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The Aid Security Monthly News Brief – October 2016 Page 1 The Aid Security Monthly October News Brief 2016 Security Incidents This monthly digest comprises threats and incidents of violence Africa affecting the delivery of Central African Republic humanitarian assistance. It is 12 October 2016: In Kaga Bandoro town, Nana-Grébizi Prefecture, prepared by Insecurity many unspecified aid agencies were forced to scale down or suspend Insight from information their operations temporarily, and to relocate their staff, after a camp available in open sources. for the internally displaced was attacked by Muslim Seleka rebels. Humanitarian officials also claimed that their offices had been looted, All decisions made on the their staff threatened and assaulted, and private homes burned basis of, or with down. Sources: France24, IRIN, TRF I and TRF II consideration to, such information remains the 15 October 2016: In Ouaka Prefecture, Kagas Region, armed men responsibility of respective organisations. attacked the Ngakobo internally displaced people (IDP) camp, killing 15 civilians and injuring many. Sources: AllAfrica and France24 Editorial team: Christina Wille 24 October 2016: In Bangui, anti-Multidimensional Integrated Insecurity Insight Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) demonstrators tried to force their way into the headquarters of the Larissa Fast Insecurity Insight United Nations (UN). MINUSCA troops responded by shooting in the air, but then exchanged fire with gunmen near the crowd, killing four Adelicia Fairbanks people and injuring 14 others. MINUSCA denied having killed civilians, European Interagency claiming that it had only fired tear gas to disperse protesters. Sources: Security Forum (EISF) BBC, Reuters I and Reuters II Research team: Insecurity Insight 28 October 2016: In Bambari, Ouaka Prefecture, gunmen linked to the anti-Balaka movement kidnapped two aid workers from an unspecified non-governmental organisation (NGO), and released Visit our website to them a few hours later. Another aid worker was killed by a stray bullet download previous Aid during the attack. No further information is available. Sources: Security Monthly News Briefs. allAfrica and France24 Suggested citation: Insecurity Democratic Republic of the Congo Insight. 2016. The Aid 09 October 2016: In an unspecified location, locals prevented vehicles Security Monthly News Brief, belonging to United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the October 2016. Geneva: Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) ferrying assistance Insecurity Insight, Aid in from passing, and threw stones at them. Source: Radio Okapi Danger Project. The Aid Security Monthly News Brief – October 2016 Page 1 23 October 2016: In South Kivu Province, 10 criminals overran Minova Reference General Hospital, and stole an unspecified number of mobile phones and 40 United States Dollar (USD) from a nurse. Military personnel intervened in this incident and chased the assailants. No further information is available. Source: Radio Okapi Mali 03 October 2016: In Aguelhok village, Kidal Region, a mortar attack targeting a UN peacekeeping camp killed one Chadian soldier and injured eight civilians. Two vehicles subsequently ran over improvised explosive devices. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Sources: aBamako and Indian Express 04 October 2016: In central Mali, six suspected jihadists attacked a convoy carrying UN peacekeepers whilst en route from the town of Goundam to Timbuktu, killing a Malian soldier. Source: aBamako 21 October 2016: Unknown assailants ambushed an ambulance on Hombori-Gossi Road, a street leading to Gao Region, and killed a nurse who was on board. The vehicle was taken. Source: Rfi Afrique Niger 07 October 2016: In Tassara, near Tazalit, Tahoua Region, some 30 to 40 heavily armed men attacked the security post of a camp sheltering Malian refugees. This incident killed 22 Nigerien soldiers and injured five. The assailants also seized three vehicles, including an ambulance, as well as arms, food and clothing. Sources: aNiamey and Naharnet 15 October 2016: In Abalak town, Tahoua Region, an unidentified group of armed men attacked the house of an American aid worker and kidnapped him. He is believed to have been taken across the desert toward the border with Mali. Two security guards were also killed in the incident. The victim was working for JEMED - a local NGO that is also affiliated to the Youth With A Mission (YWAM), a Christian charity operating in Niger. