Attacks on Health Care Monthly News Brief - January 2021
Format
The section aligns with the definition of attacks on health care used by
Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC).
Africa
Burkina Faso
04 January 2021: In Koumbri department, Yatenga province, suspected militants burned down an ambulance alongside other buildings, leaving six people dead. Source:
Sahel Security Alerts
Democratic Republic of the Congo
06 January 2021: In Nyamilima village, North Kivu province, unidentified perpetrators threatened to kill a nurse of the Nyamilima General Hospital. Source:
WikiRumours
Ethiopia
Between 05 and 08 January 2021: In Tigray region, unidentified perpetrators burned down a clinic run by the Ethiopian Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA), a WFP storage facility, as well as a secondary school run by the Development and Inter-Aid Church Commission, all situated inside the Shimelba Camp for Eritrean refugees. Sources: