Abuja, 26 August 2011
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ House in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, home to 26 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ agencies and programmes, was struck by a car bomb 26 August 2011. A total of 23 people were killed. Eleven were Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ staff, including one international staff member. More than 80 were wounded.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro speaking to the
press outside the national hospital in Abuja, on 28 August, after
visiting people injured in the attack. (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Photo/AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Photo/Evan Schneider
Four days after the attack, on 30 August 2011, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Security Council on the car bombing. "What we know is that this attack was the work of a suicide bomber who rammed a sport utility vehicle, at high speed, through the exit gates of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ compound", he said, saluting the courage and dedication of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ team in Abuja "for whom this is such a sad and terrible blow." Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro went to Abuja immediately after the attack, and briefed Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Headquarters staff on her return. She said staff in Nigeria had expressed their outrage to her, and concern for their injured colleagues. She told the gathered New York staff "I share every ounce of their outrage".
The Fallen
Ms. Rahmat Abdullahi, Registry Clerk, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP Mr. Musa Ali, Zonal Logistics Assistant for the North-west Zone, WHO Mr. Johnson Awotunde, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF Dr. Edward Dede, National Professional Officer, WHO Mr. Elisha Enaburekhan, Driver, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAIDS Mr. Ahmed Abiodun Adewale Kareem, Shipping Assistant, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF Ms. Ingrid Midtgaard, Associate Expert, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµODC Mr. Iliya David Musa, Receptionist, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Common Services, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP Mrs. Felicia Nkwuokwu, Receptionist, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Common Services, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP Mr. Stephen Obamoh, ERT Radio Operator/Driver, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP Mr. Abraham A. Osunsaya, Administrative Assistant, WHO
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP: United Nations Development Programme
WHO: World Health Organization
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµICEF: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Children's Fund
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµODC: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Office for Drugs and Crime