Armadillo at Large

Armadillo is currently carrying out a full security review for a humanitarian agency with offices throughout Iraq, from Erbil, to Basrah, to Baghdad. Consultant Michelle Mackintosh, who has extensive experience in Iraq, has been working on the ground with the agency to develop its new security strategy in this challenging environment.

Aid women killed’ in Afghanistan Three women thought to be international aid workers been shot dead along with their Afghan driver in the south of the capital, Kabul, officials say. Police say a second Afghan driver was hurt when unidentified gunmen fired on the two cars the group were travelling in through central Lowgar province. [...]

Steve Ritchie and Chris Allen are currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with client partner, Action Aid, to upgrade their safety and security processes and understanding, so that Action Aid can continue to deliver high quality programmes to its beneficiaries in the unstable and potentially hostile environment found in that region.