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1. “Hope They Aren’t Wearing Microphones And Tracking Devices”: Tractor Donations In Burkina Faso

Published: January 8, 2026

2. The Humanitarian Space on Social Media Learning from Social Media Narratives in the DRC

Published: December 22, 2025

3. The Humanitarian Space on Social Media

Published: November 25, 2025

Learning from Social Media Narratives in Myanmar

4. “We Lost Everything”

Published: November 10, 2025

The Impact of Conflict on Farmers and Food Security in Lebanon

5. “Everything has become corruptible” Social media perceptions of UN agencies and INGOs in the DRC

Published: November 4, 2025

6. “The UN Shouldn’t Even Exist Anymore”: Social Media Comments Post Myanmar Earthquake

Published: October 14, 2025

7. The Shrinking Humanitarian<br>Space on Social Media<br>Insights from Burkina Faso, Mali and<br>Niger

Published: September 18, 2025

8. When Bombs Turn The Taps Off

Published: August 26, 2025

9. DRC Monitoring Brief

Published: August 21, 2025

Spotlight on ADF

10. Attacks on Health Care in Iran and Israel During 11-Day of Hostilities

Published: July 3, 2025

13-24 June 2025

11. Persistent Intimidation with<br>Consequences for Food Security<br>Violence against Palestinian Farmers in the<br>West Bank since October 2023

Published: June 16, 2025

12. Targeted Attacks on Farmers and Livestock Looting Deepen Food Crisis in Eastern DRC

Published: May 8, 2025

13. Repeated Air Strikes, Looting, and Destruction of Markets and Food Infrastructure Threaten Food Security Across Sudan

Published: May 6, 2025

14. Measures for Health Care Providers to Mitigate the Risks Posed by the Use of Armed Drones in Myanmar

Published: March 24, 2025

15. Livestock Looting, Market Attacks, and Blockades Threaten Food Security in Mali

Published: March 20, 2025

16. Explosive Weapons Monitor

Published: February 19, 2025

17. Calls for Aid, Local Resilience and Distrust The Complex Landscape of Sentiments towards the Humanitarian Efforts in Syria

Published: February 5, 2025

18. Chronic Insecurity: How Armed Groups Undermine Food Security in Ituri and North Kivu Provinces

Published: February 4, 2025

19. Echoes of Anger Social Media Responses to Increasing Violence in Myanmar

Published: January 16, 2025

20. The Sudan Crisis: How Over a Year of Violence and Humanitarian Access Restrictions Have Produced Famine Conditions

Published: January 7, 2025

21. Protecting the Humanitarian Space in Mali

Published: December 16, 2024

July-September 2024 Social Media Watch

22. Anticipatory Action and the Anticipatory Mindset

Published: December 15, 2024

Examples and Lessons Learned from Mali

23. Vaccines, Conspiracies and Distrust: Social Media’s Take on the Mpox Crisis in Burundi, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Nigeria and Uganda

Published: December 11, 2024

Protecting the humanitarian space during a public health emergency

24. Protecting the Humanitarian Space in Niger

Published: December 5, 2024

July-September 2024 Social Media Watch

25. Ségou: Conflict, Food Insecurity and Anticipatory Action

Published: November 19, 2024

26. Protecting the Humanitarian Space in Burkina Faso

Published: October 30, 2024

July-September 2024 Social Media Watch

27. Explosions and Airstrikes Devastate Lebanon’s Health System, Killing Health Workers and Straining Services Amid Ongoing Conflict

Published: October 1, 2024

28. Protecting the Humanitarian Space in Niger

Published: August 26, 2024

August 2024 Social Media Watch

29. Social Media Reactions in the DRC to the Mpox Health Emergency August

Published: August 22, 2024

30. Looting of Health Supplies in the Sahel 2023

Published: August 8, 2024

31. Protecting the Humanitarian Space in Mali

Published: August 7, 2024

August 2024 Social Media Watch

32. Arson Attacks on Schools in the Sahel 2023

Published: August 7, 2024

33. Attacks on Health Care in Lebanon

Published: July 30, 2024

07 October 2023-30 June 2024

34. Attacks on Health Care in New Caledonia

Published: July 15, 2024

13 and 23 May 2024

35. Assessing Social Media Perceptions of the SADC Military Deployment in the DRC

Published: June 27, 2024

36. Conflict-Induced Hunger in Gaza

Published: June 21, 2024

June 2024 Conflict, Hunger and Access

37. The impact of violence against health care on the health of children and mothers

Published: May 2, 2024

38. L’impact de la violence à l’encontre des soins de santé DRC

Published: April 28, 2024

39. Assessing Social Media Perceptions of the SADC Military Deployment in the DRC

Published: March 28, 2024

40. Over Five Months of Attacks on Food Security in Gaza

Published: March 12, 2024

March 2024 Conflict, Hunger and Access

41. Explosive Weapons Monitor

Published: March 11, 2024

42. Les allégations virales selon lesquelles une organisation humanitaire aurait<br>été informée de l’attaque djihadiste de Djibo soulignent

