Source: Insecurity Insight
Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen
This overview presents available information on the reported perpetrators of incidents where the use of explosive weapons affected the delivery of aid. It is based on 195 reported events that were identified by Insecurity Insight in open sources or confidentially provided by aid agencies to the Security in Numbers Database (SiND) during the first six months of 2017.
The available information is an indication of the extent to which the safety of aid workers, health and education staff, assets, and programmes is affected by explosive weapons. However, no claim is made that the total number of incidents has been documented or is known.