incident_id int64 | year int64 | month int64 | day int64 | country_code string | country string | region string | district string | city string | un int64 | ingo int64 | icrc int64 | nrcs_and_ifrc int64 | nngo int64 | other int64 | nationals_killed int64 | nationals_wounded int64 | nationals_kidnapped int64 | nationals_detained int64 | total_nationals int64 | internationals_killed int64 | internationals_wounded int64 | internationals_kidnapped int64 | internationals_detained int64 | total_internationals int64 | total_killed int64 | total_wounded int64 | total_kidnapped int64 | total_detained int64 | total_affected int64 | gender_male int64 | gender_female int64 | gender_unknown int64 | means_of_attack string | attack_context string | location string | latitude float64 | longitude float64 | motive string | actor_type string | actor_name string | details string | verified string | source string | esa_source string | esa_processed string |
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3,022 | 2,020 | 6 | 24 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Torodi | Bossey Bangou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 13.349 | 1.306 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | 11 male NGO staff members were reportedly kidnapped in the village of Bossey Bangou on a lean season targeting exercise. No group has claimed responsibility, but due to activity in the region, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) or an Al Qaeda linked group is likely and suspected. All 11 were released on September ... | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
3,590 | 2,021 | 12 | 4 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Abala | Ezza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 15.13167 | 4.07318 | Economic | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | One INGO driver was kidnapped along with his vehicle, he was released after several days but the unknown armed group kept the vehicle.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
1,084 | 2,011 | 1 | 7 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Niamey | Niamey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnap-killing | Individual attack | Public location | 13.51366 | 2.1098 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Qaeda (affiliated) | An international staff (French) of an INGO was killed along with another French man (not employed by the INGO) less than 24 hours after being kidnapped by suspected members of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb. The two men were dining in a restaurant when they were approached at their table by four armed men. Niger's nationa... | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
4,572 | 2,024 | 10 | 30 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Téra | Gorouol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.790419 | 0.372946 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One UN-contracted driver was injured during a shooting at a convoy by unknown actors in Gorouol, Tillaberi. Due to the incident, the program was temporarily suspended. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
2,247 | 2,016 | 10 | 25 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Niamey | Niamey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Individual attack | Public location | 13.511596 | 2.125385 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | A national INGO staff member was beaten by an iron bar and robbed of his money at Libert | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
1,477 | 2,012 | 5 | 5 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Niamey | Niamey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.51366 | 2.1098 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO national staff member was pulled off his motorbike (by a rope strung across a passage) and beaten and robbed. He was severely wounded in the face. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
3,196 | 2,020 | 11 | 6 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Niamey | Niamey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Ambush | Road | 13.511667 | 2.125278 | Economic | Unknown | Unknown | One INGO international male staff member was robbed and injured travelling on his motorcycle in Niamey, while transporting another staff to the airport.
| Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
3,817 | 2,022 | 8 | 6 | NE | Niger | Diffa | Diffa | null | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.316667 | 12.616667 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | An NGO convoy was shot at by suspected ISWA militants, injuring one aid worker in Diffa.
| Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
1,357 | 2,012 | 10 | 15 | NE | Niger | Maradi | Dakoro | Dakoro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Office/compound | 14.510833 | 6.765 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Qaeda (affiliated) | Five national NGO staffers and one international (Chadian) were kidnapped from their compound by unidentified gunmen believed to be members of a militant group associated with Al Qaeda. One staffer was shot during the abduction and later died of his wounds. The others were released a month later after being held captiv... | Pending | Media | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
2,178 | 2,016 | 10 | 15 | NE | Niger | Tahoua | Abalak | Abalak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Raid | Home | 15.464294 | 6.2854 | Political | Non-state armed group: Regional | Al-Qaeda (affiliated) | Islamic State-linked gunmen, suspected al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, stormed the house of an American NGO worker in Abalak and kidnapped him. It is reported that he is being transported to Mali. It is believed that this is the first incident where an American has been abducted in Niger, although another failed attem... | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
5,477 | 2,025 | 3 | 26 | NE | Niger | Diffa | Maine Soroa | Maine Soroa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kidnapping | Unknown | Unknown | 13.212791 | 12.027092 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | Two INGO aid workers were kidnapped by ISWA militants in Maine Soroa, Diffa. Their whereabouts remain unknown. | Pending | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
3,691 | 2,023 | 1 | 5 | NE | Niger | Diffa | Diffa | Chetimari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | Ambush | Road | 13.209806 | 12.425638 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Regional | Boko Haram | One NNGO driver was killed in a vehicle provided by a UN agency during a suspected car-jacking by Boko Haram militants in Chetuimari town, Diffa region. | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
5,135 | 2,024 | 9 | 29 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Niamey | Niamey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Home | 13.559767 | 2.10305 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | One UN aid worker was injured when criminals followed him to his home and robbed him of his car, money and other personal belongings in Niamey. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
5,603 | 2,025 | 5 | 19 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Banibangou | Banibangou | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Bodily assault | Raid | Office/compound | 15.046511 | 2.705297 | Economic | Criminal | Not applicable | Two male INGO aid workers were beaten during a robbery at the organisation's office in Banibangou, Tillaberi. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
