 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | Three national INGO aid workers were attacked and killed in Kabirangiriro, Rutshuru, North Kivu. The organisation suspended operations after the incident. | Pending | Official Report |
4601 | Feb | 5 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 15.231274 | 32.522840 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by allegedly RSF members at the Bashair hospital in Jebel Awlia, Khartoum. The aid worker was released on March 26th. | Pending | ACLED |
4909 | Feb | 6 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.568144 | 32.529209 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One male NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by the RSF in Khartoum. | Pending | Focal Point |
4910 | Feb | 7 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.568144 | 32.529209 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by the RSF in Khartoum. | Pending | Focal Point |
4483 | Feb | 7 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 15.465275 | 32.524375 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by the RSF in Khartoum. The whereabouts of the aid worker remain unknown. | Pending | Media |
4484 | Feb | 8 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.489066 | 32.552141 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Two NNGO aid workers were kidnapped by the RSF at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in southern Khartoum. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Media |
4506 | Feb | 11 | 2025 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 31.618570 | 65.715588 | Political | Host state | Taliban | At least one INGO aid worker was beaten and injured when the Taliban forces forcibly entered the INGO's Kandahar office, demanding the cessation of all its aid activities across the country and the expulsion of its personnel. Sources said the motive was the organization's recent staff reductions, including the dismissal of Taliban-appointed relatives and members, following USAID defunding. | Pending | ACLED |
4476 | Feb | 14 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Project site | 13.488334 | 25.309852 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two aid workers were killed by unknown armed men in the ZamZam refugee camp, Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
4479 | Feb | 17 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 13.593998 | 25.361448 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted aid worker was killed during a shelling that hit his home in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
4480 | Feb | 20 | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | -1.399441 | 28.819487 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | One INGO aid worker was shot when bullets from a confrontation between M-23 and VDP/Wazalendo hit the INGO warehouse. The aid worker later died due to the injuries. | Pending | Official Report |
4508 | Feb | 26 | 2025 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 12.668839 | 13.611683 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State of West Africa Province | Two INGO aid workers were abducted by the ISWAP during a raid in Monguno, Borno. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
4619 | Mar | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 0.010152 | 29.254122 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | Two NGO aid workers were killed by alleged criminals in North Kivu. | Pending | Official Report | |
4502 | Mar | 6 | 2025 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 35.361892 | 35.930271 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN aid worker was shot and killed when caught in a crossfire in Jableh, driving to Latakia, Latakia governorate. | Pending | Official Report |
4580 | Mar | 9 | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 1.971785 | 30.496802 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | CODECO | One NRCS aid worker was shot and killed by allegedly CODECO members in the Djangapoli mining area, Djugu, Ituri. | Pending | ACLED |
4911 | Mar | 12 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 15.570269 | 32.579394 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One female NNGO aid worker was killed during a drone attack on the Sabrine market of Khartoum. At least 14 other civilians were also killed (not counted). | Pending | Focal Point |
4912 | Mar | 13 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | 15.590357 | 32.528528 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO was killed during a shelling in Khartoum. | Pending | Focal Point |
4581 | Mar | 14 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.588460 | 32.540633 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was killed by the Rapid Support Forces in Al Jarif West, Khartoum. | Pending | ACLED |
4913 | Mar | 15 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Unknown | Unknown | 15.590357 | 32.528528 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was killed by shrapnel in Khartoum. | Pending | Focal Point |
4914 | Mar | 18 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Custody | 15.593670 | 32.533756 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by unknown actors in Khartoum. The aid worker later died in a container. | Pending | Focal Point |
4915 | Mar | 22 | 2025 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.107806 | 5.926582 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO aid worker and one female international INGO aid worker were kidnapped by unknown armed actors who asked for a ransom in Anka, Zamfara. Both aid workers were released 16 days later. | Pending | Official Report |
4918 | Mar | 29 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.576346 | 32.526629 | Unknown | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One male NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum. | Pending | Focal Point |
4919 | Mar | 29 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 15.576346 | 32.526629 | Unknown | Host state | Sudanese Armed Forces | One male NNGO aid worker was shot and killed by the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum. | Pending | Focal Point |
4585 | Apr | 4 | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | -1.621632 | 29.150328 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | March 23 Movement (M23) | Two aid workers from an INGO-supported hospital were beaten and injured when M23 militants entered and attacked patients. One other person was killed and three people were wounded (not counted). | Pending | Official Report |
4620 | Apr | 8 | 2025 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 11.588746 | 37.369432 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Fano militia | One UN aid worker was kidnapped after a bomb on the UN vehicle in Bahir Dar, West Gojam, Amhara. | Pending | ACLED |
4582 | Apr | 11 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | Complex attack | Raid | Project site | 13.488522 | 25.310667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | 9 INGO health clinic national staff were killed by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters who raided the Zamzam Refugee camp in Darfur. Official reports indicate the organisation's clinic alongside other camp structures and services was specifically targeted by the perpetrators. | Pending | Official Report |
4591 | Apr | 13 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 13.488647 | 25.309868 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One NNGO aid worker was killed during a shelling from the RSF on the ZamZam Refugee Camp in Al Fasher, North Darfur. | Pending | Media |
4594 | Apr | 18 | 2025 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | -1.398425 | 28.818254 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO nurse was shot in the chest and killed by unknown armed men at his home while sleeping in Masisi, North Kivu. | Pending | Official Report |
4649 | May | 1 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 12.690164 | 28.423990 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Six NNGO aid workers were kidnapped by the RSF in An Nahud, North Kordofan. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Media |
4935 | May | 12 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.463989 | 26.128843 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO director was kidnapped by unknown armed men (allegedly from Darfur communal militias) for economic reasons in En Daein, Ad Du'ayn, East Darfur. | Pending | ACLED |
4938 | May | 17 | 2025 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Office/compound | 3.111419 | 43.653702 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Private security guard | One NNGO aid worker was shot and killed at the NGO office by a private security guard in Baidoa, Baydhaba, Bay. | Pending | ACLED |
4899 | May | 23 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Detention/arrest | Individual attack | Road | 7.698863 | 27.976333 | Other | Police or paramilitary | Sudanese police | One UN aid worker was arrested by the Sudanese police allegedly on a legal matter in Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal. | Pending | Official Report |
4903 | May | 26 | 2025 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 33.595422 | 69.226484 | Other | Aid recipient | Household resident | One vaccinator was killed and two vaccinators were injured by a household resident in Gardez, Paktia. | Pending | Official Report |
4905 | May | 31 | 2025 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.041215 | 13.684098 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | Two aid workers were shot and killed during a Boko Haram ambush along the Gwoza-Limankara road, Borno state. Two other civilians were killed and six civilians were abducted during the same attack (not counted). | Pending | Media |
4906 | Jun | 2 | 2025 | SD | Sudan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 13.949032 | 26.017426 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Five UN aid workers were killed and two UN aid workers were seriously injured by an aerial strike that hit a convoy of 15 trucks going to Port Sudan, in Kuma, North Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
4635 | Sep | 3 | 2025 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Detention/arrest | Raid | Office/compound | 34.245500 | 64.842791 | Political | Host state | Afghan Armed Forces | Three national INGO aid workers were arrested by the Taliban forces over accusations of promoting Christianity in Ghor. | Yes | Media |
Total | 102 | 312 | 11 | 32 | 354 | 23 | 335 | 265 | 188 | 25 | 813 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 832 | 379 | 51 | 402 |