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SOMALIA: UN and local elders slam aid worker kidnap

Thursday, November 06, 2008

The UN has called for the immediate release of four aid workers and two pilots who were abducted on 5 November in central Somalia's Galgadud region. ...

Millions at risk in Somalia as attacks on aid workers escalate

Thursday, November 06, 2008

An escalation of attacks on aid workers and human rights defenders in southern and central Somalia is putting at least 3 million Somalis at even...

DRC: Aid workers evacuated as militia fighting continues

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Fifteen aid workers have been evacuated from the eastern province of North Kivu after fighting resumed between a rebel group and local militias -...

MALI: Some aid suspend in Kidal amid violence

Saturday, April 05, 2008

With fighting on 2 April between Tuareg rebels and government soldiers 20 km south of Kidal on the road to Gao, some aid agencies are suspending...

Somalia: MSF demands access to the area where the two MSF expatriates are still in captivity, in order to check their status

Médecins Sans Frontières

Saturday, December 29, 2007

More than 48 hours after their abduction, Mercedes Garcia and Pilar Bauza continue in captivity . Médecins Sans...