Published: March 5, 2024

43. Viral Allegations that an Aid Organisation Had Prior Knowledge of the Djibo Jihadist

Published: March 5, 2024

February 2024 Social Media Monitoring

44. Online Negative Sentiment Towards International Community in the DRC

Published: February 19, 2024

February 2024 Social Media Monitoring

45. Libya’s Reconstruction Efforts

Published: January 11, 2024

January 2024 Social Media Monitoring

46. Over Two Months of Attacks on Food Security in Gaza

Published: December 20, 2023

December 2023 Conflict, Hunger and Access

47. DRC

Published: December 20, 2023

December 2023 Social Media and Radio FM Monitoring

48. Western Libya

Published: December 19, 2023

December 2023 Situation Report

49. Ukrainian Health Care Under Russian Occupation

Published: December 12, 2023

12 December 2023 Press Release

50. Social Media Monitoring and Aid in the context of the Libyan Flooding Disaster

Published: December 11, 2023

51. Attitudes to Aid in Libya

Published: November 28, 2023

November 2023 Social Media Monitoring

52. Over a Month of Attacks on Food Security in Gaza

Published: November 22, 2023

November 2023 Conflict, Hunger and Access

53. Eastern Libya

Published: November 14, 2023

November 2023 Situation Report

54. First Aid Efforts in Libya

Published: November 7, 2023

November 2023 Social Media Monitoring

55. Sudan

Published: November 7, 2023

November 2023 Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

56. Niger

Published: November 3, 2023

October 2023 Conflict, Food and Access

57. Humanitarian Operations and Conflict-related Sensitivity

Published: October 31, 2023

October 2023 Situation Report

58. WFP Aid Cuts in Syria

Published: October 10, 2023

October 2023 Social Media Monitoring

59. Explosive Weapons Monitor

Published: September 25, 2023

60. Sudan Aid Agencies Access and Security Risk Management

Published: September 21, 2023

September 2023 Situation Report

61. Violence within Syria’s Camps

Published: September 20, 2023

September 2023 Protection in Danger

62. Sudan Conflict Parties

Published: September 10, 2023

September 2023 Situation Report

63. Attitudes Towards Border Crossings Openings in Syria

Published: September 8, 2023

September 2023 Social Media Monitoring

64. Turkish Red Crescent Tent Sale Story

Published: August 18, 2023

August 2023 Social Media Monitoring

65. Pro-coup Opinions Dominate on Social Media in Niger

Published: August 2, 2023

August 2023 Social Media Monitoring

66. USAID and WFP Suspension Blamed on Ethiopian Gov

Published: July 26, 2023

July 2023 Social Media Monitoring

67. Sudan Situation Analysis

Published: July 13, 2023

July 2023 Implications for Aid Agencies

68. The Sudan Crisis

Published: July 10, 2023

July 2023 Conflict, Food and Access

69. Corruption and Favouritism

Published: June 29, 2023

June 2023 Social Media Monitoring

70. Allegations of UN-Complicity with the Assad Regime

Published: June 15, 2023

June 2023 Social Media Monitoring

71. Attitudes to Türkiye Earthquake Response

Published: May 22, 2023

May 2023 Social Media Monitoring

72. Hunger and Sexual Violence

Published: May 17, 2023

May 2023 Conflict, Hunger and Access

73. The Links between Conflict and Hunger in Syria

Published: April 15, 2023

April 2023 Conflict, Hunger and Access

74. MSF attack in Burkina Faso

Published: March 21, 2023

March 2023 Social Media Monitoring

75. Red Cross Massacre

Published: March 21, 2023

March 2023 Social Media Monitoring

76. EAC Forces in the DRC

Published: February 20, 2023

February 2023 Social Media Monitoring

77. Wagner Mercenaries in DRC?

Published: February 20, 2023

February 2023 Social Media Monitoring

78. FIVC-Somalia

Published: February 9, 2023

February 2023 Conflict, Hunger and Access

79. Myanmar

Published: February 1, 2023

January 2023 Attacks on Health Care

80. FIVC-Ethiopia

Published: December 21, 2022

December 2022 Conflict, Hunger and Access

81. Ethiopia

