The numbers below refer to the number of people affected. Click on a column heading to order incidents according to that column.
ID | Month | Day | Year | ISO | Country Sort descending | UN | INGO | ICRC | NRCS and IFRC | NNGO | Other | Nationals killed | Nationals wounded | Nationals kidnapped | Total national staff | Internationals killed | Internationals wounded | Internationals kidnapped | Total international staff | Total victims | Gender Male | Gender Female | Gender Unknown | Means of attack | Attack context | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Motive | Actor type | Actor name | Details | Verified | Source |
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3175 | Jan | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 33.549167 | 68.423333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two Red Crescent workers were reportedly wounded at the edge of Ghazni province. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Yes | ACLED |
3193 | Feb | 24 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.68971 | 66.55116 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three NGO staff members were reportedly wounded while travelling between Nili to Khadir in Daykondi province, after being shot at by unknown gunmen. | Yes | ACLED |
3235 | Mar | 29 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Three female UN-funded polio vaccination workers were shot and killed in Jalalabad at the same time as an explosive attack on the health department building. | Yes | Media |
3298 | May | 16 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Road | 34.31 | 70.71 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN agency staff member was seriously injured after an IED attached to his private vehicle detonated on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway near Barikaw. His wife travelling with him was killed. | Yes | Official Report |
3318 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.25 | 70.5 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | One polio vaccinator was killed in Jalalabad and another was injured. No group has claimed responsibility and ongoing vaccination campaigns in the province have been suspended. | Yes | Official Report |
3331 | Jun | 28 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Road | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | Two female NGO staff members travelling in an organisation mini-bus were injured when they were attacked by an unknown assailant on a rickshaw with an IED. The perpetrator threw the remote-controlled IED at the mini-bus, but missed and it exploded on the ground. | Yes | Official Report |
3312 | Jun | 8 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 36.33 | 68.62 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State | 10 staff members of a demining INGO were killed and 16 others seriously wounded when Islamic State perpetrators raided the organisation base camp in Shikh Jalal village. The 16 injured were all treated at the Pul-l-Kumri hospital, with 4 critical injuries evacuated to Kabul. It is unknown at this time whether any international staff are included in the 26, therefore all are marked as national until further information is available. | Yes | Official Report |
3357 | Jan | 21 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Taxi driver | One female NGO staff member was abducted by a Taxi driver and sexually assaulted. She received medical support following the incident. | Yes | Focal Point |
3369 | Aug | 9 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Home | 34.55635 | 68.95628 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | The director of an NGO all-girls school in Khoja Lakan, Paghman district was abducted by Taliban militants from his home. He was held for 2 days and tortured in regards to the NGO and his work with the organisation. He was released on August 11. Women's and girl's programs have been suspended indefinitely. | Yes | Focal Point |
3381 | Aug | 29 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Individual attack | Home | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | United States Armed Forces | One INGO national male staff member was killed in a United States military drone strike in Kabul, when the aerial bombardment targetted his home. Media reports indicate the staff member's vehicle was targeted as it arrived home on the suspicion the water containers it was carrying were explosives. 9 other civilians were killed, including 7 children. | Yes | Media |
3467 | Sep | 21 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 34.341944 | 62.203056 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One UN agency male staff member was kidnapped and interrogated by unknown armed men in Herat city. He was released the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
3495 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.728611 | 68.868056 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 4 polio vaccinators were killed in Kundoz city by an unknown armed group. | Yes | Official Report |
3496 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 37.184444 | 68.914444 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three female polio vaccinators were shot and killed in Imam Sahib by unknown armed individuals. | Yes | Official Report |
3497 | Feb | 24 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 36.716667 | 69.516667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male polio vaccinator was shot and killed in Taloqan, Takhar by unknown gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
3534 | Jan | 9 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN staff member was shot after his car was attacked near his house in Kabul by suspected robbers. He was treated at the hospital and survived. | Yes | Focal Point |
3535 | Feb | 16 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 34.3 | 62.25 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | 2 INGO male national staff were kidnapped while conducting a program related survey in Chahak village in Herat by the Taliban. They were released after 16 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3536 | Feb | 18 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One UN male staff member was injured by a roadside IED while walking to work in Jalalabad. The Islamic State is the suspected perpetrator. | Yes | Focal Point |
3537 | Feb | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 32.626667 | 65.873333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One NGO staff member, who used to be employed in the National Army, was kidnapped by Taliban elements in Uruzgan and held for 12 days while being interrogated. | Yes | Focal Point |
3540 | May | 22 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Custody | 38.443056 | 70.805556 | Other | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two medical INGO male staff members were ambushed, kidnapped and held for 3 days, as they were forced to do a surgical operation on an NSAG militant. | Yes | Focal Point |
3546 | Jul | 1 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 34.434167 | 70.447778 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was shot and killed by an unknown perpetrator on his way to work in Jalalabad. | Yes | Focal Point |
3575 | Aug | 27 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One female INGO staff member was shot and killed by a stray bullet while in her car on the road during the Kabul Airport complex IS terrorist attack. | Yes | Focal Point |
3576 | Dec | 25 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 35.6 | 66.3 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO male staff was stabbed during a robbery in Jawzjan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3580 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One polio vaccinator was killed in an attack in Khogyani that targeted many locations in the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3581 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two polio vaccinators were injured in a widespread attack in different locations in Khogyani on the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3582 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One polio vaccinator was killed in a widespread attack in Khogyani targeting different locations in the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3583 | Jun | 15 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.2292 | 70.1932 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One polio vaccinator was killed in a widespread attack targeting 4 different locations in Khogyani on the same day. | Yes | Focal Point |
