Somalia - Deadliest Place in the World for Aid Workers

by Michael Bear · 2008-12-06 09:04:00 UTC
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According to recent statistics from the Somalia NGO Safety and Preparedness (SPAS) Program, a total of 36 aid workers have been killed in Somalia this year, including two so far in December.  Thirty-two of those killed were Somalia staff, and four were international staff.

Overall, there have been a total of 144 direct incidents involving humanitarian agencies since January.  Twenty-eight humanitarian staff have also been abducted this year.

All information taken from SPAS report no. 49/08, current through December 2nd.

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

For more information about the situation in Somalia, see here.  To get a sense of what it's like to work on Somalia, see these messages from aid workers in the field.

[Reuters photo of roadside bomb attack against an NGO in southern Somalia]

Michael Bear
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