This is a regularly updated list of aid worker fatalities in 2009. So far this year, 81 aid workers have been killed:
- Seventeen aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan - fifteen as reported by the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office report covering the period of July 16th - 30th, 2009, and then two UN staff killed on August 18th.
-Thirteen aid workers have been killed in Pakistan, including two in February, five in April, five in June and one in July.
- Ten aid workers (including UN contractors) have been killed in Gaza since December 27th, as have thirteen medical personnel. The aid worker fatalities include five UNRWA staff, three UNRWA contractors, one WFP contractor and one aid worker with CARE.
- Ten aid workers have been killed in Somalia, including two in January, two in April, one in July and five in August. (In addition, a former WFP contractor was also killed in March, and aformer CARE staff member was killed in April.)
- As many as nine aid workers (including family members) were killed in Yemen in June. (Still difficult to get accurate figures.)
- At least seven aid workers have been killed in Sri Lanka, including two in February, two in March, one in April and two in May. The actual number is probably higher.
- Four aid workers have been killed in Darfur - two in February, one in March, and one in May (as reported by an aid agency on the ground)
- Three aid workers have been killed in Mozambique
- Two aid workers have been killed in Chechnya
- One aid worker has been killed in Bangladesh
- One aid worker has been killed in Benin
- One aid worker has been killed in the Central African Republic
- One aid worker has been killed in Zanzibar
- One aid worker has been killed in DR Congo
- One aid worker has been killed in Mauritania
Updated as of August 19th, 2009. This is by no means a comprehensive list.
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