3584 | Apr | 11 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 36.758056 | 66.898056 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One INGO staff was shot and injured and another staff was kidnapped for ransom for 11 days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3593 | Jun | 14 | 2021 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 34.5225 | 65.251667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO national staff member was shot and killed in a roadside ambush while he was headed to work. | Yes | Focal Point |
3615 | Feb | 21 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Home | 37.1175 | 70.579722 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One UN agency staff member was shot and injured during a failed robbery of his home in Fayzabad. He was transferred to Kabul and recovered. | Yes | Official Report |
3627 | Aug | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Taliban | One INGO staff member was stabbed to death in Kabul in August (exact date unknown). Reports indicate a week before his death he received threatening phone calls related to his work with foreign organisations. | Yes | Media | |
3739 | Nov | 3 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Public location | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO staff was injured when a vehicle-born IED targeting the Taliban Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry exploded in Afghanistan. | Yes | Focal Point | ||
3747 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | AF | Afghanistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Road | 34.525278 | 69.178333 | Unknown | Unaffiliated | Not applicable | One national female UN aid worker was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver while commuting to work in Kabul. | Yes | Focal Point |
3155 | Feb | 22 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.469050 | 29.345562 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A UN aid convoy of 2 vehicles traveling from Goma to Rutshuru approximately 25 km northeast of Goma was ambushed by unknown armed gunmen. The UN driver of one vehicle was killed along with a non UN security personnel and an international diplomat (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3174 | Feb | 23 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | -6.15 | 23.6 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One humanitarian staff member was reportedly killed in the city of Mbuji-Mayi. Further information is unavailable at this time. | Pending | ACLED |
3299 | May | 16 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | -4.106949 | 28.729977 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Twigwaneho Militia | Three INGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped in Fizi Hauts Plateaux during a food distribution project for children. They were released after 3 days due to family negotiations. | Yes | Official Report |
3300 | May | 19 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.334856 | 29.086427 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Buhirwa Militia | Two NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped 107km northwest of Uvira. One staff was released on May 22 after ransom was paid, and the other staff died while being held on May 20 due to lack of medical treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
3355 | Jul | 19 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.588408 | 29.268264 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff were ambushed and kidnapped by unknown gunmen while travelling near Kanyamahoro, 10km north of Goma on the Goma-Kibumba road. Information on their whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3400 | Sep | 16 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -1.5164271 | 29.3308425 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three staff members from a UN agency NGO implementing partner were shot and wounded after their aid convoy was ambushed by unknown gunmen near Buhumba village, Nyiragongo. | Yes | Official Report |
3411 | Aug | 16 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.5473 | 29.2553 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO staff member was kidnapped during an armed group attack in Nyiragongo that killed 4 civilians and led to 7 other civilian abductions (not counted here). The whereabouts of the staff is presently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3421 | Oct | 5 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.029454 | 29.091870 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped by suspected Mai Mai militia members while travelling 119km south of Uvira, Fizi district for ransom. They were freed on October 9. | Yes | Official Report |
3426 | Oct | 19 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 1.566667 | 30.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male INGO national staff member was shot and killed in Bunia for unknown reasons. | Yes | Official Report |
3430 | Oct | 28 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 2.982419 | 30.330561 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were shot and wounded when their organisation vehicle was ambushed while travelling between Kobu and Bambu, Ituri, by unknown armed individuals for unknown reasons. | Yes | Media |
3435 | Oct | 7 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.5219444444444 | 29.249444444444 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Four NGO staff members were ambushed and kidnapped in Kingarame, North Kivu. | Yes | ACLED |
3451 | Nov | 30 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.4 | 28.8 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two ICRC staff, one national and one international, were kidnapped in Masisi on November 30 by unknown gunmen and released on December 11. | Yes | Official Report |
3452 | Dec | 8 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -0.182693 | 29.269289 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Three UN agency staff members were wounded after their convoy came under armed attack by suspected Mai Mai militia members while travelling 17km south of Lubero. | Yes | Official Report |
3465 | Jan | 7 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.423139 | 29.019500 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped by unknown armed perpetrators on the Goma-Kitchanga road in Masisi territory. They were released on January 12. | Yes | Media |
3472 | Dec | 1 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two private truck staff contracted to deliver humanitarian supplies to Bibokoboko, Fizi, were shot and killed when their truck was ambushed by unknown armed men. 2 other civilian passengers were also killed (not counted here). | Yes | Media |
3484 | Jan | 18 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Road | 1.652694 | 30.347194 | Political | Unaffiliated | Commercial motorcyclists | One INGO staff member was injured when a group of angry commercial motorcyclists threw stones at the INGO vehicle in Katoto centre, Ituri. | Yes | Official Report |
3491 | Jan | 24 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.104123 | 29.094035 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Three INGO staff members were kidnapped near Nchowe village, Fizi. Their whereabouts are unknown. | Yes | Media |
3498 | Feb | 23 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One male NGO staff member was robbed and killed in Uvira at a transfer shop, some reports indicate the staff may have been in debt to the shop but the motive is unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3511 | Nov | 20 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | -5.94749 | 29.19471 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One UN national staff was shot and wounded by Mai Mai militia in Lambo Katenga, Kalemie. | Yes | Focal Point |
3522 | Mar | 13 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | -4.044548 | 29.088888 | Political | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Four male nurses and an NGO driver were kidnapped by suspected Mai Mai militia members from a health centre in Katalukulu, Fizi. There whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3541 | Jun | 25 | 2021 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -4.325 | 15.322222 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Police | One female international UN staff member was injured by a police officer after she was arrested with a group of people in a restaurant accused of breaking COVID restrictions. They were released 1 hour later. | Yes | Focal Point |