2,885 | 2,019 | 4 | 26 | NE | Niger | Diffa | null | Maine Soroa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Other Explosives | Raid | Office/compound | 13.214392 | 12.02899 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | One male national INGO watchman was injured when his INGO base was attacked by unknown perpetrators in Maine Soroa, Diffa. Reports indicate 3 months after this incident, due to escalating violence, the INGO was forced to shut down all programming in the area. | Yes | Focal Point | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
3,062 | 2,020 | 8 | 9 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | null | Koure Reserve | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 13.3106 | 2.576 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | 7 INGO staff members, 3 women and 4 men, 6 French international staff and1 national staff, were shot and killed in the Koure Wildlife reserve park. The INGO group were in the area to observe the popular tourist destination of West African giraffes when the group was ambushed. The perpetrators also burned their vehicles... | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
3,603 | 2,022 | 5 | 16 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Anzourou | Gadobo-Sangara axis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Unknown | Public location | 14.55 | 1.33333 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Regional | Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) | One NRCS staff member was killed with other civilians by suspected Islamic State militants in the Gadobo-Sangara axis, Tillaberi. The aid worker was not wearing an NRCS jacket, so the killing was allegedly incidental. | Yes | ACLED | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
4,392 | 2,024 | 7 | 25 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Abala | 10km south of Abala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Shooting | Ambush | Road | 14.852977 | 3.412285 | Incidental | Non-state armed group: Global | Islamic State (IS) | One off-duty INGO male national aid worker was shot and injured by the Islamic State while moving on a public bus 10km south of Abala. | Yes | Official Report | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
2,399 | 2,018 | 4 | 11 | NE | Niger | Tillaberi | Tillaberi | Ayorou | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Kidnapping | Ambush | Road | 14.733193 | 0.917772 | Unknown | Non-state armed group: Unknown | Not applicable | A German aid worker for an INGO was abducted while traveling close to the border with Mali. Traveling with four other national colleagues, the vehicle was surrounded by armed men on motorbikes. The Nigerian nationals were assaulted and left behind (not counted here at this time until further details can be verified) an... | Yes | Media | HDX | 2026-04-12 |
Niger - Aid Worker Security Database | Africa (original)
Size category: n<1K - Formats: parquet - Sector: governance_security - Engineered by Electric Sheep Africa
TL;DR
This dataset is part of the Electric Sheep Africa catalog on Hugging Face. It is indexed for African data discovery with standardized metadata, loading guidance, provenance notes, and analyst-oriented context.
What This Dataset Covers
Public datasets help analysts inspect structured evidence, build reproducible workflows, and compare patterns across domains.
Dataset context from the existing Hugging Face card: Niger - Aid Worker Security Database Publisher: Humanitarian Outcomes · Source: HDX · License: cc-by · Updated: 2026-04-10 Abstract This dataset shows aid worker security incidents in Niger. Annually, the data for the previous year undergoes a verification process. Data for the current year is provisional. For incident descriptions, please download data directly from www.aidworkersecurity.org Each row in this dataset represents discrete events or incidents. Data was last… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-ner.
Dataset Profile
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Hugging Face repo | electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-ner |
| Sector | governance_security |
| Topic tags | humanitarian, hdx, electric-sheep-africa, aid-worker-security, aid-workers, conflict-violence, ner |
| Modalities | tabular, text |
| Formats | parquet |
| Size category | n<1K |
| Countries | Niger |
| ISO3 coverage | NER |
| Last modified on HF | 2026-04-12 08:47:17+00:00 |
| Inventory snapshot | 2026-07-16T16:00:34Z |
How To Read This Dataset
- Start from the repository files and the dataset viewer when available.
- Treat the README context as a fast orientation layer; confirm variable definitions and units in the data files before modeling.
- Use explicit country columns when present. When geography is only implied by the title or source metadata, document that assumption in downstream analysis.
- Preserve missing values until you have a defensible imputation rule.
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-ner")
print(ds)
split_name = next(iter(ds))
table = ds[split_name]
print(table.features)
print(table[:3])
Convert To Pandas When Tabular
from datasets import Dataset
first_split = ds[next(iter(ds))]
if isinstance(first_split, Dataset):
df = first_split.to_pandas()
print(df.head())
Data Quality Notes
- This card was standardized from the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face metadata inventory.
- Exact schema, row counts, and source files should be inspected in the repository data files.
- Metadata gaps from the inventory: upstream_publisher.
- Do not infer policy meaning from labels alone; confirm definitions, units, and methods in the source material.
Source And Provenance
- Source context: original
- Publisher/source attribution: original
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Hugging Face URL: https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-ner
- Inventory retrieved at:
2026-07-16T16:00:34Z
Suggested Analyses
- Inspect schema and missingness before modeling.
- Profile variables by geography, time, and subgroup columns where present.
- Join with other Electric Sheep Africa datasets using explicit country, year, and indicator fields when available.
- Build reproducible notebooks that cite both the original source context and the Electric Sheep Africa Hugging Face repo.
Citation
@misc{electric_sheep_africa_africa_aid_worker_security_database_ner_2026,
title = {Niger - Aid Worker Security Database | Africa (original)},
author = {original},
year = {2026},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-ner},
publisher = {Hugging Face Datasets, engineered by Electric Sheep Africa},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/electricsheepafrica/africa-aid-worker-security-database-ner}}
}
License
Released under CC BY 4.0.
Original source rights remain with the original publisher or data provider. Electric Sheep Africa engineering standardizes discovery metadata, documentation, and usage guidance for analysis on Hugging Face.
About Electric Sheep Africa
Electric Sheep Africa publishes ML-ready African public datasets on Hugging Face.
Provenance: metadata-backed README standardized 2026-08-12 by the Electric Sheep Africa README system. Inventory source: catalog/esa_metadata_inventory/master_metadata.jsonl.
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