28/07/08 07:34
Gunmen shot and seriously wounded Osmail Moalim
Ahmed, an official with WHO, on Sunday 27 July 2008.
The attackers shot him five times in the chest before
taking his car. Osmail was running the Polio
Vaccination Campaign in Dinsor, southern Somalia.
UN aid worker injured in S
Somalia
WHO aid worker seriously wounded by
Somali gunmen
Tags: Somalia, Incident
19/07/08 08:39
Two French aid workers from Action Against Hunger
(ACF) were kidnapped in Afghanistan on Friday. The
pair were taken at 1 AM as they slept in their ACF
guest house in Nili, Day Kundi Province. The
kidnappers reportedly tied up the local guards before
fleeing with thier two victims.
According to ACF they have knowledge that the two
staff members are still alive.
Kidnapping
in Afghanistan: Two ACF Humanitarian Aid Workers
Abducted
Two
French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
Tags: kidnapping, Afghanistan, Incident
12/07/08 06:06
On 11 July gunmen shot and killed Mohamed Muhamoud
Keyre, the deputy head of Mogadishu-based,
German-funded Daryeel Bulsho Guud (DBG). DBG reported
that he had been gunned down as he was performing
ablutions at a Mosque at Elasha Biyaha, Mogadishu.
In a separate incident gunmen seriously wounded Ali
Bashi, who heads Mogadishu-based charity group,
SORDA. Ali Bashi was attacked while distributing food
to internally displaced people in Taredishe camp 13
kilometres south of Mogadishu.
Meanwhile, in southern Somalia, gunmen shot and
killed a WFP-contracted driver. Ahmed Saali was
killed in fighting between convoy escorts and
militiamen at a checkpoint in Lower Shabelle region
on Monday.
Somali aid worker killed near
Mogadishu, another wounded
Somali aid worker killed by
gunmen
Tags: Death of aid worker, Somalia, Incident, Abduction
07/07/08 05:31
On 3 July, three Afghan aid workers employed by an
International NGO were reportedly killed in a
Coalition Force (CF) air strike in Nuristan. Another
staff member was wounded in the incident.
According to reports the aid workers were evacuating
the area after receiving warnings of impending CF
operations when their vehicle was caught in the air
strike.
Tags: Incident, Death of aid worker, Afghanistan
07/07/08 05:22
Osman Ali Ahmed, head of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) office in Mogadishu, was
assassinated by gunmen as he returned home from
evening prayers. The gunmen shot him six times at
close range. His younger brother was also fatally
wounded in the incident.
Gunmen kill senior
U.N.official in Mogadishu
Tags: Somalia, Incident, Death of aid worker
03/07/08 05:25
Darren Stratti, an Australian aid worker helping
build a village for orphans in northern Tanzania, was
shot by burglars in a robbery attempt. He later
succumbed to his wounds.
Mr Stratti worked for foodwatershelter, a small NGO
set up to work in developing countries, building the
villages which provide education, health and social
facilities for women, children and orphans.
Shot kills the dream of aid
worker Darren Stratti
Australian aid
worker killed in Africa
Tags: Death of aid worker, Incident, Tanzania
01/07/08 10:15
Gunmen have reportedly seized aid worker Mohamoud
Abdi Adan while he was travelling to Mogadishu from
Merka. Mohamoud is a local co-ordinator for Water for
Life.
Reuters is reporting that a female staff member was
taken in the same incident.
Somali gunmen kidnap workers
with Italian charity
Update 2 July - Reports now suggest that at least
four Water for Life staff may have been kidnapped.
See
Aid Worker Killed, at Least 4
Kidnapped Near Somali Capital for more info.
Tags: Somalia, Incident, kidnapping
01/07/08 10:06
On 30 June, unidentified gunmen kidnapped and later
killed Siyad Orow, a Somali aid worker in Mogadishu.
Siyad Orow was the head of ASAL, a local implementing
partner for WFP.
Gunmen kill aid worker in Mogadishu:
officials
Tags: Incident, Death of aid worker, Somalia, kidnapping
29/06/08 07:14
Somali gunmen seized then quickly released two
Scandinavian UN Mine Action Program staff over the
weekend. The gunmen kidnapped the pair and a local
IMC translator when they stormed the IMC compound in
Hudur, Somalia.
Noefolk Nelson and Ulf Felink were released on
Saturday hours after they taken. A Somali translator
was also released.
Four foreign aid workers, two Italians, a Kenyan and
a Briton, abducted in April and May, are still being
held by gunmen in Somalia.
U.N.
says Somali gunmen release two of its
workers
Abducted Scandinavian UN workers released by Somali
gunmen (Roundup)
Tags: kidnapping, Somalia
27/06/08 08:19
On 19 June unidentified armed men killed two Merlin
staff members at a medical clinic in Kunduz. Dr.
Sayid Masoom, the clinic head, and Mohammad Ewazewaz,
the unarmed duty guard for the clinic, were fatally
shot in the attack.
You can read Merlin’s statement at the link below.