3572 | May | 11 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -1.53991 | 29.05381 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were kidnapped and another staff member was injured by unknown armed elements while traveling in Kimoka village (2km north of Sake). The two staff were released on the 19 of May. | Yes | Official Report |
3636 | Sep | 6 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Public location | 0.971534 | 29.116032 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) | The body of one Red Cross staff member was found in the Mekima forest a 1 hour walk south of Bango village, Mambasa. Reports indicate he was beheaded by the ADF rebel group. | Yes | Media |
3649 | Oct | 18 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.297664 | 28.956380 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff members were reportedly ambushed and kidnapped by unknown armed men outside of Lukongo village on the Baraka-Fizi axis. Their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3660 | Oct | 31 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 0.04022 | 29.26246 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One male aid worker was beheaded during a riot in his village by unknown violent rioters who mistook the organisation for another group. | Yes | ACLED |
3671 | Nov | 4 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | Two national INGO aid workers were shot and killed by unknown actors in a street in Mwenso, North Kivu. The second INGO worker was killed while assisting an administrative servant previously shot. Both of the shootings were done by the same actors. | Yes | Media |
3683 | Dec | 12 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 1.3601 | 29.0354 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | One aid worker was killed by an unidentified Mai Mai militia in Bapwakina, Mambasa, Ituri. Another civilian was also killed in the same attack. | Pending | ACLED |
3728 | Mar | 11 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.263904 | 8.928985 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO aid workers were ambushed and kidnapped by unknown actors when returning from a food distribution in Ateka village, Fizi, South Kivu. | Pending | ACLED |
3750 | Jul | 25 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | -10.65 | 24.45 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Body guard of administrative authority | One INGO staff was severely beaten by a bodyguard of the administrative authority in Mutshasha. | Yes | Focal Point |
3754 | Oct | 26 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Detention | Custody | -1.4 | 28.818056 | Unknown | Criminal | Not applicable | One national male INGO aid worker was arrested and beaten by fellow inmates in Masisi, North Kivu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3762 | Mar | 31 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | -5.038611 | 18.818056 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Kuluna gang | One national UN-contracted driver was injured with knives by a gang-armed group between Kinshasa and Kikwit. | Yes | Focal Point |
3780 | Apr | 7 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Public location | -0.566667 | 28.7 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national female INGO worker was killed in North Kivu. The aid worker was off duty, on her way to a voting registration centre. | Pending | ACLED |
3791 | Mar | 12 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Public location | -5.11477 | 28.6592 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Mai Mai Militia | Six national male UN-contracted aid workers were abducted by Mai Mai militants around 4 kilometers from Lambo Katenga-Kasongo Mukuli road, where they were conducting a project. | Yes | Focal Point |
3813 | Jul | 5 | 2022 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | -11.666667 | 27.483333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | An aid worker was injured with a machete by armed individuals who broke into his home and stole mobile phones, three televisions, and money. | Yes | Official Report |
3858 | Jun | 13 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -4.301111 | 28.944167 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | The head of a NNGO was kidnapped by unknown armed men while going on a motorbike to Lusenda, Fizi territory. Allegedly, the kidnapping occurred following a disagreement on a road project and the perpetrators asked for a ransom. His travel companion was also kidnapped and tortured but released a few hours later (not counted). The aid worker was released on June 17th after the ransom was paid. | Pending | ACLED |
3877 | Jun | 30 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 0.5 | 29.466667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO aid worker was killed by unidentified armed men in Beni city, North Kivu province. | Pending | ACLED |
3917 | Aug | 11 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | -3.4044 | 29.1379 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Three INGO aid workers were abducted by unknown armed men in Mushegereza, Uvira, South Kivu. The victims were released on August 14th. | Pending | ACLED |
3924 | Sep | 4 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -1.183333 | 29.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four INGO aid workers were abducted by unknown men in May-Safi village, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Media |
3948 | Oct | 7 | 2023 | CD | DR Congo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | -3.4 | 29.15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN staff member was kidnapped by an unknown armed group in Songo, Uvira, South Kivu. The aid worker was released on October 12th. | Pending | ACLED |
3207 | Mar | 23 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.962139 | 39.595403 | Political | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One INGO male national driver was beaten by Ethiopian Armed Forces after his INGO car was ambushed on the road between Mekele and Adigrat. Official statements report the driver of the INGO car, earlier in the journey, witnessed the extrajudicial killing of 4 men aboard a minibus, and the later ambush by State Forces was related to being a witness to the killings. | Yes | Official Report |
3208 | Feb | 15 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.1155 | 38.4756 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NNGO staff was reportedly shot and killed by an unknown armed group in Hawzen, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3236 | Mar | 24 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 9 | 35.25 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national driver was shot and killed after being ambushed by unknown gunmen in West Wellega. | Yes | Media |
3283 | Apr | 28 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 13.666667 | 38.916667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed at the conclusion of a food distribution event in Kola Tembien. Reports indicate the shooting motivation was the alleged food distribution "to the Junta". | Yes | Official Report |
3301 | May | 31 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 14.266667 | 39.45 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male aid worker, head of an INGO office in Adigrat, died after being shot in crossfire. | Yes | Media |
3332 | Jun | 24 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Unknown | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | Three INGO staff members, two national males and one international female, were killed by unknown assailants while travelling in Tigray. | Yes | Official Report |
3382 | Mar | 3 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.983333 | 39.433333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed after an armed incursion into the organisation office in Hawzen, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3383 | Feb | 1 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.496944 | 39.476944 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed while travelling in Mekelle, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3384 | Jan | 30 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 14.288951 | 39.554804 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during an armed incursion into the organisation office in Kilteawlaielo, Eastern Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3385 | Mar | 19 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during an armed incursion of the organisation office in Shire, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3386 | Jul | 6 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.496944 | 39.476944 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed while travelling in Mekelle. | Yes | Focal Point |
