I wonder how dangerous these places in actuality are. It would be interesting how they stacked up with the rest of the world.
Heres a list of probably much more dangerous places in the world, from an account of an actual aid worker working/travelling to the locations.
Peshawar- Pakistan (north west frontier province)
...completely lawless area, controlled by tribal chiefs, drugs cartels etc. foreigners often viewed with suspicion and if naive can stay a lot longer than they had planned.
Harare- Zimbabwe
....white westerners arent the flavour of the decade in this city.
dili- east timor
...danger comes from the roaming street gangs, often unprovoked attacks/robberies
Phnom pehn- Cambodia
- robberies and muggings occur daily on the streets, soliders can be a handful should you be in the wrong area.
southern Thailand
....current uprising involving muslims, keep to the coast and you should be sweet.
Moscow- foreigners showcasing their goods are particularly vulnerable to violent muggings, not to mention the chances of a chechyan bombing
anyway in Iraq, Afghanistan, Colombia, Mexico
....for obvious reasons.
Grozny, Chechnya.
...for obvious reasons, Chechen and Russians dont see eye to eye on certain things and occassionally have a war about it. Groszny was blown to hell in the first war then reblown further to hell in the latest war. People do survive here but only if you consider not being dead, surviving
Manilla- Philippines
.....dirt poor, even by african standards, obviously violent robberies are a problem, especially to a suave looking tourist
Port Moresby, PNG
....worst city in world to live in, roaming street gangs terrorise the inhabitants and tourists
Palm Island, Australia
...twice named by Guinness book or records as the worlds most violent place outside of a combat zone, and tourists arent looked upon favourably.
Belgrade- Serbia
.....we all no Serbs are quite crazy, much the same in anywhere eastern europe
Tirana- Albania
....particularly hazardous, a place where people like to relieve you of your belongings at any opportunity, dodgy police force
Jo'burg, South Africa
...every1 knows dangers associated this city, extremly high rates of murder etc
parts on India
....political violence in some cities, not to mention the country with the highest known amount of murders for 2005
Mogadishu- Somalia
....we have all seen black hawk down, sadly the situation in mogadishu is exactly like that. not to mention you can be invited to the beach for a stay if you happen to be cruising along the coast in a nice yacht. a completely lawless country
West Bank/Gaza Strip
...need i say more
Algiers- Algeria
....once rated the worlds most dangerous city, and good reason. althought it has cleaned up its act slightly in the past 5 years, murderous robberies and political violence is still common
Rangoon, burma
...government troops currently are waging a war against the ethnic minority. and they dont like toursits, avoid at all costs.
Uganda, sierra Leone, ivory coast, Nigeria, Congo, Rwanda, Angola, Sudan, Chad ,ethiopia can all be counted as dangerous, as with several other african countries.
Sao Paulo, Rio- Brazil
...already mentioned. dodgy police force, dodgy residents. robberies are common.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
...minority tamils and goverment loyalists almost in outright war, tourists kidnappings, surprise bombings etc