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for this attack but al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected. Sources: Reuters, The New York Times and AWSD Nigeria 26 October 2016: In Maiduguri, Borno State, two suicide bombs, about one kilometre apart were detonated in the early morning. Nine people were reportedly killed and 24 were injured. The first blast occurred at seven in the morning at a cafe near the Bakassi IDP camp, along Maiduguri-Biu Road, while the second occurred about half an hour later along Damboa Road. Sources: Premium Times and The Street Journal 27 October 2016: In Maiduguri, Borno State, a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber was shot dead by soldiers as he tried to enter the aforementioned Bakassi IDP camp. No casualties were reported. Source: The Street Journal 27 October 2016: In Ogba–Egbema–Ndoni, River State, approximately eight gunmen armed with machetes broke into Erama General Hospital compound at night and assaulted two nurses before abducting both. A female nurse managed to escape, and a 5 million Nigerian naira ransom demand has been made for the release of the other male nurse. Phones, money, laptops and other valuables were stolen. Source: The Nation South Sudan 08 October 2016: In Akobo County, Eastern Bieh State, a national staff member working for an INGO was reportedly killed in the evening hours. The incident is believed to be a result of a family dispute and not The Aid Security Monthly News Brief – October 2016 Page 2 related to the staff member's work for the INGO. Source: AWSD 10 October 2016: In Chukudum, Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State, unknown armed men attacked an unspecified INGO, killing one national staff member. Source: AWSD 10 October 2016: In Juba, teargas from an unspecified source may have been used against civilians living in Tongping camp, as they resisted relocating to another Protection of Civilians site. Source: Radio Tamazuj 14 October 2016: In Eastern Equatoria State, unidentified gunmen stopped a moving INGO vehicle and shot several rounds at the vehicle, killing an agricultural officer from ZOA who was en route from Torit to a project site in the area. The driver was unhurt. Sources: Radio Tamazuj and AWSD 16 October 2016: In Aweil town, Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, a UN national male staff member was assaulted with metal objects by a group of three men. Reports suggest the assailants had targeted the staff member and had asked other civilians to point him out. While the attack does not appear to be the result of the victim being an aid worker, it was ethnically motivated. Other staff members came to his aid and he received medical attention at a clinic for injuries to his face, head, and back. Source: AWSD Sudan 10 October 2016: In Kereinik, West Darfur State, a group of armed herdsmen attacked Sese IDP camp and assaulted civilians. They repeatedly raped and beat three women, and shot and killed a civilian. Not far from the same camp, a relative of the latter victim was also found dead last week. The assailants have also threatened residents that they would set fire to the camp. Sources: Dabanga Sudan I and Dabanga Sudan II 14 October 2016: In South Darfur State, a group of militiamen kidnapped three civilians from Nierteti North camp and took them to an unknown destination, accusing one of the victims, who works as a butcher, of slaughtering the cows they lost the week before. Source: Dabanga Sudan 17 October 2016: In Bahr El Arab, members of Sudan's Central Reserve Police, also known as Abu Tira militia, entered Kario IDP camp for South Sudanese refugees, searching for illegal winemaking activities. The assailants fired shots in the air and beat 12 people, including camp representatives. The victims were hospitalised but later transferred to the police station in the city, where they remained held in custody. Source: Dabanga Sudan Asia Afghanistan 01 October 2016: In Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, a male UN national staff member was killed at a family residence in a crossfire which occurred during a search operation by Afghan forces. No further information is available. Source: AWSD 06 October 2016: In Kunduz, Kunduz Province, the main public hospital was hit by several rockets and small firearms amid street-to-street gun battles between United States-backed government forces and Taliban militants. Source: Reuters Pakistan 26 October 2016: In Ghundi, Jamrud, Khyber Agency, unidentified assailants shot and killed a polio worker as he was administering vaccines to children on the second day of the seven-day long anti-polio campaign. Nobody has claimed responsibility for this assault. Source: The Nation The Aid Security Monthly News Brief – October 2016 Page 3 Middle-East and North Africa Iraq 17 October 2016: In Mosul, Nineveh Governorate, the Islamic State has held doctors from Al Jamhouri Hospital hostage and threatened to execute them if they escape from the hospital. Source: Mosul Eye Lebanon 17 October 2016: In Akkar District, North Governorate, the Lebanese Army has raided several IDP camps for Syrian refugees in the peripheral towns
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