3387 | Jan | 22 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.879696 | 38.864333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO male staff members were shot and killed during an ambush while traveling through central Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3388 | May | 7 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.119854 | 39.445606 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed in a road ambush in Eastern Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3389 | Jul | 8 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.576581 | 39.418475 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was shot and killed in a road ambush after leaving the capital Mekelle. | Yes | Focal Point |
3390 | May | 5 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 13.666667 | 38.916667 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during an armed incursion into the organisation office in Kola Tembien, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3391 | May | 26 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 14.411493 | 39.464761 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO male staff member was shot and killed during a raid of the office in Gulomekheda, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3392 | Mar | 7 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Unknown | 13.183333 | 39.2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Red Cross male Ethiopian driver was shot and killed in Samre, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3509 | Jun | 23 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One UN national staff was harassed and assaulted by security forces in his home in Shire town, Tigray. | Yes | Focal Point |
3543 | Aug | 22 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 9.6 | 41.866667 | Incidental | Criminal | Unknown | One UN staff member was badly beaten on his way home from work after running into a gang fight in Dire town. | Yes | Focal Point |
3545 | Nov | 27 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 8.541389 | 39.268889 | Economic | Police or paramilitary | Unknown | One INGO male staff was shot and injured by a man in a military uniform who robbed him in Adama city. | Yes | Focal Point |
3605 | Jul | 16 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.870258 | 36.532118 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO staff member was kidnapped by an unknown armed group while travelling in East Wellega. His whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3610 | Jun | 27 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Unknown | 9.166667 | 36.333333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff member was kidnapped by an unknown armed group and interrogated about the operations of the INGO. He was released the following day. | Yes | Official Report |
3614 | Dec | 18 | 2021 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 12.416667 | 39.55 | Incidental | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One UN agency national staff member was killed in an airstrike in Tigray while off-duty and driving to visit his family. | Yes | Media |
3626 | Sep | 25 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 14 | 38.416667 | Disputed | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One UN contracted driver delivering aid was injured after his truck was hit with debris following an airstrike in Zana, Tigray. | Yes | Official Report |
3639 | Oct | 14 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 14.1 | 38.283333 | Disputed | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | One INGO staff member was killed and another injured by a government airstrike in Shire, Tigray. Reports indicate the aid workers were a nutrition team delivering aid to women and children during the airstrike. Other civilians were also killed (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3648 | Oct | 28 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.111064 | 38.614531 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) | One Red Cross ambulance driver transporting injured individuals from Adwa, Tigray to Amhara was killed after the marked vehicle was attacked by the military. The patients were also killed. | Yes | Media |
3767 | Jul | 23 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 7.618442 | 34.689331 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One national male UN aid worker was assaulted and injured by a group of suspected bandits in Gambella town on his way home. Personal belongings were stolen. | Yes | Focal Point |
3771 | Oct | 21 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 11.833333 | 41 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN worker was attacked with sticks in his neck by two unknown men while buying groceries with a colleague in Dubti, Afar. | Yes | Focal Point |
3772 | Nov | 18 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.5 | 35.5 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) | Eight national UN drivers were kidnapped during a carjacking of a convoy of 24 trucks near Nedjo town, West Wellega. The eight drivers and the trucks were released one day later without the cargo. Four other trucks were looted. | Yes | Focal Point |
3782 | Apr | 9 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.496944 | 39.476944 | Incidental | Host state | Ethiopian Armed Forces | Two INGO national staff members were shot and killed in a crossfire between the Ethiopian Federal Defence Forces (ENDF) and Amhara Regional Special Forces in Kobo, Amhara region. The driver and the security officer were traveling from Mekelle to Kombolcha. | Pending | Media |
3818 | Oct | 9 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 7.989062 | 39.38118 | Unknown | Two INGO staff were kidnapped by unknown actors in Oromiya. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. | Yes | Official Report | ||
3819 | Dec | 1 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 11.6608 | 37.9578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international staff member was abducted by unknown actors in Amhara. | Yes | Official Report |
3820 | Dec | 8 | 2022 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 13.575 | 39.0875 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One INGO staff was threatened, robbed, stabbed and injured while in transit by a criminal group in Tigray. | Yes | Official Report |
3899 | Jul | 19 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.816667 | 41.416667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two national NGO aid workers were killed by unknown actors in the Afar region. | Pending | ACLED |
3900 | Jul | 19 | 2023 | ET | Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.6608 | 37.9578 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO aid worker was killed by unknown actors in Amhara. | Pending | ACLED |
3650 | Nov | 7 | 2022 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 33.3 | 44.433333 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Saraya Ahl al-Khaf | One male international INGO staff was shot and killed in a reported failed kidnapping on the road outside his home in the Karrada district of Baghdad. | Yes | Media |
3812 | Jul | 5 | 2022 | IQ | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Roadside IED | Unknown | Road | 36 | 42.466667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Seven members of a demining team were injured when an IED detonated under the vehicle they were traveling in. | Yes | Official Report |
3136 | Jan | 2 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.813158 | 12.564924 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One male humanitarian NGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped by Boko Haram while traveling from Damaturu to Maiduguri, near Matari village. He was released on June 14. | Yes | Media |
3176 | Jan | 29 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 12.760031 | 12.644600 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One NNGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped while travelling between Gubio and Damasak in Borno. Further information on his whereabouts is currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3270 | Mar | 14 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.10 | 12.506667 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One humanitarian staff member was reportedly killed by a stray bullet during a clash between ISWA militants and the Nigerian Armed Forces. | Yes | Media |
