Armed violence and humanitarian action in urban areas

This is a key contribution to the issue of violence in urban areas. To be noted that the term urban violence is not often used anymore. Here they explain why.
This piece was written by Marion Harroff-Tavel for the ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross.

Mogadishu, Grozny, Kabul and Baghdad have all been affected by the violence of an armed conflict at one time or another. For humanitarian organizations, which often work more in rural areas, these places present particular challenges. Are other towns in countries which are at peace but experiencing uncontrolled growth the breeding ground of new forms of violence between armed groups which will be of concern not only to development agencies but also to humanitarian organizations?

The aim of this text is to share some thoughts on the subject of urban violence from the specific – but not sole – perspective of armed conflicts. The thoughts will be organized as responses to seven questions.

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