VIOLENCE AGAINST AID WORKERS IN 2013 2013 set a new record for violence against civilian aid operations, with 251 separate attacks affecting 460 aid workers. The spike in attacks in 2013 was driven by escalating conflicts and deterioration of governance in countries like Syria and South Sudan.
460
AID WORKER VICTIMS Yearly total of separate attacks and aid worker victims between 2006 and 2013
aid workers affected by attacks in 2013
Victims
+66%
Attacks
Killed
37%
34%
Injured
240
220
'06
'07
309
296
278
254
460 277
29% Kidnapped
251
'08
'09
'10
'11
'12
'13
ATTACKS AGAINST AID WORKERS separate attacks on aid workers in 2013
Countries with most attacks in 2013 Afghanistan Syrian Arab Republic South Sudan Pakistan Sudan
Afghanistan
Syrian Arab Republic Sudan
81 43
Central African Republic
35 17
South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
16
Yemen
# attacks
Pakistan
80 40 10
Somalia Kenya
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Attack locations* in 2013
60
56%
attacks happened in transit
Project site
40
20
20
Other public location Home Office/compound *Figures are based on 192 known locations out of a total of 251 attacks
Source: Humanitarian Outcomes Creation date: 11 Aug 2014
Created by UNOCHA
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
Bodily assaults 60
(no firearms)
51
0
Explosives 40
20
20
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
64
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
60
40
0
Kidnapping
60
40
0
Road
64
Shooting
0
40
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
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