3379 | Aug | 30 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Office/compound | 12.2701 | 14.4636 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One INGO national aid worker was killed during a Boko Haram raid into the military compound in Rann, Borno. 16 other civilians were killed (not counted here). | Yes | Media |
3408 | Jul | 18 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnap-killing | Unknown | Unknown | 7.96667 | 8.76667 | Unknown | Criminal | Herders | Three aid workers with an HIV testing and counseling program in Benue state were kidnapped and killed by a suspected criminal herder gang in Tomanyi village. | Yes | Media |
3437 | Oct | 9 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 10.725907 | 12.362799 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One NGO staff member was reportedly kidnapped in Borno and reports indicate ISWA has taken responsibility. | Yes | Media |
3455 | Dec | 2 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.15 | 12.75 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Humanitarian staff were reportedly kidnapped along with 6 civil servants and other civilians after departing Damboa, Borno. The exact number of humanitarian staff kidnapped is unknown at this time (coded as two). | Yes | Media |
3481 | Jan | 13 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 9.931506 | 7.431720 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Unknown | The president of an NGO was kidnapped while travelling from Abuja to Kaduna near between the villages Akilbu and Rijana. He was reportedly kidnapped and tortured due to his work with some politicians, and released the following week. | Yes | Media |
3525 | Mar | 15 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.683333 | 13.6 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One NGO staff member and two guards were kidnapped during a raid on their compound. The three aid workers were released on August 31. | Yes | Media |
3528 | Feb | 9 | 2021 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 6.455027 | 3.384082 | Economic | Criminal | Unknown | One male UN staff member was assaulted with a knife by unknown criminals who robbed him on his way to work in Lagos. | Yes | Focal Point |
3586 | Jun | 18 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 12.838533 | 13.552319 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Three humanitarian workers were reportedly kidnapped from an organisation compound in Gana Ari, Monguno. ISWA militants raided the village and killed 16 civilians in the community (not counted here) before kidnapping the staff. | Yes | Media |
3651 | Nov | 17 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Office/compound | 11.15 | 12.75 | Unknown | Host state | Nigerian Armed Forces | One UN agency pilot and an INGO staff were attacked and killed by a rouge member of the Nigerian Armed Forces inside the military base in Damboa. | Yes | Official Report |
3698 | Aug | 3 | 2022 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 13.610953 | 13.610953 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One INGO health worker was kidnapped by the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Abadam LGA. On the 31st of December 2022, the aid worker and three other captives escaped during fighting between ISWA and Boko Haram militants. | Yes | Media |
3724 | Jan | 11 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 10.518647 | 7.488791 | Unknown | Criminal | Bandits | One national NGO aid worker was killed at his house during a wider attack by bandits in Ungawar Mai Awo village, Kaduna. His nephew was also killed. | Pending | Media |
3788 | Apr | 26 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Office/compound | 11.5 | 13 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Three international aid workers and two national bodyguards were abducted at their guest house by a group of militants of the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) in Ngala, Borno State. On May 4th, two of the three aid workers were found unharmed by the Nigerian Armed Forces. | Pending | Media |
3822 | May | 3 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 11.744444 | 11.961111 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member sustained a head injury from a physical attack by an unknown man in Damaturu town. The assailant later attacked the security forces who received the victim report incident. | Pending | Official Report |
3855 | Jun | 1 | 2023 | NG | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Unknown | 13.105 | 12.506667 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State of West Africa Province | One Red Cross worker was killed by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) members in Damasak, Borno State. The ISWAP specifically used the name of the ICRC/Red Cross, but it is unclear if the victim was a member of the organization. | Pending | Media |
3143 | Feb | 2 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.0299564 | 45.3101475 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One INGO staff member was killed during a complex attack on the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. Official statements report Al Shabaab militants exploded a car bomb outside the hotel and then stormed the building with guns. 4 other civilians were killed and 10 injured (not counted here). | Yes | Official Report |
3177 | Jan | 31 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two INGO staff were killed in a complex attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. | Yes | Official Report |
3269 | Mar | 5 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 6.148109 | 46.39727 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Marehan-Wagardhac militia | One NGO staff was reportedly kidnapped by Mare-Wagardhac sub-clan militia members in Dhabad village, Galgaduud. | Yes | ACLED |
3438 | Oct | 21 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 3.4 | 45.583333 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Hawadle Clan militia | One NGO staff member was shot and killed by a militia member after refusing a food ration card the perpetrator was not entitled to. | Yes | ACLED |
3478 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vehicle-born IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 2.033333 | 45.333333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN humanitarian agency staff member driving a vehicle in Mogadishu was injured after a VBIED targeting a nearby convoy exploded. | Yes | Official Report |
3532 | Jan | 7 | 2021 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | One UN contacted security guard was killed when he was walking beside a road and a vehicle hit an IED in Mogadishu. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility. | Yes | Focal Point |
3658 | Oct | 1 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Other Explosives | Raid | Project site | 3.100104 | 43.733038 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One NGO staff member was injured in an RPG attack while completing project activities in Geldheere village, near Baidoa town, Bay. | Yes | ACLED |
3699 | Sep | 3 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 4.419871 | 45.753025 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al Shabaab | 14 aid workers were killed in an aid convoy of 7 trucks carrying food, by Al Shabaab militants, on the road between Mahas and Beledweyne districts, Hiraan region. All the trucks were burned. | Yes | Media |
3709 | Feb | 11 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 8.476 | 47.357 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One volunteer from the Somali Red Crescent was killed by a stray bullet in Lasanod, Sool, Somaliland. | Pending | Media |
3725 | Feb | 22 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Road | 11.282146 | 49.176987 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national NGO driver was shot and killed by unknown armed men in Xiniinyo Warsangeli area, Bari region. | Pending | Media |
3751 | Jan | 16 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Ambush | Road | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Not applicable | One national male INGO worker was injured by a hand grenade attack in Mogadishu. | Yes | Focal Point |
3760 | Mar | 23 | 2022 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Body-borne IED | Unknown | Unknown | 4.735833 | 45.203611 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One male national UN staff sustained major injuries during an explosion in the Lamagalay administration area in Beledweyne, targeting government and security personnel. Another UN staff, 20 security forces personnel, 14 civilians, and one AMISOM soldier also sustained injuries (not counted). | Yes | Focal Point |
