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L’Osservatorio monitors the web and other information sources daily to provide in-depth news on the impact of contemporary armed conflicts on civilians.

Attack in north-west Cameroon kills 22 civilians

A village in Anglophone region in Cameroon.

18 February 2020

22 civilians died as a result of an attack by armed men in Ntumbo, a village in northwestern Cameroon
Category: Cameroon - Web Review
Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Airstrikes in Yemen Kill Over 31 Civilians

Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition have caused over 60% of civilian deaths

A Saudi-led coalition took the lives of more than 31 civilians and injured 12 through airstrikes that occurred late Saturday
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Escalating Conflict in Libya Stalls Peace Talks

UN-recognized prime minister of Libya Fayez al-Sarraj visits Tripoli port following the port attack

20 February 2020

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord withdraws from peace talks after rocket attacks in Libya’s capital, Tripoli 
Category: Libya - Web Review
Thursday, 20 February 2020

Violence in the Rakhine State of Myanmar

Myanmar police officer in Rakhine State’s Maungdaw township in July 2019

20 February 2020

Continuing violence between government troops and the rebel Arakan Army continues to force villagers to flee. 
Category: Myanmar - Web Review
Thursday, 20 February 2020

Militias ravage central Mali killing hundreds

French soldiers in the Gourma region of Mali

13 February 2020

As massacres in the center of the war-torn country increase, authorities need to hold armed groups accountable
Category: Mali - Web Review
Thursday, 20 February 2020

Hospitals Attacked in Yemen

Children play football against a backdrop of destroyed houses in northwest Yemen

10 February 2020

Attacks on hospitals in the Marib province have left thousands with limited medical care
Category: Yemen - Web Review
Tuesday, 18 February 2020

"Here we have to do as they say, or you die”

Fighters of National Liberation Army (ELN) in the jungles of Colombia

11 February 2020

Human Rights Watch documents the “brutal violence” at the Venezuelan-Colombian border perpetrated by armed groups
Category: Colombia - Web Review
Monday, 17 February 2020

Suicide Bombing in Kabul Kills Six

Afghan security forces stand watch by the site of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan

12 February 2020

Months of relative silence broken by a suicide bombing outside a military academy.

Category: Afghanistan - Web Review
Thursday, 13 February 2020

Children at risk as “humanitarian catastrophe” unfolds in Syria

Syrian army soldiers head towards Idlib

11 February 2020

UN releases emergency aid for northern Syria as military involvement escalates and millions are forced to flee
Category: Syria - Web Review
Thursday, 13 February 2020

Human Rights Watch determines Israeli strikes ‘unlawful’

Rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on 13 November 2019.

4 February 2020

Human Rights Watch determined the strikes that killed 11 civilians in Gaza violated laws of war
Category: Israel - Web Review
Wednesday, 12 February 2020

Deadly gunfire in Kashmir

Demonstrators outside of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA call for peace in Kashmir.

31 January 2020

Police and rebel forces clashed in Indian-administered Kashmir
Category: India - Web Review
Tuesday, 11 February 2020

Violence Escalates During Protests in Iraq

Protesters and police face off after months of protests across Iraq

27 January 2020

Police and protesters turn violent after tensions raise in Baghdad
Category: Iraq - Web Review
Monday, 10 February 2020
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