Tags: Death of aid worker, Afghanistan
22/06/08 19:38
On 21 June Somali gunmen reportedly seized the head
of the UNHCR office in Mogadishu, Somalia. Ten men
raided the house of Hassan Mohamed Ali in Elasha,
south of the capital on Saturday, according to
witnesses.
Medeshi
Reuters
Africa
Yahoo
News
Tags: Incident, kidnapping, Somalia
18/06/08 06:54
A volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) was
killed in a vehicle accident in Ethiopia on Saturday.
61 year old teacher David Evans was apparently killed
after he was struck by a vehicle as he walked with
colleagues.
ETHIOPIA AID WORKER DIES IN ROAD
ACCIDENT
Tags: Incident, Accident, Ethiopia, Death of aid worker
17/06/08 12:54
According to Mareeg Online a local representative of
CARE International in Somalia was kidnapped in
Galguduud Region on Saturday night. According to a
member of the Ceel Dheer administration heavily armed
men were seen taking the CARE staff member away.
Mareeg online reports that the staff member had
received telephone threats prior to the incident.
Somalia: Unidentified men abduct aid
worker in central Somalia
Tags: Abduction, kidnapping, Somalia
16/06/08 06:46
A number of staff from an INGO consortium were
lightly injured as the result of a government air
strike in northern Sri Lanka on 14 June. The air
strike occurred at around 2:00 PM near the town of
Parantan.
Aid workers attending a humanitarian relief planning
session were forced to flee when the bombs struck
about 100m from their meeting location. Several
people were injured is the confusion.
Many aid agencies have offices and warehouses in the
Parantan and Kilinochchi town areas.
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Tags: Incident, Sri Lanka
15/06/08 06:30
Looting has been widespread in the eastern Chadian
town of
Goz Beida after the town
was attacked and seized by rebels over the
weekend. Armed men looted several NGO compounds
while other compounds were struck by small arms
fire. It also appears that one NGO compound
burned after fuel supplies caught fire.
EUFOR, deployed to protect Sudanese and Chadian
refugees, has reported that it has been providing
armed escorts for aid workers seeking shelter in the
nearby EUFOR camp.
It is likely that the government will attempt to
retake the town over the next couple of days. Any
government counter attack will likely be accompanied
by air strikes. NGOs should plan accordingly.
Some 300,000 Sudanese
refugees who have fled the Darfur conflict live in
camps in Eastern Chad. 187,000 Chadians displaced by
fighting in Chad have also sought sanctuary in IDP
camps in the area.
Rebels attack eastern Chadian town, aid worker
says
Officials:
Rebels attack in eastern Chad
Tags: Incident, Chad
13/06/08 13:39
Gunmen have killed a World Food Programme contracted
driver in southern Somalia. Hassan Abdi was taking
food aid from Mogadishu to the Bay and Bakool regions
when he was attacked near Leego village early on 12
June 2008.
Abdi was the third WFP-contracted driver to be killed
in Somalia this year.
WFP
says gunmen kill driver in Somalia
Tags: Incident, Somalia
13/06/08 08:43
On 12 June 2008 two aid workers were attacked at De
Klerks Oord Centre in South Africa. A man with a
knife attempted to attack one Red Cross volunteer
before disappearing in the crowd. Another aid worker
was slightly hurt when camp residents pelted them
with stones, bread and bones.
The De Klerks Oord Centre serves as a shelter for
2,000 immigrants who were displaced by last month's
xenophobic violence in Pretoria North.
Tags: South Africa, Incident
12/06/08 18:58
Sebastian Goodfellow, a Sri Lankan driver for the
Norwegian Refugee Council, a humanitarian
organization working in Sri Lanka, has not been seen
since May 15. It is feared that he has been abducted,
possibly by an armed group operating with the tacit
support of the security forces.
You can help by going to Amnesty International’s
Online Action Center and
send
a message to President Mahinda Rajapakse and
Ambassador Bernard A. B. Goonetilleke.
If you are a blogger please help by linking to the
Action Center’s message page.
Tags: Abduction, Incident, Sri Lanka, Human Rights, Abduction
12/06/08 07:32
Mohamed Abdulle Mahdi, the head of the Woman and
Child Care aid agency (WOCCA), was killed by
unidentified gunmen in Somalia on Wednesday 11 June
2008.
The gunmen opened fire on Mahdi’s car as he was
travelling through the Suqbad neighborhood of
Mogadishu. Mahdi’s driver was also killed in the
incident.
Gunmen kill humanitarian chief,
driver in Mogadishu: aid worker
Top Somali aid worker shot
dead
Tags: Death of aid worker, Incident, NGO Security, Somalia
03/06/08 07:30
The
building of a local NGO, Devolution Trust for
Community Empowerment, was damaged in an apparent
VBIED attack on the Danish Embassy in Islamabad.