3781 | Apr | 7 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 2.039167 | 45.341944 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national female UN polio vaccination worker was shot dead by unknown actors in Mogadishu when going house to house to inform about the polio vaccination campaign. | Pending | Media |
3833 | Jun | 9 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Complex attack | Raid | Public location | 2.0426027 | 45.3596617 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | One UN female aid worker was killed during a siege by Al Shabaab members in Lido Beach, Mogadishu. Eight other people were killed, and 10 were injured, including members of the Somali security forces and civilians. | Pending | Media |
3872 | Jun | 6 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 4.783333 | 45.45 | Economic | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Five health workers were kidnapped by Al Shabaab militants on the road between Farlibah village and Belet Weyne, around Morodiile, Hiraan. On the 19th of June, Al Shabaab released the abducted staff after their families and relatives paid a ransom. | Pending | ACLED |
3874 | Jun | 24 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Unknown | 3.074444 | 43.835278 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Al Shabaab | Two Local NGO workers were kidnapped by Al Shabaab near Bansoole village, Buur Hakaba, Bay. | Pending | ACLED |
3896 | Aug | 9 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 8.664230 | 45.844277 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Dulmi-diid clan militia | One national NGO driver was abducted when the Dulmi-diid clan militia entered Daba Goryaale village and carjacked two NGO-owned vehicles in the Togdheer region. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | Official Report |
3897 | Jul | 21 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 0.515556 | 42.073333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO driver was injured when unknown armed men opened fire on the vehicle he was driving near Dhobley town, Afmadow, Lower Juba. | Pending | ACLED |
3918 | Aug | 12 | 2023 | SO | Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 4.735833 | 45.203611 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One UN aid worker was kidnapped by unknown armed by unknown armed men who asked for a ransom in Beledweyne, Hiraan. | Pending | ACLED |
3141 | Jan | 20 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.883333 | 22.966667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | 3 humanitarian staff working in West Darfur were reportedly killed in inter-communal violence according to official statements. Further information is unknown at this time. | Yes | Official Report |
3345 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO staff members were shot and injured in a failed kidnapping turned carjacking incident in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Yes | ACLED |
3350 | May | 14 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 13.312107 | 24.448803 | Political | Police or paramilitary | Security Forces | One INGO nurse was shot and wounded when opposing security forces raided the INGO health facility in Rokero, Central Darfur. | Yes | Official Report |
3504 | Apr | 7 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 14.15413 | 22.96238 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One UN humanitarian staff was shot in the leg by an unknown gunmen. He was medically evacuated and treated in Khartoum. | Yes | Focal Point |
3562 | Mar | 5 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Public location | 11.0331 | 29.7557 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Rizeigat Militia | One off-duty aid worker was killed along with 10 other civilians in the Seleia area of West Darfur by the armed Rizeigat Militia. | Yes | ACLED |
3578 | Nov | 19 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 11.4612 | 26.1311 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One guard was injured by unknown armed men who raided the organisation compound and stole a vehicle in Ed Daien. | Yes | Focal Point |
3588 | Mar | 2 | 2021 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 11.276667 | 25.141667 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Tribesmen | One INGO staff member was hit by stray bullet during intercommunal fighting in Gereida. | Yes | Focal Point |
3630 | May | 2 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 12.837750 | 23.266560 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Arab Tribesmen | Four NGO staff members were killed during an attack by Arab Tribesmen in Kereneik town. Reports indicate a hospital, nutrition centre, and other infasturcture was looted, as well as other civilians killed. | Yes | Official Report |
3642 | Aug | 28 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.491959 | 25.298168 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Subnational | Al Fasher Militia | One UN truck driver was shot and wounded in the hand on the Zamzam-Nyala road, close to the Zamzam IDP camp while transporting aid. | Yes | ACLED |
3704 | Jan | 27 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 11.585588 | 33.759961 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: National | Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North | One national NGO worker was killed by unidentified gunmen in the Giessan area, Blue Nile region. According to the government, the responsibility for the attack is the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North. | Pending | Media |
3758 | Mar | 16 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One UN-contracted driver assistant was shot dead during an ambush on food commodities traveling from El Geneina to Mukjar, West Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
3784 | Apr | 15 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Unknown | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One Aid Office Head was shot and wounded during the confrontations between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum. | Pending | Media |
3785 | Apr | 16 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 16.066667 | 25.466667 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Three UN employees were killed and two injured in clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Kabkabiya, North Darfur. The incident caused the temporary suspension of operations of the organization. | Pending | Media |
3786 | Apr | 21 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 13.183333 | 30.216667 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One male national UN staff was killed when the vehicle he was traveling with his family was caught in a crossfire between confronted parties in El Obeid, North Kordofan. | Pending | Media |
3796 | Apr | 16 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 13.6238 | 25.3556 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national male INGO worker was killed in the ongoing clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
3797 | Apr | 17 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rape/sexual assault | Individual attack | Unknown | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO aid worker was reportedly sexually assaulted by unidentified perpetrators in Khartoum. | Pending | Media |
3799 | Apr | 25 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 14.865920 | 32.368880 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | Two health workers were shot and killed in an INGO-supported hospital by unknown armed elements who raided the health centre in Kreinik. | Yes | Official Report |
3800 | Apr | 25 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Project site | 13.472140 | 22.570356 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One Sudanese Red Crescent Society volunteer was killed while on duty in Kereneik camp (80 Km eastern to Al Geneina) during clashes in West Darfur. | Yes | Focal Point |
3801 | Oct | 14 | 2022 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 11.396012 | 29.133487 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male volunteer of the Sudanese Red Crescent was killed when unknown people attacked him with knives while on duty in Lagawa, West Kordofan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3821 | Apr | 30 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Unknown | Public location | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One local male INGO volunteer was killed at an informal settlement by unidentified perpetrators in El Geneina city, West Darfur state. | Pending | Media |
