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Darfur aid worker and peacekeeper security - 16 statistics

A UNAMID vehicle patrols areas near Tawila, North Darfur. September 2008. Heba Aly/IRIN
Peacekeepers have been denied access to areas of recent conflict (file photo)
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    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. 

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