Aid Workers

Killing Journalists and Aid Workers

Ben Barber | Posted 04.15.2012

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For decades, as a reporter I had an invisible shield, allowing me to wade into bloody conflicts, interview the killers and the families of the victims. But times have indeed changed.

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Former Aid Worker Sues Samaritan's Purse After Being Kidnapped In Darfur

Posted 07.23.2011

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Flavia Wagner, a former aid worker who was abducted and held captive for 105 days in Darfur in 2010, is suing the charity organization who sent her to...

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"Off the Map" Is Off the Mark

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

I've got a litmus test for whether a film or television show focusing on aid-workers, journalists or policy wonks is going to be a worthy representati...

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Disaster: A Serious Game

Amanda Lin Costa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Share the Proof

Melinda Gates | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aid is having a huge impact in poor countries, and it's an impact that will build on itself for generations. Bill and I often think if everybody could see the living proof of progress that is being made, they would be as optimistic as we are.

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REVEALED: Afghanistan Aid Workers' Last Moments

AP | DEB RIECHMANN and AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The first sign of danger was the crackle of gunfire over their heads. Ten gunmen, their faces covered, rushed toward terrif...

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Linda Norgrove, Abducted British Aid Worker, Killed During Rescue

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A female British aid worker kidnapped nearly two weeks ago was killed when one of her captors detonated a bomb as NATO forc...

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Humanitarian Workers Targeted By Soldiers In Southern Sudan

AP | MAGGIE FICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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JUBA, Sudan — The army of Southern Sudan has been looting food convoys and carrying out other attacks on aid groups, officials of those groups a...

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Crown Jewels or Spoils of War?

Seema Jilani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many of the colonized people in the world share a belief: that when our colonizers leave, they intentionally leave behind a chaotic situation destined for more conflict, thereby ensuring post-colonial strife.

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Afghan Risk Equation: When the "Because" Outweighs the "Why?"

Shannon Galpin | Posted 05.25.2011

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As I prepare to return to Afghanistan next month in the wake of such devastating headlines of attacks on aid workers, I am compelled to examine the question family, friends and supporters ask me everyday here at home. "Why?"

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Still No One to Turn to: Child Sexual Abuse by Aid Workers and UN Peacekeepers

Marlen Suyapa Bodden | Posted 05.25.2011

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We still need an international watchdog to investigate the sexual abuse of children by aid workers and peacekeepers.

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Protect the Protectors

Kathleen Cravero | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all the humanitarian workers killed in the past ten years, not one investigation has reached a clear conclusion after which someone was punished. Nor has any government been held accountable.

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Zill-e-Usman, UN Worker, Killed By Gunmen With Guard In Pakistani Refugee Camp

AP | RIAZ KHAN and RYAN LUCAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A veteran U.N. official due to retire soon was shot dead along with a guard while resisting kidnappers Thursday at a northw...

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Christopher Leggett Death: Al-Qaida Says It Killed American In Mauritania For Prosletizing

AP | AHMED MOHAMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Al-Qaida's North African branch has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American aid worker shot dead this wee...

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Deceptive Calm in Kabul

International Rescue Committee | Posted 05.25.2011

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The deaths of four International Rescue Committee colleagues of mine have triggered a re-thinking of aid agency work in Afghanistan.

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2008 Deadliest Year For Aid Workers: Center On International Cooperation

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Soaring violence in Somalia and Afghanistan helped make 2008 the most dangerous year on record for aid workers, with 122 killed while carrying out the...

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Darfur Aid Worker Killed, Possibly Over Satellite Phone

Mail & Guardian Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Armed men have shot dead a Sudanese worker for a Canadian aid group in Darfur in the latest of a string of attacks on international organisations in S...

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4 Somali Aid Workers Kidnapped

Daily Nation | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four aid workers have been kidnapped in Somalia. The victims are a Somali local staff and three expatriates. The kidnap took place in Wajid district,...

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Kidnapped Darfur Aid Workers Freed, Says Italy

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Italian foreign ministry said Friday that three foreign aid workers being held hostage in Darfur had been released but rep...

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2 Sudanese Killed In Latest Attack On Aid Workers

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two Sudanese aid workers working for the French aid agency Aide Médicale Internationale were shot and killed in Darfur this week, Al Jazeera English ...

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The US Role in Somalia's Calamity

Chris Albin-Lackey | Posted 05.25.2011

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US policy not only has displayed a callous disregard for the basic human rights of Somalis, but it has failed on its own terms, breeding the very extremism it sought to eliminate.

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Three Aid Workers Killed In Afghanistan Ambush

AP | AMIR SHAH and FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 05.25.2011

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PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters with assault rifles shredded a U.S. aid group's SUV with dozens of bullets Wednesday, killing three W...

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Brangelina Make Joint Production Debut With HBO Series About Aid Workers

Reuters | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 05.25.2011

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are making their first joint producing effort with an HBO series about aid workers. The untitled drama will explore the ...

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