3826 | May | 19 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national INGO aid worker was killed by unknown armed actors in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
3831 | Jun | 2 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Home | 15.633333 | 32.633333 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national UN male ais worker was beaten and injured with electric shocks by a group of armed personnel wearing the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) uniform, after intruding into the UN worker's residence in the Kafuri area, Khartoum North, and started questioning the identity of the staff member. Later the perpetrators started searching and damaging the house and looted unspecified items. One civilian who was present in the house was also injured (not counted). | Pending | Official Report |
3852 | Jun | 7 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Public location | 13.3694218 | 22.1724203 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One national male INGO aid worker was killed by unknown armed men while off duty in Ag Geneina. | Pending | Official Report |
3853 | Jun | 10 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 13.4468625 | 22.3088684 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Sudan Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | The founder of an NNGO was killed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Janjaweed militias in El Geneina, West Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
3859 | Jun | 16 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 12.333333 | 23.416667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed in Central Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
3863 | May | 1 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 13.45 | 22.45 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two aid workers were killed in El Geneina by unknown actors on the last days of May. | Pending | Official Report |
3864 | Jan | 1 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 15.6 | 2.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed in Khartoum, Sudan. | Pending | Focal Point |
3865 | Jan | 1 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 11.516667 | 25.033333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One aid worker was killed in South Darfur, Sudan. | Pending | Focal Point |
3869 | Apr | 16 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 16.066667 | 25.466667 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Four aid workers were killed in North Darfur, Sudan. | Pending | Focal Point |
3881 | Jul | 20 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 18 INGO aid workers were physically beaten and whipped by unknown armed men in southern Khartoum when attempting to bring supplies to a hospital. The armed men threaten the driver and stole the vehicle. | Pending | Official Report |
3893 | Apr | 18 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Home | 15.65 | 32.483333 | Economic | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One UN staff worker was shot and injured when allegedly Rapid Support Forces entered his house and looted it in Amarat, Khartoum. The RSP fired gunshots and robbed the extraction party of mobile phones. | Pending | Official Report |
3894 | Apr | 18 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 12.9 | 23.483333 | Incidental | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One UN male national staff was injured due to the explosion of a projectile during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in Zalingi, Central Darfur. | Pending | Official Report |
3913 | Sep | 2 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 11.133333 | 29.883333 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national INGO aid worker was kidnapped and beaten by the Rapid Support Forces in North Kordofan. The aid worker was released days later in West Darfur. | Pending | Focal Point |
3922 | Sep | 11 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Home | 15.65 | 32.483333 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | One national NNGO aid worker was kidnapped by members of the Rapid Support Forces in Omdurman city, Khartoum state. | Pending | ACLED |
3923 | Sep | 12 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 15.6 | 32.5 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Rapid Support Forces (RSF) | Two national NNGO aid workers were kidnapped by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) members in Khartoum city, along with four other civilians (not counted). Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | ACLED |
3931 | Oct | 9 | 2023 | SD | Sudan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 15.65 | 32.483333 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | Two health workers from an INGO-supported hospital were killed in a shelling in Omdurman, Khartoum. Five patients were also injured in the attack and needed to be transferred to other facilities (not counted here). | Pending | Offiicial Report |
3173 | Feb | 24 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Unknown | Home | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO staff member was killed at home with his family in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp while off duty. | Yes | Media |
3237 | Mar | 21 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.1389 | 36.83 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | The INGO supported Al-Atareb Hospital was hit by artillery shelling resulting in 6 patient fatalities and extensive damages. 4 staff were seriously injured and evacuated to Turkey for treatment. | Yes | Official Report |
3271 | Mar | 20 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO warehouse staff were injured when a bomb exploded near the warehouse in Al Bab. | Yes | Media |
3279 | Apr | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Two NGO staff members were shot and killed in rural Deir ez-Zor while returning from a humanitarian assistance mission. | Yes | Official Report |
3319 | Jun | 12 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Project site | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Disputed | Unknown | Unknown | Two INGO-supported hospital staff and two ambulance drivers were killed, while a midwife and 3 other NGO staff were injured after 3 missiles destroyed the hospital in Afrin city. | Yes | Official Report |
3348 | Jun | 6 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Mob violence | Public location | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Political | Aid recipient | Not applicable | Two INGO male staff members were injured after mob violence erupted at a soap dispensing event in Sbeikhan. | Yes | Focal Point |
3351 | Jun | 19 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 35.684722 | 36.39111 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 1 NGO staff member was killed and 5 were injured after their centre in Qastoun village, Hama was hit by Russian and Syrian coalition shelling. | Yes | Media |
3364 | Feb | 16 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Vehicle-born IED | Individual attack | Road | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was killed when a VIEB attached to an organisation vehicle exploded in Al Bab city. | Yes | Official Report |
3365 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.733333 | 36.7 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was killed along with his family, when his home was hit by a Russian military shell in Ebleen village of Jabal al-Zawiya, Idlib. | Yes | Official Report |
3366 | Mar | 5 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO firefighter staff was killed and two others were wounded trying to put out a fire at a fuel centre near Al Bab city after it was targetted by Russian military shelling. | Yes | Official Report |
3367 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.5814 | 36.9256 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member reporting on a previous shelling strike, was killed after a second strike by Russian forces targeted the same area and 3 others were wounded. | Yes | Official Report |
3368 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.733333 | 36.7 | Incidental | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One nurse working at an NGO hospital was killed after Russian forces shelling hit her home in Ihsem town, Jabal al-Zawiya. | Yes | Official Report |
3375 | May | 4 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 36.5422 | 37.3247 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was injured when unknown gunmen ran over the staff member with a vehicle in Turkman Bareh, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3376 | Jun | 29 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Combat/Crossfire | Public location | 35.9925 | 36.393056 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was injured after leftover munitions exploded in Darkoush, Idlib. | Yes | Focal Point |