Published: December 14, 2022

December 2022 Explosives Weapons – Drones

82. Ethiopia – Disinformation targeting WFP

Published: November 14, 2022

November 2022 Social Media Monitoring

83. DRC- Disinformation WFP Helicopter Crash

Published: November 13, 2022

14 November 2022 Social Media Monitoring

84. Ebola in Uganda

Published: November 5, 2022

November 2022 Social Media Monitoring

85. CENI & the Red Cross

Published: July 27, 2022

27 July 2022 Social Media Monitoring

86. 2021 السيرة الذاتية التنفيذية

Published: July 21, 2022

مايو2022 العنف الذي لا هوادة فيه

87. Security Risk Management Certificate

Published: July 19, 2022

3 Hours • English • Free The SIIM series

88. Ethiopia

Published: July 18, 2022

18 July 2022 Situation Report

89. FIVC-Ukraine

Published: June 29, 2022

29 June 2022 Conflict, Hunger and Access

90. Haiti

Published: June 1, 2022

31 May 2022 Acceptance as a Security Risk Management Strategy

91. Mali

Published: May 24, 2022

2021 SHCC Factsheet

92. Myanmar

Published: May 23, 2022

May 2022 update Attacks on Health Care

93. 2021 SHCC Global Report

Published: May 23, 2022

24 May 2022 Unrelenting Violence

94. Downing of UN Helicopter

Published: May 5, 2022

06 May 2022 Social Media Monitoring

95. SIIM Survey

Published: April 25, 2022

Your gateway to interactive tools, information and resources

96. Ukraine

Published: April 7, 2022

07 April 2022 Flash Analysis and Prediction

97. SIIM mobile guides

Published: April 6, 2022

Your gateway to interactive tools, information and resources

98. Vaccine Hesitancy: Blog 2

Published: April 5, 2022

April 2022 Attacks on Vaccination Campaigns

99. New blog series

Published: March 2, 2022

02 March 2022 Attacks on Vaccination Campaigns

100. Haiti

Published: February 15, 2022

15 February 2022 Political situation

101. Myanmar

Published: January 28, 2022

January 2022 Update Attacks on Health Care

102. Haiti

Published: January 27, 2022

January 2022 Gang-related political violence and kidnappings

103. Haïti

Published: January 27, 2022

Janvier 2022 Violence politique et enlèvements liés aux gangs

104. Sudan

Published: January 20, 2022

01 Dec – 10 Jan 2022 Attacks on Health Care

105. South Sudan

Published: January 18, 2022

19 January 2022 Sexual Violence in Conflict

106. Haïti

Published: December 23, 2021

21 décembre 2021 Carburant et pillage

107. Myanmar

Published: December 23, 2021

Violence Against or Obstruction of Health Care 23 December Update

108. Haiti

Published: December 20, 2021

21 December 2021 Fuel and Looting

109. Ethiopia

Published: December 20, 2021

20 December 2021 Flash Predictions and Mitigation Measures

110. Ethiopia

Published: December 20, 2021

20 December 2021 Flash Predictions and Mitigation Measures

111. Sudan

Published: December 9, 2021

17-30 November 2021 Attacks on Health Care

112. Ethiopia

Published: December 3, 2021

03 December 2021 Flash Predictions and Mitigation Measures

113. Sudan

Published: November 25, 2021

26 Oct-16 Nov 2021 Attacks on Health Care

114. Ethiopia

Published: November 12, 2021

12 November 2021 Flash Predictions and Mitigation Measures

115. Myanmar

Published: October 26, 2021

Attacks on Health Care October 2021 Update

116. Ethiopia

Published: October 26, 2021

26 October 2021 Flash Predictions and Mitigations

117. Lebanon

Published: October 15, 2021

15 October 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures.

118. Aid Worker KKA

Published: October 15, 2021

January-September 2021

119. Ethiopia

Published: October 12, 2021

12 October 2021 Flash Predictions and Mitigations

120. Afghanistan

Published: October 12, 2021

12 October 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures.

121. Haïti

Published: October 6, 2021

30 septembre 2021 Prédictions et mesures d’atténuation pour les organisations d’aide.

122. Job Opportunity

Published: September 23, 2021

Job Title: Data Manager. Duty Station: Dakar: Duration: 6 months.

123. Afghanistan

Published: September 14, 2021

13 September 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures.

124. Ethiopia

Published: September 14, 2021

13 September 2021 Situation Report: Predictions and Mitigations for Aid Organisations.

125. Mozambique

Published: August 19, 2021

19 August 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures for aid organisations.

126. Myanmar

Published: August 9, 2021

Attacks on Health Care August 2021 Update

127. Ethiopia

Published: August 8, 2021

08 August 2021 Amhara: Information Alert

128. Ethiopia

Published: July 16, 2021

16 July 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures for aid organisations.

129. Ethiopia

Published: July 14, 2021

14 July 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures for aid organisations.

130. Ethiopia, Tigray region

Published: June 29, 2021

29 June 2021 Predictions and mitigation measures for aid organisations.

131. Accusations by Ethiopian Gov

Published: June 25, 2021

25 June 2021 Social Media Monitoring

132. Lebanon

Published: June 18, 2021

18 June 2021: Alert Key concerns for aid agencies working in Lebanon, prediction and mitigations.

133. Ethiopia

Published: June 16, 2021

16 June 2021: SitRep Predictions and mitigation measures for aid organisations.

134. Northern Mozambique

Published: June 14, 2021

14 June 2021 Key concerns for aid agencies working in Mozamabique, prediction and mitigations.

135. Mozambique

Published: June 9, 2021

09 June 2021 Attacks on education increased in 2020.

136. 2020 SHCC Global Report

Published: May 24, 2021

24 May 2021 No Respite

137. Myanmar

Published: May 24, 2021

May 2021 Update Attacks on Health Care

138. Aid Worker KKA

Published: May 21, 2021

01 Jan-20 Apr 15 kidnapping incidents involving 34 aid workers in 15 countries. Of the 34 kidnapped aid workers, 17 have been reported as released.

139. Aid Workers Kidnapped 2020

Published: May 18, 2021

66 kidnapping incidents involving 160 aid workers in 15 countries. National aid workers were the target of kidnappings in 69% of reported kidnapping incidents. There were seven reports of international aid workers being kidnapped.

140. Webinar

Published: May 17, 2021

Addressing the ongoing violence against health care in conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic. 24 May 2021, 16:00-17:30 CEST Register here

141. Lebanon

Published: May 13, 2021

Current situation and implications for aid agencies working in the country.

142. Aid Security Risk

Published: May 13, 2021

May 2021 update Aid agencies reported 25 security incidents and 91 occasions when security reviews were undertaken in 2020. Carjackings, robberies and theft are the main security incidents.

143. Air- and Ground-launched explosive weapons affecting health facilities

Published: May 6, 2021

Since 2016, health facilities in six conflicts – Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, oPt, Syria, and Yemen – have been subjected to more than 300 air-launched explosive weapons attacks.

144. SHCC Five Year Review

Published: May 5, 2021

145. Myanmar

Published: April 23, 2021

23 April 2021 Attacks on Health Care

146. Ethiopia

Published: April 21, 2021

21 April 2021: Amhara Alert Predictions and mitigation measures for aid organisations.

147. Mozambique

Published: April 14, 2021

ISACP has already threatened further mass casualty attacks over the month of Ramadan, likely in an attempt to boost the propaganda impact of its 27 March capture of the petrochemical hub of Palma in northern Mozambique.

148. Ethiopia

Published: March 30, 2021

30 March 2021: SitRep Predictions and mitigation measures.

149. Sexual Violence in Tigray

Published: March 30, 2021

30 March 2021 Reporting Sexual Violence

150. Mozambique

Published: March 26, 2021

Reports of gunfire in the vicinity of Palma town will see increasing numbers of IDPs, and likely further targeting of aid and commercial projects.

151. Mozambique

Published: March 16, 2021

Current situation in the Cabo Delgado region and the implications for aid agencies working in the area. Indiscriminate violence and insecurity forced aid agencies operating in conflict-affected regions to suspend their activities.

152. Mozambique Video

Published: March 16, 2021

Watch this new video on insecurity in Cabo Delgado and the implications for aid agencies.

153. Violence against health care in Mozambique in 2020

Published: March 15, 2021

When violence erupts, nurses, community health workers, pharmacists and doctors are frequently among the many civilians severely harmed. This and the destruction of hospitals has devastating consequences for access to health care.

154. Mozambique March 2021

Published: March 15, 2021

INSIGHT: Claims war against insurgents orchestrated by government.

155. NEW SIIM podcast

Published: March 9, 2021

How aid agencies can reduce the impact of security incidents on their operations, and meet their duty of care obligations to their staff and volunteers.

