Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Attacks Against Aid Workers 2013 -2014
298
(19 August 2014)
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Attacks Geographic breakdown of aid workers attacked Against Aid Workers LEBANON
LIBYA
EGYPT
rise in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan,
SYRIA
PALESTINE ISRAEL
% of aid workers affected by staff type
Attacks against humanitarian workers are on the Pakistan and South Sudan. For the period
IRAN
IRAQ
AFGHANISTAN
humanitarian workers, in which 286 were killed, 441 PAKISTAN
KUWAIT
JORDAN
BAHRAIN QATAR
51-100
National 91%
<10
Type of attacks against aid workers
SOMALIA SOUTH SUDAN
Aid Workers Affected
ing the highest number of incidents.
SUDAN
10-50
1129
increase in the number of attacks, with 2013 witness-
YEMEN
101-200
Attacks against aid workers between 2004 and 2014
Afghanistan 140 % of attacks Occupied Palestinian by 40 94 type of organization Territories
71%
Syria 231
26% 118 48
53
77
2004 2005 2006
84
ernmental Organizations the most affected. Over the last decade, there has been a steady
SAUDI ARABIA
Greater than 200
wounded and 402 kidnapped. The overwhelming majority of victims are national staff, with Non-Gov-
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OMAN
International 9%
Number of aid workers attacked
2013-2014, 298 incidents were recorded against
93
91
2007 2008 2009 2010
112
145 67
2011 2012 2013 2014
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3% NGO
UN
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
240
28 16 33 22 35
Somalia
22 20
14
Pakistan
24
17
- Data for Yemen (2013-2014) is not available
Creation date: 19 August 2014 Sources: Aid Worker Security Database as of 10 August 2014, all changes are reflected on https://aidworkersecurity.org/ - OCHA
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Killed Injured
South Sudan
23
335
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Kidnapped