Aid in Danger Bi-Weekly News Brief, 10-23 February 2021
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Incidents of threats and violence affecting aid workers and aid delivery.
Africa
Central African Republic
08 February 2021: Update: In Bangui, a humanitarian convoy composed of 14 trucks, including nine operated by the WFP, reached the capital after a 50-day blockade by rebels in neighbouring Cameroon. Source: Al Jazeera
15-16 February 2021: In Bambari city, Ouaka prefecture, bullets and explosives from violent clashes hit an MSF medical tent, wounding at least eight women and nine children. Sources: MSF and MSF Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo
22 February 2021: Near Goma city, North Kivu province, a UN World Food Programme convoy consisting of two WFP vehicles was ambushed by armed assailants, resulting in the death of the Italian ambassador to the DRC, an Italian military police guard, and a WFP driver. An UN agency country director was also critically injured. The delegation was en route to a WFP school