156. Violence Against Health Care: Attacks During a Pandemic

Published: March 9, 2021

Take a look at this story atlas by Insecurity Insight and UC Berkeley Human Rights Center. Featuring documented attacks and threats of violence against health care in 2020, which includes videos of attacks and much more.

157. New interactive map depicts 412 acts of pandemic-related violence and threats to health workers and services around the world in 2020

Published: March 3, 2021

The COVID-19-related attacks reveal a disturbing new dimension of violence against health care, which has in the past related primarily to attacks on health care amid armed conflict or routine health services provision.

158. 2020 SHCC COVID Report

Published: March 3, 2021

159. Attack on WFP convoy in DRC 22 Feb 2021

Published: March 2, 2021

Likely to have been a kidnapping gone wrong.Unlikely to have been a premeditated attack on an individual but rather an opportunistic attack in a complex environment.Long-standing history of abduction in the area.

160. Resurgent Ebola N.Kivu

Published: March 1, 2021

March 2021 Social Media Monitoring

161. DRC

Published: November 20, 2020

November 2020 Attacks on Ebola Response

162. DRC

Published: November 20, 2020

19 November 2020 Sexual Violence in Conflict

163. Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh impacting health care

Published: November 20, 2020

Health workers killed and hospitals damaged.

164. Ebola in Equateur

Published: November 17, 2020

November 2020 Social Media Monitoring

165. Aid Security Risk

Published: November 3, 2020

October 2020 Threatening behaviour towards NGO staff related to aid delivery practices is the most common concern.

166. Who commits violence against health care, what weapons are used and what this can tell us about the perpetrators’ underlying motives

Published: November 2, 2020

167. Cameroon

Published: October 30, 2020

October 2020 Social Media Monitoring

168. Mob attacks

Published: October 29, 2020

September 2020 Recommendations

169. Threats and Violence in Cameroon: April-Sept 2020

Published: October 29, 2020

170. Security Incident Information Management (SIIM) for Staff

Published: October 28, 2020

In this 10-minute Ready to Go Mobile Guide, you will learn why it is important for staff to report safety and security incidents to their organization, key steps to take during the incident reporting process, and reporting do’s and don’ts. Access the mobile guide or download PDF.

171. Conflict-related attacks on health care in Mexico 2020

Published: October 2, 2020

Insight: The proliferation of criminal organisations in Mexico that display increasingly aggressive behaviour is spreading across the whole country. This violence now also affects health care workers.

172. إدارة المعلومات المتعلقة بحوادث السلامة والأمن للمنظمات (Safety and Security Incident Information Management (SIIM) for Organizations – Arabic)

Published: October 1, 2020

This popular resource on the classification of incidents and best practices for incident reporting, analysis, information sharing, informed decision-making, and policy is now available in Arabic. Access the mobile guide or download the PDF.

173. Recent conflict-violence trends and their impact on health care in 2020.

Published: October 1, 2020

INSIGHT: Events rose in Cameroon and Syria in July. Violence remains a concern for health providers in Afghanistan, DRC, Libya, and Yemen. Increase in conflict-related violence in Mexico affecting health care.

174. Cameroon

Published: August 18, 2020

August 2020 Social Media Monitoring

175. Conflict-related attacks on health care in Cameroon 2020

Published: July 2, 2020

Insight: Events rose in July.13 events have been reported from Cameroon between January and July, compared to eight recorded by the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) for all of 2019.

176. COVID-19 has shifted the important work carried out by health professionals to the forefront of all of our minds.

Published: June 23, 2020

In this installment of the GISF Blog, Christina Wille, Director of Insecurity Insight, exposes some of the threats health workers are facing around the world and the added challenges brought about by COVID-19. Continue reading

177. Collecting Data and Natural Language Processing Algorithms

Published: June 23, 2020

In this Q&A session by Centre for Humanitarian Data, learn about Insecurity Insight’s innovative ways to collect data, how we use Natural Language Processing algorithms and the Humanitarian Exchange Language, and the importance of connecting data to policy making. Continue reading

178. 2019 SHCC Global Report

Published: June 9, 2020

24 May 2020 Health Workers at Risk

179. Health care workers save lives: Condemnation of attacks linked to COVID-19

Published: May 26, 2020

Insecurity Insight has joined a community of concerned advocates, representing 13 medical and humanitarian global organizations to issue a declaration condemning increasing incidents of attacks against health workers and facilities.

180. Attacks on Health Care in Afghanistan 2019

Published: May 18, 2020

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181. Aid Workers Arrested 2019

Published: May 7, 2020

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