Darfur aid worker and peacekeeper security – 16 statistics

Photo: Heba Aly/IRIN

A UNAMID vehicle patrols near Tawila, North Darfur (file photo)

A Darfur security scorecard: figures for 2009 from OCHA (as of end-August 2009):

• Seven national humanitarian staff and three UNAMID staff have been killed.

• 12 humanitarian staff and 10 UNAMID staff have been wounded or injured.
• 11 humanitarians (seven international) have been kidnapped.
• 26 humanitarians and three UNAMID staff have been physically or sexually assaulted.
• 18 humanitarians and 11 UNAMID staff have been abducted during carjackings.
• 44 humanitarians and 12 UNAMID staff have been arrested or temporarily detained by the Government of Sudan.
• 64 humanitarian vehicles and 31 UNAMID vehicles have been hijacked or stolen.
• There have been 103 assaults or break-ins on humanitarian agency premises, and 22 on UNAMID premises.