3377 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Home | 35.699651 | 36.504135 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was injured after regime shelling, accompanied by Russian reconnaissance aircraft, targetted a residential area in Balyoun, Idlib. | Yes | Focal Point |
3378 | Jul | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Combat/Crossfire | Office/compound | 36.20764 | 36.51919 | Disputed | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | 5 NGO staff members were injured after their centre was hit by Russian coalition airstrikes. | Yes | Focal Point |
3407 | Jul | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Aerial bombardment | Individual attack | Project site | 35.5814 | 36.9256 | Political | Foreign or coalition forces | Russian Syrian Military Coalition | One NGO staff member was killed and 2 others injured after a Russian Syrian coalition double-tap airstrike targeted the staff members providing aid to those hit by a previous strike in Sarja. | Yes | Media |
3470 | Nov | 17 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) | One NGO male staff member was seriously beaten at a checkpoint in Sosa town by SDF forces. | Yes | ACLED |
3477 | Jan | 11 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Raid | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One NGO staff member was shot and killed inside the organisation medical centre in Al-Hawl refugee camp, by suspected Islamic State gunmen. | Yes | Official Report |
3479 | Jan | 12 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bodily assault | Raid | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Unknown | Unknown | One international INGO doctor was stabbed in an ICRC hospital in the Al-Hawl refugee camp, by an unknown perpetrator. | Yes | Official Report |
3482 | Aug | 5 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Individual attack | Project site | 36.4097 | 37.4036 | Disputed | Non-state armed group: Regional | Kurdish Self-management forces | One NGO staff member was injured after their ambulance was targeting by shelling while they were providing assistance to victims of a previous shelling attack in Hazwan village, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3483 | Sep | 4 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 35.735278 | 36.611667 | Political | Non-state armed group: National | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) | One NGO staff member was kidnapped from his home in Shnan, Idlib by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. He was held and tortured until November 20, 2021. | Yes | Focal Point |
3500 | Nov | 3 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Landmine | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.6477 | 36.731539 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 2 NGO staff members were injured after a landmine on the road in Lower Dhak, Kolyan exploded. | Yes | Focal Point |
3531 | Dec | 7 | 2021 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Public location | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Political | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO staff was kidnapped by unknown armed men in a public location in Jarabulus, Aleppo. He was held for 2 days. Reports indicate he had previously received threats about recruitment issues. | Yes | Focal Point |
3585 | Jun | 15 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.3725 | 37.5178 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One senior UN national staff member was killed by an IED on his way to work in Al Bab. | Yes | Official Report |
3600 | Jan | 16 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One male humanitarian working to set up tents in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp was shot and killed by suspected Islamic State militants active in the camp. | Yes | ACLED |
3601 | Jan | 28 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Individual attack | Project site | 35.933333 | 36.633333 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One NGO staff member was killed while extinguishing a fire in Idlib. | Yes | Media |
3602 | May | 9 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Political | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One INGO aid worker was kidnapped, along with their laptops, from their office in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp by Islamic State militants. Their whereabouts are currently unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3617 | Jun | 12 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kidnapping | Individual attack | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One Kurdistan Red Crescent staff member was kidnapped by unknown armed individuals in the Al-Hawl Refugee Camp. Their whereabouts is unknown. | Yes | ACLED |
3701 | Aug | 27 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Project site | 36.369317 | 37.521952 | Unknown | Police or paramilitary | Armed Opposition | One volunteer with the Civil Defense was arrested by members of the Military Police, which is affiliated with the Syrian National Army’s Chiefs of Staff, at his place of work at the Civil Defense center in Al-Bab city center, Aleppo governorate. His whereabouts remain unknown. | Yes | Official Report |
3746 | Apr | 18 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Unknown | Road | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Unknown | Host state | Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) | Three national NGO workers were injured by shelling while searching for a missing person in Jarabulus, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3749 | Oct | 13 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 32.737778 | 36.06875 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One senior male health worker from an INGO-supported hospital was shot dead by unknown armed men on the road connecting al-Mzayreeb town and Tafas city in Daraa. | Yes | Focal Point |
3752 | Aug | 6 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Unknown | Unknown | 35.333333 | 40.15 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO off-duty aid worker was beaten and injured at a checkpoint by unknown actors in Deir ez-Zor. | Yes | Focal Point |
3814 | Jul | 10 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Individual attack | Project site | 36.3755 | 41.1485 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | The body of an aid worker was found in Al-Hawl camp. | Yes | Official Report |
3843 | Feb | 27 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.2 | 36.516667 | Unknown | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One national INGO staff was injured by a beneficiary in Deir Hassan, Idlib. The team had to suspend the program for two days. | Yes | Focal Point |
3844 | May | 11 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.5861 | 37.0447 | Political | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One INGO national staff was injured after being hit by a stone from an aid recipient in Al Resala IDP Camp, Aleppo. The incident caused a temporary suspension of the program. | Yes | Focal Point |
3845 | May | 29 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.8175 | 38.0111 | Political | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One INGO national staff was injured after being hitten by an aid recipient in Ilaf 2 IDP Camp, Aleppo. | Yes | Focal Point |
3846 | Jun | 9 | 2022 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Project site | 36.511667 | 40.742222 | Other | Aid recipient | Beneficiary | One national INGO contracted female worker was injured when a complaint from a beneficiary escalated into physical aggression in WOK camp, Al-Hasakah. | Yes | Focal Point |
3856 | Jun | 4 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Roadside IED | Ambush | Road | 36.508333 | 36.869167 | Incidental | Unknown | Unknown | One NNGO bulldozer driver was injured when a landmine exploded while working in Afrin, Aleppo. | Pending | ACLED |
3862 | Jul | 11 | 2023 | SY | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shelling | Combat/Crossfire | Road | 36.1389 | 36.83 | Disputed | Host state | Syrian Armed Forces | One national NGO aid worker was killed by a strike from the Syrian Armed Forces in Atareb, Aleppo. | Pending | Media |
Total | 55 | 161 | 3 | 9 | 169 | 20 | 155 | 149 | 100 | 404 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 417 | 190 | 25 | 202 |