aid workers
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UN warns of ‘unacceptable’ level of violence against aid workers
Aug 20, 2024The “unacceptable” degree of violence against humanitarian workers that has become the norm was denounced by the UN on Monday; 280 of them lost their lives globally in 2023. Additionally, it issued a warning that this... -
50 aid workers lost lives on humanitarian duty in Ethiopia in 2024: WFP
Jun 18, 2024According to information released by the UN World Food Program (WFP), 50 relief workers died in Ethiopia in 2024 while performing their humanitarian duties. In a late-Sunday Ethiopia country brief, the World Food Program (WFP) stated... -
Biden and Netanyahu to speak by phone after Israel killed aid workers
Apr 4, 2024Following Washington’s “outrage” at Israel’s killing of seven humanitarian workers and mounting worry over its military actions in beleaguered Gaza, the leaders of the United States and Israel were scheduled to meet on Thursday. Monday will... -
Up to 40 aid workers killed in Myanmar since 2021 coup: UN
Jul 7, 2023According to UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk, up to 40 charity workers have been slain in Myanmar since the military coup in 2021 that deposed democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Turk decried “direct... -
INGO in Yemen condemn attacks and call for immediate protection of aid workers
Apr 22, 2018International Non-Government Organisations working in Yemen condemn in the strongest terms the abhorrent attack on an ICRC vehicle that resulted in the killing of an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier today,...
