Aid Worker KIKA (Killed, Injured, Kidnapped or Arrested) Data

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Source Insecurity Insight
Contributor Insecurity Insight
Time Period of the Dataset [?] January 02, 2020-June 25, 2024 ... More
Modified [?] 8 July 2024
Dataset Added on HDX [?] 28 February 2018 Less
Expected Update Frequency Every month
Location
Afghanistan,  Angola,  Azerbaijan,  Bangladesh,  Brazil,  Burkina Faso,  Burundi,  Cambodia,  Cameroon,  Central African Republic,  Chad,  China,  Colombia,  Democratic Republic of the Congo,  Djibouti,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  El Salvador,  Equatorial Guinea,  Ethiopia,  France,  Ghana,  Greece,  Guatemala,  Guinea,  Haiti,  Honduras,  India,  Iraq,  Israel,  Jordan,  Kenya,  Lebanon,  Liberia,  Libya,  Madagascar,  Malawi,  Malaysia,  Mali,  Mauritania,  Mexico,  Mongolia,  Mozambique,  Myanmar,  Nepal,  Nicaragua,  Niger,  Nigeria,  Pakistan,  Peru,  Philippines,  Rwanda,  Senegal,  Sierra Leone,  Solomon Islands,  Somalia,  South Africa,  South Sudan,  Sri Lanka,  Sudan,  Syrian Arab Republic,  Türkiye,  Uganda,  Ukraine,  United Republic of Tanzania,  Vanuatu,  Viet Nam,  Yemen
Visibility
Public
License Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
Methodology

Systematically collected from open source, public reports as well as verified submissions from our partner agencies.
Caveats / Comments

Not representative or a comprehensive compilation of all events in which an aid worker was killed, kidnapped, or arrested. Key definitions Aid worker: An individual employed by or attached to a humanitarian, UN, international, national, or government aid agency. Killed: Refers to a staff member being killed. Aid worker(s) killed while in captivity are coded as ‘kidnapped’. Kidnapped: Refers to a staff member being kidnapped, missing or taken hostage. Arrested: Refers to a staff member being arrested, charged, detained, fined or imprisoned.
Data collection is ongoing and data may change as more information is made available.
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aid worker security
aid workers
conflict-violence
hxl
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