Attacks Against Aid Workers - Knowing When to Duck

by Michael Bear · 2008-11-30 18:23:00 UTC
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[Knowing When to Duck - Produced by the World Food Program]

As a follow-through to the previous post, humanitarian organizations face more than just intimidation in Darfur - according to recent statistics gathered by the UN:

"So far this year we have seen 11 killed [in Darfur]; 261 vehicles hijacked; 172 assaults on premises; 35 ambushes/lootings of convoys; 189 staff abducted; 28 wounded; and 25 relocations."

To that end, the above video from the World Food Program (WFP) - Knowing When to Duck - Feeding People in a Dangerous World - provides a look at the risks faced by humanitarian organizations in Darfur, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Somalia.

It's difficult to overstate these threats.  Since January, 33 aid workers have been killed in Somalia, in addition to 31 aid workers killed in Afghanistan, 11 in Darfur and 4 in Chad.  Just last week, an aid worker was killed in Sri Lanka.

For more information about attacks against aid workers, see here.

Michael Bear
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