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Somali attackers seize aid workers

sn0wfalcon wrote 1 day ago: Saturday, July 18, 2009 Al-Shebab has said it will ‘run after’ the … more →

Tags: Islam, mujahideen, Ummah News and Current Events, al-Shabaab, Kidnapping, muslims, Somalia

SRI LANKA: Conflict over, but Tamil civilians languish in camps

warvictims wrote 4 days ago: Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) By ANTHONY DAVID Colombo (dpa) - Thirteen-year-old Sopika Surendranath … more →

Tags: Actors, Blogroll, country, Displacement, Government, Region, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Type of Harm

Darfur disappearance

radiocaptivity wrote 1 week ago: An Irish aid worker and her Ugandan colleague were abducted over the weekend in Darfur, the third gr … more →

Tags: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Darfur, Hostage

Up to 30,000 'disabled' by Sri Lankan shells | Dean Nelson

racismandnationalconsciousness wrote 3 weeks ago: * * * * * ( Dated Piece | 24 May 2009 ) Source: The Daily Telegraph Up to 30,000 Tamil civilians h … more →

Tags: Indian-subcontinent, LTTE, Sri Lanka, Refugees, Civilian Casualties, Sri Lankan Army, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Mahinda Rajapaksa, idp

SOMALIA: UNICEF protests at "sabotage" of aid work in Somalia

warvictims wrote 1 month ago: Reuters By FRANK NYAKAIRU The United Nations agency for children on Wednesday accused Somali militia … more →

Tags: Insurgents, Somalia, United Nations, country, Actors, Government, Region, Africa, Blogroll

International NGO workers can be the new foreign correspondents4 comments

ourman wrote 1 month ago: So, first we should sum up: It doesn’t look good for the future of newspapers or even interna … more →

Tags: Campaigning, Social Media, Traditional Media, Blogging, development workers, foreign correspondents, NGOs, Traditional Media

Aid workers forced to leave Sri Lanka under strict new visa rules

Australians for Tamil Justice wrote 1 month ago: The Times – Aid workers forced to leave Sri Lanka under strict new visa rules Sri Lanka is ham … more →

Tags: Tamil, Sri Lanka

Willoughby Lauds Aid Workers

politicalminefields wrote 1 month ago: Following his receipt of the Burns Humanitarian Award, Guy Willoughby, director of the demining NGO … more →

Tags: UK, aid, Burns Prize, Guy Willoughby, Halo Trust, Humanitarianism, MBe, OBE, Robert Burns Humanitarian Award

I'm back...

radiocaptivity wrote 2 months ago:   …And there’s been loads of news in the last 10 days to recount.   In the good news departmen … more →

Tags: Colombia, Africa, Nigeria, Humanitarian Aid, Hostages, Piracy, Piedad Córdoba

Somali kidnappers free aid staff

sn0wfalcon wrote 2 months ago: 28 Apr 28, 2009 – 5:00:30 PM Two European aid workers with Medecins Sans Frontieres … more →

Tags: Ummah News and Current Events, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Somalia

Somali kidnapping update

radiocaptivity wrote 2 months ago: Two aid workers for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) who were abducted in Somalia are reported to be i … more →

Tags: Africa, Humanitarian Aid, Kidnapping, Somalia

Deadliest Year on Record

Kristen wrote 3 months ago: 2008 has been named the deadliest year for aid workers as a result of increased violence and kidnapp … more →

Tags: News and Opinion, Darfur, Sudan, Africa

SRI LANKA: 'Civilians die' in Sri Lanka zone

warvictims wrote 3 months ago: By BBC News At least 60 civilians have been killed by shells fired in a no-fire zone in Sri Lanka in … more →

Tags: military, United Nations, Government, Sri Lanka, terrorists, Foreign Aid, Health Care, police, gunfire

SRI LANKA: What will end game of Sri Lanka's war mean for civilians?

warvictims wrote 3 months ago: By Nita Bhalla, Reuters News A woman walks near barbed wire at an internally displaced camp set up i … more →

Tags: military, peacekeepers, United Nations, Crossfire Injuries, Crossfire Deaths, suicide bomb, Property Damage, Displacement, Government

PAKISTAN: Aid Workers Shot Dead in Pakistan

warvictims wrote 3 months ago: By BBC News Police in north-western Pakistan say they have found the bodies of three local female a … more →

Tags: peacekeepers, Targeted Death, Pakistan, police, gunfire, Civilian Casualties, South Asia, Central Asia, NGOs

WORLD: 2008 was the deadliest year for aid workers - study

warvictims wrote 3 months ago: By Reuters News * Aid work more dangerous than U.N. peacekeeping * Locals most at risk * Somalia, Af … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, peacekeepers, United Nations, Targeted Death, Sudan, Targeted Injury, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Foreign Aid

Obama wants to 'discuss' with Taliban? Taliban threatens to kill aid workers 4 comments

arturoafc54 wrote 4 months ago: President Obama has said he wants to negotaiate with the Taliban. These are the same guys that expla … more →

Tags: News, Taliban, Terrorism, obama, Politics, terrorists

Blood on their hands1 comment

blakerig wrote 4 months ago: And now Moreno-Ocambo and all the other legal beagles at the ICC must come to terms with the fact th … more →

Tags: Sudan, Darfur, genocide, icc, Moreno-Ocambo

Salt in the Wound: The Case for Compensation (from the Huffington Post)

warvictims wrote 4 months ago: KABUL, Afghanistan – I’ve written generally in the last few blogs about the compensatio … more →

Tags: Erica, Afghanistan, US, World, INTERNATIONAL, War, Human Rights, Civilian Casualties, NATO


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