GENEVA: A staggering 281 aid workers have been killed around the world so far this year, making 2024 the deadliest year for humanitarians, the UN aid chief said on Friday (Nov 22). "Humanitarian workers are being killed at an unprecedented rate, their courage and humanity being met with bullets and bo

“This violence is unconscionable and devastating to aid operations,” says a UN official.

More aid workers, health care staffers, delivery personnel and other humanitarians have been killed in 2024 than in any other single year, the United Nations reported Friday.

“Before the year is even over, 2024 has become the deadliest on record for humanitarian personnel worldwide,” OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke said.