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A sad total: In 2011, 35 UN staff were killed
Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 6:34 AM EST (Reliefweb)
Thirty-five United Nations personnel — 25 civilians, nine peacekeepers and a military adviser — were killed in 2011, according to the Staff Union Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service.
British aid worker seized at gunpoint in Pakistan
Seeded on Fri Jan 6, 2012 6:55 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Khalil Rasjed Dale, a British doctor with International Committee of the Red Cross, kidnapped by unknown armed gang in Quetta
Two MSF staff members killed in Mogadishu
Seeded on Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:00 PM EST (AllAfrica News: Latest)
It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that two staff members were killed this morning as a result of a shooting in the organisation's compound in Mogadishu. While one of the aid workers died during the shooting, the other was tran …
Nigeria: UNICEF staff member dies as a result of Nigerian terrorist attack
Seeded on Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:48 AM EST (Google)
Another United Nations staff member has died as a result of the suicide bombing that struck the world body's offices in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, four months ago. Fred Simiyu Willis, an employee of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), died on 23 December in South Africa, where …
Three Somali aid workers shot dead
Seeded on Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:00 AM EST (Reuters)
A gunman killed three Somali aid workers, including two with the U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP), in Somalia on Friday, development officials said. The attack took place in the central Somali town of Matabaan, in a region under the control of the Ahlu Sunna gro …
Sudan: Italian aid worker kidnapped in South Darfur
Seeded on Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:59 PM EDT (Reliefweb)
An Italian aid worker named Fransesco Azzara, working for the italian NGO named EMERGENCY was kidnapped yesterday in Nyala, South Darfur.
Darfur: Local WFP staff shot dead
Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:27 PM EDT (Reliefweb)
Ahmaday Mohammad Omar, an employee of the World Food Program, was killed by an armed group in West Darfur on Tuesday. His wife and child were also killed in the incident.
Sudan: UN Worker Detained in Darfur
Seeded on Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:53 PM EDT (Reliefweb)
Idris Yousef Abdelrahman, a civil affairs officer for the joint United Nations African Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), is being detained and is at risk of torture or other illtreatment. On 12 July he was charged with offences that are punishable by death under Sudanese law.
Gunmen Kidnap Eight Pakistani Aid Workers In Balochistan
Seeded on Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:06 PM EDT (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Police in Pakistan say gunmen have kidnapped eight Pakistani aid workers after stopping their vehicles in the southwest of the country. Authorities say the aid workers were distributing food to Afghan refugees when they were seized in the Surkhab area of Balochistan Province.
WHO Aid Worker Held in Somalia
Seeded on Wed Jul 6, 2011 5:11 PM EDT (Somalia Report)
Militant Islamist group al-Shabaab is holding a World Health Organization employee in the central town of Baidoa, although the reasons behind the arrest are unclear.According to local staff, Farah Abdi Nur, a polio specialist, was taken from his home in late June.
Yemen: Kidnapped French aid workers located and alive
Seeded on Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:34 AM EDT (Reliefweb)
Three French aid workers kidnapped in southeastern Yemen a month ago have been "located" and are "alive," the deputy information minister told reporters on Tuesday. "Security services have managed to locate the French.
Sudan: fear for missing UN worker Hawa Abdullah Mohammed in Darfur
Seeded on Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:29 AM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
A Sudanese UN worker arrested in Darfur in May is being denied contact with lawyer and family and there is concern for her safety, rights activists say. According to Amnesty International, Hawa Abdullah Mohammed was detained at the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people in Fasher …
MSF staff member in Bahrain remains detained
Seeded on Tue May 31, 2011 10:32 AM EDT (Reliefweb)
An employee of the international medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been detained for weeks in Bahrain after being severely beaten upon arrest by authorities, with no information provided about his condition and whereabouts, including to his …
Three French aid workers missing in Yemen
Seeded on Sun May 29, 2011 4:57 AM EDT (Alertnet)
Three French aid workers disappeared in Yemen's southern province of Hadramout on Saturday and a local security official said they were believed to have been kidnapped. The French Foreign Ministry said the three were missing in the Arabian Peninsula country, in the grip of ci …
Darfur kidnapping victim sues aid group that sent her
Seeded on Sat May 21, 2011 12:33 PM EDT (Reuters)
An American aid worker who was kidnapped last year in Sudan's ravaged Darfur region has sued the charity that sent her there.
Ethiopia: UN agency confirms death of staff member after attack, 2 missing
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 1:11 AM EDT (Reliefweb)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has confirmed that one if its staff members was killed and two others remain missing after an ambush in Ethiopia’s remote Somali region.
Fatal Attack On WFP Staff Member In Southern Sudan
Seeded on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:07 AM EDT (WFP.org)
WFP Senior Programme Assistant, Santino Pigga Alex Wani, was killed in an ambush on 22 April by unknown assailants near Duk Payuel, Duk County in Jonglei State.
UN staff killed during protest in northern Afghanistan
Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 2:49 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
At least seven foreign UN workers have been killed after protesters stormed a UN compound in the Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, officials say.
Aussie aid workers under attack in PNG
Seeded on Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:53 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Papua New Guinea police are investigating allegations a brutal attack on an Australian aid worker is linked to his work exposing corruption.
Volunteers React to News Report On Murder and Rape cover up in the Peace Corps.
Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:59 AM EST (ABC News)
Viewers responded to ABC News' "20/20" investigation of the murder and rape of female volunteers in the Peace Corps with an outpouring of grief and anger – but also with heartfelt defenses of the Peace Corps – on Facebook and Twitter.
Three more WFP humanitarian support personnel abducted in Darfur
Seeded on Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:55 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
News reports confirmed by the United Nations are that three Bulgarians working for the U.N. World Food Program have been abducted in West Darfur province, Sudan. The men were seized after they landed their helicopter at an airstrip in the town of Um Shalaya.
French aidworker and his best man found killed in Niger
Seeded on Sun Jan 9, 2011 3:49 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
Two young Frenchmen who died less than 24 hours after being kidnapped in Niger were probably killed by their captors, French military officials said today.
German aid worker fatally injured in attack in northern Afghanistan
Seeded on Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:12 AM EST (Winnipeg Free Press)
A German consultant has died after the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked in northern Afghanistan, the German government said.
Slimmed down version of Skype for UN aid workers in remote locations
Seeded on Mon Dec 6, 2010 3:26 AM EST (The L.A. Times)
Internet phone company Skype announced a bare-bones version of its software Monday designed to work over very low bandwidth connections that often are the only links aid workers in far flung places have to the outside world.
Afghanistan: Kidnapped Dutch aid worker is released, unharmed
Seeded on Fri Dec 3, 2010 8:47 AM EST (Dutchnews.nl)
The Dutch aid worker and his Afghan driver who were kidnapped in the north of Afghanistan six weeks ago have been released unharmed. Peter Oosterhuis, who is married and has three children, was handed over to embassy personnel on Thursday, the foreign ministry confirmed.
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