The international aid agency Action Against Hunger confirmed that a video released Wednesday night by Islamic extremists shows a member of their staff who was abducted last week in Nigeria’s Borno state, where authorities say they are working to negotiate a release. The three-minute video, released by Islamic State West…
International humanitarian aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has pulled out of its medical operations in Rann, Nigeria, following last week’s violent attack on humanitarian aid workers. The group said it evacuated 22 national and international staff following the deaths of at least four aid workers killed during an attack…
Another attack in the Central African Republic has claimed the lives of six aid workers, including one humanitarian worker with the United Nations Children’s Fund. “All of us at UNICEF are deeply saddened and shocked by the killing of our colleague, along with five other education workers who were attacked…
Six humanitarian aid workers were killed in South Sudan on Saturday when they were caught in an ambush while traveling from Juba to Pibor. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement that the deaths of the aid workers represent the highest number…