Dozens of its staff were reported to have been
injured by flying glass. A spokesperson for the NGO
said that the organization had been concerned about
their location across the street from the embassy.
more
Tags: Terrorism, Pakistan, Incident, NGO Security
23/05/08 12:36
Gunmen in civilian clothing have reportedly
threatened INGO staff and local residents in
Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. In one incident an INGO staff
member had a weapon pointed at his head.
Young gunmen in civilian clothing have caused a
series of disturbances on the town streets in recent
days, threatening civilians and aid workers in broad
daylight.
At least one International NGO has gone into
hibernation until the situation stabilizes.
Tags: Incident, Sri Lanka, News
23/05/08 10:47
A Canadian aid worker
with Medecins du Monde was kidnapped on 21 May
from the Tomasin neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti has a well established kidnapping industry. At
least 139 people have been kidnapped this year. Most
kidnappings occur in the capital.
Tags: Incident, kidnapping, Haiti, NGO Security
21/05/08 10:24
Three aid workers from Cooperazione Italiana Nord Sud
were kidnapped by gunmen on 21 May in the Lower
Shabelle region of Somalia. Two Italians, one male
and one female, and a male Somali colleague were
kidnapped early in the morning in the village of
Awdhegle.
Two Italians among three aid workers kidnapped in
Somalia: officials
Somali gunmen kidnap two Italian
aid workers-officials
Witness: Somali gunmen seize 2
Italian aid workers
Tags: kidnapping, Somalia, Incident, NGO Security, News
19/05/08 16:08
A section of the Chinese Red Cross website has
reportedly been hacked. Apparently the hacker gained
access to the website and created four fraudulent
bank accounts to steal earthquake relief funding. If
you can read Chinese you can read the report
here. Otherwise check
out the link attached to the graphic below. Read
the
full report from The Dark Visitor.
Tags: China, News, NGO Security, Technology, Incident
18/05/08 14:29
The director of the Somali aid organization Horn
Relief was killed by masked gunmen as he arrived at
his house in Kismayo, Somalia late Saturday.
According to village elders the reason for the
killing of Ahmed Bariyow was not readily apparent.
The killing comes as central Somalia enters a
humanitarian emergency amid fears of a full blown
famine.
Press TV:
Somali
aid organizer shot dead.
Tags: Death of aid worker, Somalia, Incident
18/05/08 08:36
On 17 May, Taliban fighters operating in Mohmand
Agency, Pakistan, released four employees of two
NGOs. The four were kidnapped by the Taliban on 23
April.
The aid workers were reportedly released after a
local Peace Jirga facilitated talks between the
Pakistani government and the Taliban.
Tags: News, NGO Security, Pakistan, kidnapping
18/05/08 08:18
A Jordanian vessel carrying 4,000 tonnes of sugar
donated by Denmark was seized by pirates off the
coast of Somalia on 17 May.
The Indian Ocean near Somalia has one of the highest
piracy rates in the world. At least twelve ships have
been attacked this year. Vessels carrying aid
shipments are easy and lucrative targets for the
pirates who ply the Somalia coastline.
Tags: Incident, Somalia, News
09/05/08 17:18
On Wednesday, 7 May 2008, gunmen shot dead
37-year-old Zimbabwean Silence Chirara outside a UN
compound in Lokichoggio, north of Nairobi, near the
border with southern Sudan. He was ambushed while
driving a clearly marked UN vehicle.
See also:
UN food agency shocked by killing of staffer in
Kenya
Zimbabwean Aid worker killed in Kenya
Tags: Kenya, Death of aid worker, Incident, NGO Security, News
09/05/08 08:42
On 7 May another WFP contracted driver was killed by
militiamen at an illegal checkpoint in Somalia. The
incident occurred when 12 WFP contracted trucks were
stopped at gunpoint at a checkpoint 30 km north of
Galkayo. The driver was injured and later died when a
gunman opened fire on the trucks.
A similar incident occurred on 13 February when the
leader of a WFP contracted aid convoy was shot and
killed by militia in southern Somalia.
Tags: Incident, Somalia
02/05/08 12:29
Save the Children aid worker, Pascal Marlinge, was
shot and killed by armed men in Chad on 1 May 2008.
The link below has more detail from Save the
Children.
Tags: Death of aid worker, Incident, NGO Security, Chad
01/05/08 11:26
This article about a UNDP worker being arrested while
carrying a pistol is interesting but its the comments
that stand out. Some are funny... some just sad. What
does it say about acceptance as a security strategy
in Sri Lanka? Have we been doing a good job
communicating what it is we do and who we are?
Tags: Acceptance, Sri Lanka, NGO Security, News
22/04/08 07:22
ACF has made the difficult decision to withdraw from
Sri Lanka due to lack of confidence in the
government's investigation into the massacre of 17
ACF staff two years ago. This couldn't have been an
easy decision for ACF. Concerns over the impact of
their withdrawal on beneficiaries must weigh heavily.
However, ACF's action may well help raise the profile
of attacks on NGOs in Sri Lanka and help end the
culture of impunity that grips the island.
I applaud ACF for making morally courageous choices
under difficult circumstances.