aid workers in danger 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.
AID WORKER VICTIMS 460
aid workers affected by attacks in 2013
Yearly total of separate attacks and aid worker victims between 2006 and 2013
Victims Attacks
278 Killed 34% 29% Kidnapped '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 ATTACKS AGAINST AID WORKERS 251
separate attacks on aid workers in 2013
'11 '12 '13 37% Injured 240 220 296 254 +66% 309 277 460
Afghanistan
Countries with most attacks in 2013 Afghanistan
Syrian Arab Republic South Sudan Pakistan Sudan
43 35
17 16
CAR
Syrian Arab Republic
81 Sudan
South Sudan
Pakistan
Yemen Somalia
DRC Kenya # attacks
80 40 10
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
Attack locations* in 2013
56% attacks happened Project site
in transit
Other Public Location
Home Office/compound *Figures are based on 192 known locations out of a total of 251 attacks Road
20 40 60
0 Shooting
20 40 60
0 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
Bodily assaults (no firearms)
51 64
20 40 60
0 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 Explosives
20 40 60
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 0 40 Kidnapping 64
'06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
Source: Humanitarian Outcomes Creation date: 11 Aug 2014
Created by UNOCHA 30 / UNHCR
www.humanitarianoutcomes.org/awsd www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int
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